West Indian wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin has been suspended for two games and fined 100% of his match fees for an incident relating to the West Indies-Pakistan game at the Kennington Oval last Friday when he falsely claimed a catch of Pakistan batsman Misbah-Ul-Haq.

Ramdin was found guilty of breaching article 2.2.11 of the ICC Code of Conduct which relates to "conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game" . The charges on Ramdin were laid by the on-field umpires Steve Davis and Nigel Llong, third umpire Tony Hill and fourth umpire Richard Kettleborough. The hearing took place on Monday morning and was adjudicated by Chris Broad who found Ramdin guilty of breaching the Code of Conduct.

West Indies Wicket-Keeper Denesh Ramdin has been charged for falsely claiming the catch of Pakistan Skipper Misbah-Ul-Haq during the Pakistan -West Indies game on Friday at the Kennington Oval. Ramdin was charged for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct and has been asked to attend a hearing on Monday. Ramdin for his part has pleaded 'not guilty' to the charges.

The charges relate to an incident which occurred during the ninth over of the Pakistan Innings when Misbah-Ul-Haq under-edged a delivery from West Indies pacer Kemar Roach to Ramdin. Ramdin appeared to have taken the catch cleanly but soon lost control of the ball as it fell out of his gloves onto the grass in front of him. However Ramdin didn't seem to consider it a false catch and he instead threw the ball towards the square leg-umpire and joined his team-mates in their celebrations.

Shane Shillingford grabbed two late wickets to follow a whirlwind half-century from Darren Sammy to keep West Indies in charge of the first Test against Zimbabwe on Wednesday here. Shillingford took 2-9 from two overs, as Zimbabwe, trailing by 96 on first innings, reached 41 for three in their second innings at the close on the second day at Kensington Oval.

Earlier in the day, West Indies skipper Sammy hit a stroke-filled, top score of 73 to boost West Indies and propel them to 307, replying to Zimbabwe’s first innings total of 211. Sammy and keeper Denesh Ramdin batted the West Indies out of problems and into a position of strength as they added a crucial century stand on the second day of the first Test against Zimbabwe.

The pair put on a record 106 for the seventh wicket after the West Indies looked in trouble at 151-6, with the dismissals of Marlon Samuels (51) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (26) in the space of seven runs.

Sammy launched a brutal assault on the Zimbabwe bowlers, scoring 73 off 69 balls including four sixes and eight fours at the Kensington Oval on Wednesday. Ramdin celebrated his 28th birthday with a well-compiled 62 off 130 balls with eight boundaries in over three hours of batting.

It helped the home side to 307 all out in reply to 211 made by the visitors on the opening day. They will resume on 41-3 on Thursday – still 55 runs away from making the West Indies bat again. Off-spinner Shane Shillingford has so far taken two wickets in two overs while pacer Shannon Gabriel bowled with great pace and took the other.

Speaking about his approach during the day, the captain said his game-plan was to attack the Zimbabwe bowlers and reverse the pressure.

“I backed myself and I played my natural game. I play to my strengths. That partnership with Ramdin and myself really put us in a good position and set up the game nicely. I always look to do my best and deliver what the team requires,” Sammy added.

“Today for me it wasn’t about survival as I always back myself to play the proper shot. They gave me some loose balls and I put them away. That’s cricket – you respect the good balls and when you get the bad balls you put them away. It was a matter of [proper] execution. It was good to see that Denesh at Number 6 and myself scheduled to be at Number 7 were able to put on over 100 runs and put the team on the right track after we were five wickets down.”

Mini Scorecard:

Zimbabwe 1st Innings 211 all out

Tino Mawoyo 50 Marlon Samuels 4-13

Craig Ervine 29 Shane Shillingford 3-58

West Indies 1st Innings 307 all out

D Sammy 73 Kyle Jarvis 5-54

D Ramdin 62 Hamilton Masakadza 2-25

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings 41-3

Shane Shillingford 2-9

Wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin is hoping to have a “huge” impact both in front and behind the stumps as he marks his return to the West Indies team in the upcoming One-Day Series against Zimbabwe.

The experienced 27-year-old, who has made 94 One-Day appearances for the Windies since his debut in 2005, has been recalled after missing the last two One-Day trips to Bangladesh last December and in Australia earlier this month.

Day 2 of the first test between Bangladesh and West Indies at Mirpur ended with the Windies in a commanding position as they managed to bag 3 wickets in the last session of play after declaring at 527/4, without losing a single wicket today. Shivnarine Chanderpaul scored another double century as he ended unbeaten on 203 with good support from his overnight partner Denesh Ramdin (126*) at the other end. They put Bangladesh in to bat in the final session of play and picked up 3 crucial wickets before stumps to end the day with a lead of 363 runs.

The first half an hour of play was quite exciting; there were a few glimmers of hope for Bangladesh. The very second ball from Sohag Gazi beat Ramdin in flight but it also went past the keeper giving Ramdin a lifeline. Another incident occurred in the 10^th over this morning when Ramdin pushed the ball to mid on and called for a quick single. It was a direct hit but Ramdin was just in by a couple of inches. Soon after, Chanderpaul came down the track and edged a ball from Gazi but the ball fell short of first slip. Not much fortune went Bangladesh’s way after that. Gazi bowled ten overs consecutively and was clearly the pick of the bowers. He managed to create periodic chances but all in vain. However, Bangladesh managed to cut down the Windies’ scoring rate. Though both batsmen were well set, they had to struggle to push even the singles. They managed just 76 runs in the first session to end at 437/4. Chanderpaul brought up his 150 and Ramdin was unbeaten on 84.

Denesh Ramdin said it was important for West Indies to take a dynamic approach to their upcoming two-Test series against Bangladesh. The West Indies vice-captain said winning the first Test will be crucial to easing the pressure on the visitors and curbing the enthusiasm of the home team.

"[Bangladesh] are a team that on any given day can come and put up a good fight," Ramdin told WICB Media. "We are not going to take them lightly. They have good players, but we are going to play hard. They are favourites in their home conditions, but we are confident that all will go well for us on this tour."

Darren Sammy identified the consistent failure to win the key moments in another competitive series for West Indies led to their 2-0 Test series defeat against England. The West Indies captain said his side lacked consistency throughout the three-Test series which drew to a wet conclusion on Monday at Edgbaston. To emphasise his point, he also harked back to the preceding Digicel Test series against Australia, where West Indies also suffered a 0-2 series defeat in a three-Test series.

"We were competitive against Australia and should have won, but at crucial moments, we faltered and crumbled – and that's what happened again in England," he said. "We were competitive, but we didn't compete for long enough over an extended period of time and hence we lost 2-0. If you subtract the sessions when we were really bad, we were up there competing."