Overview

• Nonkululeko Mlaba admitted a Level-1 Code of Conduct breach for waving goodbye to Harleen Deol after bowling her in the 17th over in Visakhapatnam on October 9.
• The ICC issued an official reprimand and added one demerit point to her record, with no formal hearing required after she accepted the sanction.
• Match referee Trudy Anderson imposed the penalty following a charge laid by on-field umpires Jacqueline Williams and Kim Cotton, third umpire Candace le Borde, and fourth umpire Sue Redfern.
• Level-1 violations cover gestures or language that could provoke an aggressive reaction and can carry up to 50% of a player’s match fee and one or two demerit points; Mlaba received a reprimand and one point.
• The incident came in South Africa’s three-wicket win over India, where Richa Ghosh scored 94 for the hosts and Nadine de Klerk guided the chase with an unbeaten 84.