Islamabad (Sports News):
Pakistan have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Sri Lanka in the first ODI in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.
Ali Naqvi of the Emirates ICC International Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Shaheen Shah Afridi’s side was ruled to be four overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
Shaheen pled guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.
On-field umpires Alex Wharf and Asif Yaqoob, third umpire Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid and fourth umpire Rashid Riaz leveled the charge.
