Alex Hales deserved penalty for disputing umpire's decision: Farbrace

Paul Farbrace, England's assistant coach, justified the penalty levied by International Cricket Council's (ICC) match referee, Richie Richardson, on Alex Hales for showing dissent over his dismissal with third umpire Joel Wilson on the first day of the fourth Test against Pakistan at The Oval on Thursday (August 11).

The Nottinghamshire opener showed his displeasure after the third umpire adjudged that Yasir Shah had pouched a clean catch at midwicket off Mohammad Amir's bowling, resulting in Hales's dismissal. The 27-year-old right-handed batsman then subsequently took up the matter with the TV umpire in his office.
Hales violated Article 2.1.5 of the ICC code of conduct and was fined 15% of his match fee for "some inappropriate comments as he was leaving the room" as per a statement from the ICC.

Farbrace supported the decision made by the referee and admitted that it was a mistake on Hales's part. "He deserves his fine," Farbrace said. "You can't go into the match referee's office during a game and have heated exchange as Alex did. He deserves to be fined. We can't support any player going in and having a crack at third umpire. However frustrated he might be, it is the wrong thing to do. The ICC have done the right thing today.

"Going into the match referee's office was the wrong thing to do. We would not have advised him to go and share his thoughts. It was not the brightest thing to do and it wasn't going to make any difference. And mid-game, it's not the best thing to upset umpires. You work very hard on having a good relationship with umpires," he summed up.