Alastair Cook has been handed a one-match ban for slow over-rate © Getty
England
skipper Alastair Cook has been handed a one-match ban from One-Day
Internationals (ODI) for maintaining a slow over-rate during England's
five-wicket victory in the third ODI versus Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Match
referee David Boon found England an over short of their target at the
end of their rain-interrupted game at Hambantota. The ban was enforced
because this was Cook's second breach of the over-rate in the last 12
months. He was earlier cautioned for a slow over-rate in a game against
India at Cardiff.
The charge laid by on-field umpires Simon
Fry and Ruchira Palliyaguruge, third-umpire Steve Davis and fourth
official Raveendra Wimalasiri also fines the English captain 20% of the
match-fee.
In Cook's absence, Eoin Morgan will take over
captaincy duties in the fourth ODI scheduled for the weekend. "Eoin
Morgan will captain the next game. He's a good player, crikey. Hell have
been through periods when he's not quite hitting it [as he'd like]. But
he's the sort of player were very excited about. The key is to believe
in yourself, and go out and play and Eoin will do that, I'm sure,"
England coach, Peter Moores was quoted as saying by BBC Test Match
special.
"Its a shame for Alastair," Moores added. "I thought he played beautifully last night he timed the ball really well
"But
one thing is that it cleans the slate for him, before we go to a World
Cup, because he had that ban hanging over him, if he had one more time
slow on our over-rate," he said.
Despite Cook's absence,
England will head into the fourth ODI confident after a morale-boosting
win at Hambantota. "It's great to wake up when you've had a win under
your belt," Moores said. "Sometimes, the morning after is the time you
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