James Anderson fined for 'aggressive behaviour' with on-field umpire during day 2 of the fifth Test match

England spearhead James Anderson has been fined 15% of his match fee after he was involved in a heated exchange with on-field umpire Kumara Dharmasena following an unsuccessful LBW appeal of Indian cricket team's skipper Virat Kohli during day 2 of the fifth test match at the Oval. Anderson has been found to have breached Article 2.1.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during an International Match”.

The incident happened in the 29th over of the Indian innings, when Anderson's appealed to the on-field umpire Kumara Dharmasena after his delivery hit Virat Kohli's pads. The Englishman's appeal was dismissed by the Sri Lankan umpire, which left Anderson stunned. Left angered by the umpire's decision, James Anderson snatched his cap and jumper from Dharmasena, which was followed by a heated exchange between the two.

The 36-year-old pacer, who is England's highest wicket-taker has admitted to the offense and one demerit point will be added to the disciplinary record of the fast bowler, for whom it was the first offense since the introduction of the revised Code in September 2016.

As far as the match was concerned, it was the same old story! India's inability to counter swing bowling was highlighted yet again as they struggled to gather 174 for six wickets at the end of Day 2 of the fifth Test match at the Oval.

After the Indian bowling attack did well to restrict the hosts to 198 for 7 at the end of day one, England's tailenders did brilliantly well to swing themselves back into the contest on the second day, courtesy of birthday boy Jos Buttler's ninth-wicket stand with Stuart Broad, who managed to put 332 runs on the board.

In reply, India's batting lineup got off to a poor start with Shikhar Dhawan failing to put an end to his dismal form. Though, KL Rahul and Cheteshwar Pujara managed to steady the ship by posting identical scores of 37 runs, before being dismissed by the relentless English bowlers. 

Just like the other matches, Virat Kohli looked confident and determined to get his side out of troubled waters, yet again. But this time his innings was  cut short by Ben Stokes, with the resulting delivery landing into the hands of Joe Root present in the slip cordon. The Indian skipper departed for 49 runs. 

Debutant Hanuman Vihari survived few scares and managed to stitch a 30-run partnership along with Jadeja, at stumps. Given the way things stands, England looks in a favorable position to win the fifth Test match. The same story same story seems to repeat itself where the team has been coming closer and closer to a win, but each time a victory seemed in sight, they give it away.