Anderson fined for dissent at Kohli call

England paceman Jimmy Anderson has been fined 15 per cent of his fifth Test match fee for an incident that occurred during his captivating battle with India captain Virat Kohli, the International Cricket Council confirmed Sunday.

Anderson was deemed to have shown dissent at an umpiring decision on day two of the series finale at The Oval, violating the ICC's Code of Conduct. 

"Anderson snatched his cap and jumper from umpire Kumar Dharmasena and then spoke to him in an aggressive manner following an unsuccessful LBW review against Virat Kohli," the ICC said in a statement.

The 36-year-old quick admitted the offence and accepted the sanction, with one demerit point added to his disciplinary record. It was his first offence since the introduction of the revised ICC Code in 2016.

Jos Buttler celebrated his 28th birthday with an innings of 89 that left England on top on Saturday, but it was the battle between Anderson and Kohli that stood out.

"It's obviously fantastic Test cricket," said Buttler.

"Virat's one of the best players in the world, if not the best at the minute and Jimmy's England's greatest-ever bowler so as a match-up for players and fans alike it's awesome to watch.

"I think the two of them are immensely competitive and have had a great duel all through this series," added Buttler, who explained Anderson's flare-up as "probably a couple of words and that's about it".

England, who had already won this five-match series at 3-1 up, started the second day in danger of being dismissed for under 200 at 7-198. Yet when Buttler was last man out they had made a total of 332.

At stumps, India were struggling at 6-174 - a deficit of 158 runs - with Kohli falling to Ben Stokes for 49. Test debutant Hanuma Vihari was 25 not out and Ravindra Jadeja unbeaten on eight.

Anderson's figures of 2-20 in 11 overs left him just two shy of Australia great Glenn McGrath's record of 563 Test wickets - the most taken by any fast bowler.

The right-armer has yet to dismiss Kohli this series but their duels have been a memorable feature of the campaign.

Anderson struck twice in seven balls to leave India 4-103.

He had Cheteshwar Pujara, dropped by Cook at short leg off Moeen Ali on 10, caught behind for 37 before removing Rahane for a duck when Cook held a routine first-slip catch.

Vihari survived two close lbw calls against Broad on nought before hooking Stokes for six.

Kohli, the leading run-scorer in the series, was in sight of reaching fifty for the sixth time in five Tests, when he edged a drive on the up off Stokes to Root at second slip.