South Africa's remain in Test captain Faf du Plessis was today accused of ball-tampering by the International Cricket Council. The International Cricket Council (ICC) reported on Wednesday it would survey footage of the match that seemed to demonstrate Du Plessis applying spit to the ball with a lolly in his mouth. The ICC affirmed in an announcement that du Plessis, who drove the Proteas to a Test series win in Australia recently, had been charged for breaking Article 2.2.9 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which identifies with "changing the condition of the ball". The incident happened amid the 54th over of the Australian second innings in the Hobart Test when Kagiso Rabada hit on the bowl with the hosts tottering at 5-150.
He was discovered on camera rubbing the ball against a zoom on his pocket on the third day of the match in Dubai, driving umpires Ian Gould and Rod Tucker to punish South Africa five runs and change the ball. Du Plessis did not challenge the charge.
Prior in the day, the whole South African group had assembled, with Hashim Amla driving them, to address the media in support of their captain. "To many people, it sounds more like sharp desserts," Amla said. "Possibly that we've played great cricket. The planning of it is somewhat peculiar as well."
All level 2 breaches convey an inconvenience of a fine between 50 % to 100 % of the relevant match charge as well as up to two suspension focuses, and three or four bad mark focuses. Two suspension guides compare toward one Test match. Du Plessis got the level-two charge shortly before his national team-mates congregated at a media gathering to support the captain.
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