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Lee to face ICC disciplinary hearing, will he get punished in line with how they hammer indians with such offences? ADELAIDE, Dec 3: Australian paceman Brett Lee was to appear before a disciplinary hearing later in the day charged with excessive appealing during the second Ashes Test against England at Adelaide Oval. Lee was charged with a level one offence by match referee Jeff Crowe for running down the wicket and celebrating what he thought was the wicket of England's Kevin Pietersen early on day two. Umpire Steve Bucknor rejected the Australian's appeal. Lee faces being fined his match fee of 12,500 dollars ($9,250) if found guilty. The International Cricket Council (ICC) is expected to announce the hearing's outcome at its Dubai headquarters later in the day. Lee's report is the latest to have blighted Australia's on-field disciplinary record over the past 18 months. Captain Ricky Ponting was fined 75 per cent of his match fee for dissent when he was run out by England substitute fielder Gary Pratt at Trent Bridge last year. Simon Katich was docked half his match fee for showing dissent towards an umpire's decision in the same match. Lee, paceman Glenn McGrath and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist were all penalised for incidents last summer, for showing dissent and using obscene language, while Shane Warne was cleared of a charge of dissent. Ponting has also tested the patience of match referees in 2006. He was fined 25 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent to an umpire's decision in a Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong, and was docked his entire match fee for dissent during a match against the West Indies in Kuala Lumpur.

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Re: How will Lee be punished? Weak fine for Lee. If it was an indian what would the punishment have been then? ADELAIDE, Dec 4: Australian fast bowler Brett Lee was fined a quarter of his match fee for an excessive appeal in the second Ashes Test against England. Lee was cited by match referee Jeff Crowe when he began celebrating after striking English batsman Kevin Pietersen on the pads without checking to see whether he was out. West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor ruled in the batsman's favour and Crowe found Lee guilty of excessive appealing for not first checking with the umpire. Lee said he thought Bucknor had given the batsman out but Crowe disagreed. "Brett is confused about this verdict in that he thought he saw the umpire gesture that it was out," Crowe said in a statement. "The simple fact is that Brett did not stop and wait for the umpire's actual decision, out or not out, before starting his celebrations, something that has been stipulated over the past three years." Australia's players normally receive a match fee of A$12,500 (US$9,842) for each Test, meaning Lee is likely to lose A$3,125.

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