West Indies coach Daren Sammy has been fined due to his criticism of third umpire Adrian Holdstock during the first Test match against Australia in Barbados.

On the second day, Sammy was particularly upset by two rulings that went against West Indies: Shai Hope's inside edge, which was excellently taken by Alex Carey, who was declared to have held the catch cleanly, and Roston Chase's lbw, which was upheld by Holdstock despite a possibility of an inside edge. Holdstock determined that Hope's low catch off Travis Head on the first day had not carried.

Sammy expressed his worries with Holdstock's umpiring during the last ODI series in England following the play on the second day.

"You don't want to get yourself in a situation where you're wondering about certain umpires. Is there something against this team? But when you see decision after decision, then it raises the question,” Sammy said after the match.

According to Article 2.7 of the ICC's code of conduct, Sammy was found to have engaged in "public criticism of, or inappropriate comment about an incident occurring in an international match or any player, player support personnel, match official, or team participating in any international match .”

For the level-one offense, he was penalized 15% of his match money. Additionally, Sammy's disciplinary record now has one demerit point added for his first offense in 24 months.

Sammy accepted the punishment that match referee Javagal Srinath suggested after acknowledging the offense. Level 1 offenses result in one or two demerit points, a minimum punishment of an official reprimand, and a maximum penalty of 50% of the match fee.

Although Captain Chase has not yet been sanctioned, he was equally critical of the decisions in his post-match remarks.

With Richard Kettleborough and Nitin Menon sharing the TV job, Holdstock is scheduled to officiate the following two Test matches in Grenada and Jamaica.

(ICC inputs)