Gregory Brathwaite

Nitin Menon is the lone Indian in the ICC's list of umpires for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup in Australia, where an unprecedented six women will be in the match officials team for the tournament.

New Zealander Kim Cotton is set to become the first woman to umpire the final of a major global cricket tournament after being appointed for the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup decider at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.

English cricketer Reece Topley was fined 15% of his match fee for unsportsmanlike conduct during the first T20I against the West Indies. His frustration was evident as he struck a chair against the pavilion railing while England was fielding. This Level 1 offense resulted in a financial penalty and one demerit point, the first for Topley in two years.

West Indies cricketer Alzarri Joseph faced a penalty for using inappropriate language towards the fourth umpire during the first ODI against Bangladesh. He was fined 25% of his match fee and received a demerit point for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct.

Indian umpires Anil Chaudhary and CK Nandan will be a part of the 14-strong panel of officials for the Under-19 World Cup starting January 13 in New Zealand, the International Cricket Council announced on Wednesday.

The Indian cricket team was fined 20 percent of its match fee for maintaining a slow-over rate against the West Indies in the first ODI here.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday fined West Indies’ wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran 15 per cent of his match fee for publicly criticising the on-field umpires during the second T20I against India in Guyana.

New Zealand's Kim Cotton and Pakistan's Ahsan Raza were of Friday named on-field umpires for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup final between India and Australia here.

India's Rohit Sharma and Darren Bravo of the West Indies have both been fined 15 per cent of their respective match fee for verbally engaging with each other in a manner that was not in keeping with the spirit of the game during the final day's play in the third Test.

Sri Lankan opening batsman Danushka Gunathilaka on Wednesday joined the short list of players dismissed for obstructing the field in the first One Day International against the West Indies in Antigua.

Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne won the toss and put the West Indies in to bat on the opening day of the second and final Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Monday.

West Indies have been fined 60 per cent of their match fee and penalised six ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in the second Test in St Lucia.

West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and chose to bat first against South Africa on the opening day of the first match of a two-Test series in St Lucia on Thursday. West Indies gave a debut to 19-year-old fast bowler Jayden Seales, who has played just one first-class match previously.

Sri Lanka claimed wickets at both ends of a dour morning session which produced just 59 runs as they restricted West Indies to 72 for two in reply to the tourists' paltry first innings of 169 on the second day of the first Test in Antigua on Monday. In between the dismissals of captain Kraigg Brathwaite and Nkrumah Bonner, the hosts crawled along with a second-wicket partnership of 56 in 21 overs between Bonner and fellow-Jamaican John Campbell.

The incident occurred in the 70th over of Pakistan's first innings, after the dismissal of batsman Hasan Ali, when Seales used inappropriate language towards Hasan which could have provoked an aggressive reaction from him.

England captain Joe Root won the toss and opted to bat first against the West Indies on the opening day of the first Test of the three-match series in Antigua on Tuesday. Seeking a strong start to maintain their lengthy Test dominance of the visitors in the Caribbean, West Indies went into the match with left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul playing his first home test for seven years in support of a four-man seam attack led by Kemar Roach.

The third Test between India and West Indies has been a bad one for umpires.

West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee for making "physical contact" with Australian pacer Brett Lee during final ODI in St Lucia.

Tim David, the Australian batter, faced a penalty of 10% of his match fee for breaching the ICC's Code of Conduct during a T20I against the West Indies. He showed dissent at an umpire's decision regarding a wide ball, leading to the charge. David accepted the sanction, also receiving one demerit point for the Level 1 offence.

"There were a couple of run-outs, and a few things we can't talk about because I don't want to get fined for it," Mahendra Singh Dhoni said at the post-match presentation, his irritation quote palpable.