AFG vs IRE: Heavy fine imposed on Andy Balbirnie, case of violation of ICC code of conduct

Andy Balbirnie has been fined 25 percent of his match fee. Andy Balbirnie (Image Credit- Twitter X) A three-match T20 series is currently being played between Ireland and Afghanistan (AFG vs IRE). So the second match of this T20 series was played yesterday on 17th March between the two teams at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Let us tell you that in this match, Irish player Andy Balbirnie has been fined for violating the ICC Code of Conduct. Andy has been fined 25 percent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct. Andy was found to have breached Article 2.8 of the Code of Conduct for the second T20 match against Afghanistan, which includes disobeying an umpire’s decision in an international match. Involves showing disagreement. Andy was also given 1 demerit point. Let us tell you that this incident was seen in the 16th over of Ireland’s innings, when he was given out LBW by the umpire on one ball. But after this Andy took off the gloves and showed the umpire that the ball had hit the gloves first. So Andy has accepted this crime, after which there is no need for any kind of formal hearing. Afghanistan won the match by 10 runs On the other hand, if we tell you about this second T20 match, Afghanistan has won the match by 10 runs. In the match, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first and scored 152 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs. For the Afghan team, opener Sidullah Atal played an inning of 35 runs and Mohammad Nabi played an inning of 59 runs. So when Ireland came to chase the target of 153 runs given by Afghanistan, it could score only 142 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 10 runs. Only Andy Balbirnie could play the best innings of 45 runs for the Irish team.