India have got England on the mat after the first session at Lord's on day four. Led by Mohammed Siraj's fiery spell, the hosts have lost four wickets scoring just 98 runs after the first session.
Siraj accounted for the wickets of Ben Duckett (12 runs off 12 balls) and Ollie Pope ( 4 runs off 17 balls) in the first session. Duckett fell with England on 22 and 42 runs respectively.
Nitish Reddy then accounted for Zak Crawley's wicket with the team score on 50 runs followed by Akash Deep castling Harry Brook (23 runs off 19 balls) with England on 87 runs.
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Watch - Mohammed Siraj's Redaction On Dismssing Ben Duckett
At lunch, England have already lost four wickets needing to set up a total for India to chase them down. However, the highlight of the day has been the anger showed by the Indian bowlers after taking every England wicket.
It all started with the wicket of Ben Duckett who was caught inside the circle trying to pull one delivery from Siraj. The send off that was given by the Indian pacer to the England southpaw might land him up in some trouble now.
He might have violated the ICC Code of Conduct with his gestures and send-off. As per ICC guidelines, Siraj might have violated Article 2.5 of ICC's Code of Conduct. Siraj dismissed Duckett in the final delivery of the sixth over.
Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct relates to using language, actions, or gestures that disparage or could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon their dismissal during an international match. This article aims to prevent unsportsmanlike conduct and maintain the spirit of the game.
Mohammed Siraj yelled at Duckett's face and gave him an ugly send off which falls into the act of provoking an angry reaction and hence Siraj was found violating the code of conduct. In case Siraj is found guilty, he might have to pay a heavy price and might even be handed a demerit point for his actions.
The ICC found Mohammed Siraj guilty of Code of Conduct breach earlier in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Back then he was fined 20 percent of his match fees besides being given a demerit point.
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