DUBAI–West In­dies Women fast bowler, Er­va Gid­dings, has been slapped with an of­fi­cial warn­ing by the In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Coun­cil for show­ing dis­sent dur­ing the open­ing One-Day In­ter­na­tion­al against Eng­land Women last Sat­ur­day.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred dur­ing the 45th over of the Windies in­nings when 30-year-old, on her in­ter­na­tion­al de­but, was giv­en out lbw to seam­er Kather­ine Brunt for three.

She im­me­di­ate­ly point­ed to her bat to in­di­cate to um­pires she had struck the ball, in vi­o­la­tion of Ar­ti­cle 2.1.5 of the ICC Code of Con­duct re­lat­ing to dis­sent.Ad­di­tion­al­ly, the ICC said one de­mer­it point had been placed on Gid­ding's record for the of­fence.

"Pur­suant to Ar­ti­cle 7.6 of the Code, if Gid­dings reach­es four or more de­mer­it points with­in a 24-month pe­ri­od her de­mer­it points will be con­vert­ed in­to, at least, two sus­pen­sion points which will equate to a ban from her next match or match­es," the ICC said yes­ter­day.

"Two sus­pen­sion points equate to a ban from one Test or two ODIs or two T20Is, what­ev­er comes first for the play­er."

There was no need for a hear­ing as Gid­dings ac­cept­ed the charge.Her dis­missal saw West In­dies Women lose their fi­nal wick­et and plunge to a nar­row five-run loss at the Trelawny Mul­ti-Pur­pose Sta­di­um, and fall be­hind 1-0 in the five-match se­ries.

The sec­ond game was played yes­ter­day at the same venue.

–CMC