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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 1788989" data-attributes="member: 92282">West Indies captain Chris Gayle was fined 70 percent of his match fee for failing to meet the minimum rate of overs in the second test defeat of Sri Lanka.  Each teammate also was fined 35 percent of their match fee for the same offense.  Match referee Chris Broad ruled West Indies bowled six overs short, breaching the code of conduct.  Gayle pleaded not guilty at the disciplinary hearing, but Broad said he failed to ensure the team met the minimum over-rate.  "During the hearing, neither the captain, coach nor manager was able to persuade me that the shortfall in overs was beyond their control or that the allowances permitted to teams by the match officials were not appropriate," Broad said."I saw very little evidence that the West Indies team, after learning of their slow over-rate predicament, actually tried to speed things up. Therefore, they left me with little option but to enact this penalty."  West Indies won by six wickets on Sunday, squaring the two-test series.<a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/07/sports/CB-SPT-CRK-West-Indies-Fined.php" target="_blank">iht</a></blockquote>

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