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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry L" data-source="post: 17473510" data-attributes="member: 260809">● Cook suspended for slow over-rate England captain Alastair Cook has been suspended from the fourth one-day international against Sri Lanka for a slow over-rate. Cook was banned by ICC Match Referee David Boon following England's five-wicket victory against Sri Lanka on Wednesday night in Hambantota where the  tourists were ruled to be one over short "after time allowances were taken into consideration". Cook was suspended for one match and fined 20 per cent of his match fee while his teammates were fined 10 per cent of their match fees. "As Cook had previously been found guilty of a minor over-rate offence in ODIs within the last 12 months, this offence constituted his second minor over rate offence for the purposes of the ICC Code of Conduct," the International Cricket Council said in a statement. Eoin Morgan will captain England in Cook's absence in the fourth ODI of the series in Colombo on Sunday.</blockquote>

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