Somerset's Craig Overton banned over breach of ECB disciplinary rules
Friday 18 September 2015 17:39, UK
Somerset all-rounder Craig Overton has been suspended for two County Championship games for repeated breaches of the ECB Discipline Code.
Overton will miss the final game of the season, against Warwickshire next week, and the first four-day game of the 2016 campaign for his third breach of the code this year.
He was reported by umpires Alex Wharf and Ian Gould during Somerset's match against Sussex on 14-17 September, for a Level One breach of the directives: using language that is obscene, offensive or insulting and/or making an obscene gesture.
Overton's second breach, for the same reason, came in their previous outing against Hampshire.
The 21-year-old was one of three Somerset bowlers handed international calls earlier this week, joining his brother Jamie on England's fast bowlers camp in South Africa. Lewis Gregory was included in the Lions squad to face Pakistan A in Dubai in December.
Northants all-rounder Rory Kleinveldt was reported by umpires Steve Gale and Neil Bainton for the same Level One offence in Northamptonshire's match against Glamorgan on 14-17 September and received a reprimand. The penalty will remain on his record for a period of two years.
