England captain Eoin Morgan banned from 4th ODI against Pakistan for slow over-rate

England will have to find a new captain for the fourth one-day international against Pakistan on Friday after skipper Eoin Morgan was banned from the match by the International Cricket Council for a slow over-rate offence.

Morgan was sanctioned after World Cup hosts and favouritesEngland took around four hours to bowl their 50 overs in a six-wicket win overPakistan in the third ODI at Bristol on Tuesday.

   

He was also fined 40 percent of his match fee and hisplayers 20 percent of theirs after match referee Richie Richardson ruledEngland were two overs short after time allowances were taken intoconsideration.

As Morgan had previously been found guilty of a minorover-rate offence during the Barbados ODI against the West Indies on February22, this latest incident constituted his second minor over-rate offence withina 12-month period and so led to a one-game ban.

 “The suspension meansMorgan will miss the fourth ODI against Pakistan in Nottingham on Friday,” saidan ICC statement issued on Wednesday.

England wicket-keeper Jonny Bairstow was reprimanded forbreaching level one of the ICC’s code of conduct relating to “abuse of cricketequipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during aninternational match” when smashing his stumps in frustration after he wasbowled for a match-winning 128 in Bristol.

In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to thedisciplinary record of Bairstow.England are 2-0 up in the series heading intothe fourth match at Trent Bridge. Rain forced the first match of the series tobe abandoned after just 19 overs had been bowled.

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