Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman has been fined 10 per cent of his match fees for violating level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the Tri-series final against Sri Lanka on November 25. The violation falls under Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which pertains to showing dissent against an umpire’s decision in an international match.
What did he do to earn a demerit point?
According to TOI, ICC mentioned, “One demerit point has been added to Zaman’s disciplinary record for which was the first offence in 24 months.” The incident happened during the tri-series final against Sri-Lanka when Zaman got involved in a dispute with the on-field umpires about the decision of his dismissal in the 19th over of the match. There will be no formal hearing for this matter as Fakhar Zaman has admitted the offence and accepted the fine. The sanction was proposed by Reon King of the ICC International Panel of Match Referees. The charge was brought forward by the on-field umpires Ahsan Raza and Asif Yaqoob, and third umpire Faisal Afridi.
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Match highlights
Pakistan ended the match with a comfortable six-wicket win over Sri Lanka. Pakistan claimed the tri-series with this great win. Sri Lanka was forced to stop at 114 runs in the first innings, courtesy of three-wicket hauls taken by both Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Nawaz. In response, Babar Azam stayed unbeaten at 37 runs, and Saim Ayub’s knock of 36 helped Pakistan cruise to victory.
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The level 1 breaches usually consist of penalties that range from an official reprimand to a maximum of 50 per cent of the player’s match fees, paired with one or two demerit points. Pakistan had a good year of T20 international cricket, winning 21 out of 34 T20I matches they played around the year, which marks their highest victory count in a calendar year.
