The Nottinghamshire duo James Taylor and Samit Patel have each been given three penalty points for breaching the England and Wales Cricket Board’s discipline code during recent County Championship matches.

Taylor, a member of the England squad for the one-day international series against New Zealand, was reported for two level one breaches – showing dissent at an umpire’s decision by word or action and abuse of cricket ground, equipment or fixtures/fittings – during the match against Yorkshire from 22-25 June.

The ECB announced in a statement that the penalty for the initial level one offence is a reprimand and the penalty for the subsequent level one offence is three penalty points.

Patel, meanwhile, has been punished with three points for a level two breach of the code, which relates to showing serious dissent at an umpire’s decision, during the match against Somerset from 14-17 June.

The penalties will remain on the players’ records for two years and the accumulation of nine or more penalty points in any two-year period will result in an automatic suspension.