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Jason Roy avoids suspension after outburst against umpires

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Thursday, 11 July 2019 12:17

Jason Roy has avoided suspension, and only been slapped with a 30% fine of his match fees, for his animated outburst aimed at umpire Kumara Dharmasena after being given out - incorrectly - in the World Cup semi-final against Australia at Edgbaston on Thursday.

Roy, leading England's chase of Australia's 223, was batting on 85 when he attempted to pull Pat Cummins' short delivery and missed by a fair margin, as replays later confirmed. Alex Carey dived to his left behind the stumps and pulled off an excellent collection and went up in appeal along with the bowler and some of the Australian fielders. Umpire Dharmasena looked uncertain but raised his finger, and with Jonny Bairstow having wasted England's review earlier in the innings, Roy had to go.

He stood his ground at first and then walked off clearly unhappy, remonstrating with the umpires - Marais Erasmus was the other on-field official - on his way out and making his displeasure obvious. The stump mics even caught a furious Roy yelling "that's f***ing embarrassing".

It seemed that he might draw the ire of the match officials for his show of dissent and cop a serious sanction, but was allowed to get away with the fine and two demerit points.

Demerit Points stay for a period of two years on a player's disciplinary record from the date of enforcement. If Roy is handed two more demerit points, he will run the risk of a suspension point, two of which will then lead to a ban of one Test or two ODIs or two T20Is, whichever is scheduled first.

Roy's performance with the bat - 85 off 65 balls with nine fours and five sixes - made a big difference to England's cause as they crossed the line with eight wickets and 107 balls in hand, reaching their fourth World Cup final and first since 1992.

Roy is a key member of their plans, his blazing starts, which have so far added up to 426 runs in six innings, a big part of their success in recent years. So the fact that he has been let off with a rap on the knuckles and not handed a more severe punishment, perhaps even a one-match suspension, will make the England camp happy.

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