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Pakistan Fined 20% of Match Fee for Slow over-Rate Against Sri Lanka in 1st ODI
Pakistan captain Shaheen Afridi accepted a 20% match fee fine for being four overs short in over-rate, as per ICC rules imposing 5% fine per over.
- On Thursday, the International Cricket Council fined the Pakistan national cricket team 20% of its match fees for a slow over-rate after the first ODI at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Nov. 11.
- Being four overs short after time allowances led to Pakistan's 20% fine, as ICC Code of Conduct fines players 5% of their match fee per over missed.
- Pakistan opened the series by winning the first ODI by six runs to lead the three-match series 1-0, with Salman Ali Agha's unbeaten century and Hussain Talat's fifty lifting them to 299 for five.
- With captain Shaheen Shah Afridi accepting the proposed sanction, no formal hearing was needed and match referee Ali Naqvi imposed the penalty under Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct.
- The PCB moved the remaining games to November 14 and November 16 after a deadly Islamabad blast left 12 dead and over 30 injured, and Sri Lanka Cricket were reassured to finish the series.
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ICC fines Pakistan team for slow over rate in first ODI against Sri Lanka
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has fined the Pakistan cricket team for maintaining a slow over rate during the first One-Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka. According to the ICC, the penalty was imposed following the first ODI of the three-match series played in Rawalpindi on November 11. The ICC stated that Pakistan was fined 20% of their match fee for bowling four overs short of the required rate. Pakistan captain Shaheen Afrid…
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