BANNED AND FINED
SA considers last-gasp appeal for Kagiso Rabada
Kagiso Rabada has been banned for the last two Tests of SA’s series against Australia‚ the International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed. But SA are considering making a last-gasp legal attempt to try to keep the fast bowler in their XI for the third Test at Newlands in Cape Town, starting on March 22. Rabada was fined 50% of his match fee and docked three demerit points. The ICC said he had "made contact with Steve Smith with his shoulder" after dismissing the Australian captain on Friday. Rabada contested the level two charge of "inappropriate and deliberate physical contact with a player" but accepted a level one rap for "using language‚ actions or gestures which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batsman upon his or her dismissal"‚ which he incurred by giving David Warner a verbal send-off on Sunday. The latter took a further 15% of his match fee and earned another demerit point. Players are banned for two matches when they accumulate eight demerit points‚ and Rabad...
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