Australian vice-captain David Warner and off-spinner Nathan Lyon attracted a fair share of controversy with chances of disciplinary actions for their behaviour after running out AB de Villiers on day 4 of the first Test match against South Africa in Kingsmead Durban.
It all transpired in the twelfth over of the South African innings. De Villiers, yet to get off the mark, set off for a quick single seeing striker Aiden Markram taking a few initial few steps.
To his dismay, Markram pulled out mid-way, leaving AB very little chance of making it back to the crease. Standing at square leg, Warner released the ball quickly towards the bowling end; Lyon collected it and dislodged the bails to find a despairing de Villiers short of his ground.
Lyon appeared to have dropped the bowl on de Villiers’ chest without any proper justification after he had successfully completed the runout. Lyon’s act did not go down well with experts including former South African skipper Graeme Smith.
Later a video emerged where Australian star David Warner had to be physically restrained from confronting South African wicket-keeper batsman Quinton De Kock. CCTV footage showed ugly scenes in the tunnel at Duran’s Kingsmead Stadium.
Disciplinary action from the International Cricket Council and possibly Cricket Australia is sure to follow against Warner and Lyon