SERIAL OFFENDER
AB’s over-rate fine adds to SA’s woes
De Villiers’ indiscretion lingers because it guarantees a ban should he transgress again
Things went from bad to worse for SA when captain AB de Villiers was fined for maintaining a slow over rate in the first one-day international against England in Leeds on Wednesday. De Villiers and his team were shown up in all departments of a match England won by 72 runs. SA will have the opportunity to put matters right in the second of the three matches, in Southampton on Saturday. But the shadow of De Villiers’ indiscretion — it cost him 20% of his match fee — will linger because it guarantees a ban should he transgress again. The International Cricket Council’s code of conduct reads, a "second offence in the same format of the game within 12 months" will incur "the imposition of a suspension for the immediately subsequent one international match in the same format of the game as that in which the offence occurred". De Villiers will not need reminding of all that‚ having been in the same situation after SA’s match against India at the 2015 World Cup. He managed to stay on the r...
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