Zimbabwe's Tendai Chatara reprimanded for Chris Gayle deliveries
Wednesday 25 February 2015 09:14, UK
Zimbabwe seamer Tendai Chatara has been reprimanded by the International Cricket Council for bowling two successive dangerous deliveries at West Indies record-breaker Chris Gayle in their World Cup clash on Tuesday.
The incident happened in the 50th over of the West Indies innings at Canberra's Manuka Oval when Chatara bowled a second consecutive high, full-pitched ball to Gayle, after being given a first and final warning by on-field umpire Ian Gould after his previous delivery.
Chatara was hauled out of the attack as a result and reported to the ICC match referee for dangerous and unfair bowling.
"In determining the sanction, I took into account the mitigating factor of the wet ball which could have resulted in the bowler not being able to have complete control of the deliveries," said match referee Roshan Mahanama.
Chatara was bowling to Gayle in the closing stages of his World Cup record innings of 215 in the West Indies' 73-run victory.
