Nathan Lyon has been penalized for dropping the ball on Ab de Villiers after the latter got run-out during the Durban game. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
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Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon has been charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Lyon dropped the ball on AB de Villiers after the latter was run out. The incident happened during the 4th day of the opening Test in Durban.
Following a review made by the match referee Jeff Crowe, Lyon was levelled with a charge against the spirit of the game. He is expected to be fined a small percentage of his match fees.
It is learnt Lyon contacted De Villiers to apologise for the incident. The off-spinner also accepted the charge.
Hence no hearing was required. Meanwhile opener David Warner was also charged for his aggressive reaction after de Villiers got dismissed.
Australia won the first Test by 118 runs. (Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo Images)
The news came at a time when Cricket Australia was trying to figure out and investigate a possible confrontation between David Warner and Quinton de Kock during the tea break on the 4th day.
Australia needs to reassess the condition, says Gilchrist.”
The former Australian wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist stated they need to reassess how they react to such incidents.
“As an outside observer, I think you would find that a little bit off-putting at times, a little bit bad taste at times,” Gilchrist told SEN Radio.
“And the question may even come over all those eras as a general statement. Australian teams have generally been at the top of the pile, not every minute of those times, but generally, they’re a very competitive, world-class team, and some would say they don’t need to do that.
“Why do you need to present that somewhat ugly look if you’re playing such good cricket? And they’re not good images, and it’s hard to know, to comment specifically about this incident overnight, and any other time unless you’re there and know the ins and outs of what was said and what sparked it and the verbal volleys that would have been thrown around.
Adam Gilchrist has also given his piece of advice to Steven Smith in the past. Photo Credit: AFP.
“Very hard to comment on the detail of it but no denying that some of the parts of the celebration of the run-out of de Villiers and then obviously this incident that I’m sure you’re getting to, of this leaked dressing room footage, it’s not a very good look. I think it needs to be considered how to react in certain scenarios and learn from the scenarios.”
Warner not able to project the image of a leader
While speaking about Warner, Gilly said the southpaw was not able to project the image of a leader.
“I think with Davey…there is no one denying his capabilities with the bat in hand. It’s funny…he came into cricket and had his natural aggression mindset both with the bat in hand and in the field,” Gilchrist said.
“He used to pride himself being the guy that got into the verbal stoushes and was a leader of the aggressive mindset. But he then went the other way, and he was very, very outright in saying ‘I’ve put that away, that’s not me anymore.”
“It was really extreme the opposite way, and now he’s come back again saying ‘old Davey’s back’, and all his team-mates are saying ‘the Reverend’s gone, Bull’s back’. It’s always a worry in any situation when someone is so extreme on one direction or the other. I think Davey’s got to find somewhere in between that. He does pride himself in being a leader of the team, he did that very well in the T20s [against New Zealand and England recently] as captain but what we’ve seen in the last 24 hours probably isn’t the images that you want your captain projecting.”
