Nel found guilty of misconduct

Andre Nel, the South African fast bowler, has been found guilty of contravening clauses 1.4 and 1.5.2 of CSA's rules of conduct. Nel, who had his appeal against a one-match ban dismissed this week, will be ineligible for selection for two more matches this season.

Nel had been reported during a four-day match in Paarl last month and was found guilty of breaching clause 1.4 of CSA's rules of conduct, namely that players "shall not use crude or abusive language nor make offensive gestures to any other participant, official or spectator". Nel appeared before CSA's disciplinary commissioner, Advocate Michael Kuper, SC, in Johannesburg, who handed down the sentence on January 20.

Nell will be ineligible for selection for the remaining two matches for the season, and his team's first fixture of the 2009-10 season in the event of his being found guilty of any similar contravention of the code in that time.