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Vol. 5 Num 861 Mon. October 30, 2006  
   
Sports


Bravo in the clear


West Indies' Dwyane Bravo has been cleared of any wrongdoing in claiming a catch which appeared to have bounced first in the match against England.

Bravo was charged by the International Cricket Council for failing "to conduct play within the spirit of the game".

He caught Michael Yardy but television replays suggested the ball did not carry to Bravo.

Match referee Mike Procter said: "Dwyane thought he had taken it cleanly and I had no reason to disbelieve him."

The charge was laid by the four umpires on duty, on-field officials Simon Taufel and Daryl Harper, third umpire Aleem Dar and fourth official Amish Saheba.

Procter presided over the code of conduct hearing and added: "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."

England won the match by three wickets and Bravo recorded his maiden one-day hundred in an unbeaten 112.