India, June 29 -- West Indies head coach Daren Sammy has been penalised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for openly criticising the third umpire Adrian Holdstock during the first Test against Australia at Kensington Oval in Barbados. The Windies coach has been fined 15 per cent of his match fees for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct on Day 2 of the first Test against Pat Cummins and co.

According to the official release issued by the ICC, Daren Sammy was found guilty of breaching Article 2.7 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "public criticism of, or inappropriate comment in relation to an incident occurring in an International Match or any Player, Player Support Per...