The ICC has handed official warnings under its pitch and outfield monitoring process to Kingsmead in Durban and the Queen's Park Oval in Port-of-Spain.

Kingsmead hosted the first Test between South Africa and New Zeal and from August 19 and the Queen's Park Oval the fourth Test between West Indies and India from August 18. Both matches were heavily curtailed because of outfield conditions.

Andy Pycroft and Ranjan Madugalle, the match referees for the two Tests, both rated the outfields 'poor' in their official reports.

Madugalle and Geoff Allardice, the ICC's general manager, reviewed CSA's response to the "poor" rating, while Allardice and match referee David Boon reviewed WICB’s response.

Since this was the first occasion either ground had received a 'poor' rating, they stood to receive either a warning or a fine not exceeding 15,000 dollars, along with "a directive for appropriate corrective action'.

In all, 11 sessions out of 15 were lost to a wet and soft outfield at Kingsmead. Only 22 overs of play were possible in the Port-of-Spain Test.