Bravo not guilty of Code of Conduct breach

West Indies player Dwayne Bravo has been found not guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during his team's ODI in the ICC Champions Trophy against England in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

Bravo was charged with a breach of C 1 of the Code, failing to "conduct play within the spirit of the game," with the incident in question his catch to dismiss Michael Yardy. Television replays suggested the ball did not carry to the fielder.

The charge was laid by the four umpires on duty, on-field officials Simon Taufel and Daryl Harper, third umpire Aleem Dar and fourth umpire Amish Saheba, and the hearing was conducted by ICC match referee Mike Procter in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

After the hearing Mr Procter said: "Television replays appeared to show the ball bounced but Dwayne thought he had taken the catch cleanly.

"From my experience as a player I know that can happen, but we needed to ask the question to make sure it was a genuine mistake by the player.

"For that reason the umpires were right to lay the charge but after well all talked it through I had no reason to disbelieve Dwayne's version of events."

The hearing was attended by Mr Procter, Dwayne Bravo, the four umpires, West Indies team manager Tony Howard and captain Brian Lara.

A guilty verdict for a Level 1 offence carries a minimum penalty of an official reprimand and a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player's match fee. In the case of such offences the ICC match referee's verdict is final and binding.