Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal has been fined for ignoring both on-field umpires. He has been fined 50 percent of his match fee during World T20 2012 semi-final against Sri Lanka in Colombo. The both umpires were Simon Taufel and Rod Tucker.
The match referee, Jeff Crowe said: “In this incident, Umar showed blatant disregard to both the umpires’ requests, which was offensive and unacceptable from an international cricketer and contrary to our unique spirit, hence a level two charge was laid.”
“Respect for the umpires is integral and is something which we always emphasise and encourage,” Crowe said. “Umar, when pleading guilty, apologised and regretted his action.”
It was happened in the second innings of the 17th over when Akmal was at the non-striker’s end.
