Lloyd accuses Vaughan of being 'rude and dismissive'

Clive Lloyd, the former West Indian captain and current match referee, has accused Michael Vaughan of being "rude and dismissive" during the disciplinary hearing that resulted in Vaughan being fined his entire match fee during the fourth Test at Johannesburg.

Reuters quoted Lloyd as telling a South African newspaper, "I would have given him a lesser fine if it were not for that, but I stopped short of banning him for the last Test. I have respect for the England captain and I expected the same from him."

Vaughan had criticised the two on-field umpires, Aleem Dar and Steve Bucknor, for the "inconsistent" way they handled the issue of bad light during the Test. Vaughan was then fined his full match fee of approximately £5500 (US$10,350).

"If he doesn't respect me he should at least respect the position [of match referee]," said Lloyd. "But he made matters worse for himself with his dismissive and rude attitude."

There was an immediate response from the English Professional Cricketers' Association, which called on the ICC to remove Lloyd from its list of referees for making the matter public. A PCA statement read: "Putting details into the media is unacceptable and should lead to an immediate review of Clive Lloyd's position and future as a match referee."