Bangladesh spinner fined for throwing ball at Angelo Mathews

May 26, 2022 at 11:52 AM

Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam has been fined 25 percent of his match fee after hitting Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews with the ball in the ongoing second Test, the International Cricket Council said. Taijul was found to have breached the code of conduct relating to throwing a ball at or near a player in an inappropriate or dangerous manner. The incident occurred in the 69th over of Sri Lanka’s innings on Wednesday when Taijul, after fielding the ball on his follow-through, threw it in the direction of Mathews, hitting him.