Personally, I think the outcome of the verdict was correct - not guilty of ball tampering, guilty of disrepute. However, I think the sentance on the disrepute charge was too lenient. I don't think there have been many cases of disrepute that have been more damaging to the game of cricket - maybe the Gatting/Rana incident. I think Inzamam should have been banned to the limit that the charge allows (as I would have recommended for Gatting in the other instance I mentioned). The light sentance has probably been given to reflect the fact that Madugalle probably thought some kind of protest was warranted under the circumstances, but it may give the green light to future similar protests under the knowledge that (unless your next 4 ODIs are World Cup games) little harm would be done to your career.

Also, given that the incident happened during a test match, surely a ban for test matches should have been given, rather than ODIs?