England star Stuart Broad fined for insulting South Africa captain Far du Plessis

Broad and the Proteas skipper were involved in a heated exchange during England's fourth Test win
Getty Images
Will Macpherson28 January 2020

Stuart Broad has been fined for swearing at Faf du Plessis duringyesterday’s Fourth Test, but the South Africa captain has escaped punishment for his reaction.

In a heated passage before tea as England pushed for victory, Broad called Du Plessis a “f*****g idiot”.Du Plessis then appeared to collide with England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler.

Both Du Plessis and England captain Joe Root looked to play down the incident after England secured their 3-1 series win.

Broad was charged by match referee Andy Pycroft with a Level One offence for use of an audible obscenity.

He was given a demerit point and fined £2,250, 15 per cent of his match fee. It is Broad’s second offence in the past two years.

Buttler and Ben Stokes received the same punishment for swearing in the course of the series.

While a number of players on each side received ICC punishment across the series, the sides get on well and socialised together, as is usual between these two teams, when play was over.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in