Former South Africa [ Images ] pace bowler Andre Nel [ Images ] will sit out Surrey's next two games after being suspended by the England [ Images ] and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Wednesday.

Nel received the automatic ban after showing dissent at an umpire's decision during Sunday's one-day match against Lancashire.

The bowler was reported by umpires Neil Bainton and Rob Bailey for a level two breach of the ECB's discipline code and received three penalty points.

"Nel has previously received six penalty points and, as a result of accumulating nine penalty points within a two-year period, he has received an automatic suspension," the ECB said in a statement posted on its website (www.ecb.co.uk).