Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal was charged by the ICC yesterday over ball tampering in the second Test against the West Indies here. Play started two hours late on Saturday after the Sri Lankans, led by Chandimal, refused to take the field following a decision by umpires Aleem Dar and Ian Gould to charge the tourists with altering the state of the ball during Friday's play.

Sri Lanka had already been handed five penalty runs on Saturday, although that relatively minor punishment was inconsequential compared to their anger at being accused of what amounts to cheating.