Broad fined for \\\'distinctly average\\\' umpires blast

CHITTAGONG, Mar 25 (AFP): England captain Stuart Broad was fined Sunday after blasting umpires as "distinctly average" who put players in danger when lightning hit his team's World Twenty20 clash with New Zealand.
New Zealand were declared winners by nine runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method after the umpires called off the Group One match due to persistent rain in Chittagong Saturday.
Broad had sought guidance on when the weather should stop play after on-field umpires Aleem Dar of Pakistan and Paul Rieffel of Australia failed to stop the game despite thunder and lightning when New Zealand were chasing a 173-run target.