After the Perth Test catastrophe, Pakistan was fined for their slow over-rate. Pakistan was fined by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday for continuing to play at a sluggish over-rate during the recently finished Perth Test match against Australia.
Pakistan has been penalized two ICC World Test Championship (WTC) and fined 10% of their match cost as a result.
The punishment was handed by match referee Javagal Srinath after Pakistan was discovered to be two overs short of the target even after taking time allowances into account.
As per the minimum over-rate offences outlined in Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, players who fail to bowl in the allocated time during an over will be fined five percent of their match fee.
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Additionally, a side loses one point for each over that is short according to Article 16.11.2 of the ICC World Test Championship playing regulations. As a result, Pakistan’s total points have been reduced by two WTC points.
A formal hearing was not required because Pakistani captain Shan Masood accepted the suggested sentence and pled guilty to the offence.
The accusation was made by fourth umpire Donovan Koch, third umpire Michael Gough, and on-field umpires Joel Wilson and Richard Illingworth.
Notably, Pakistan had a perfect record and was leading the WTC rankings. However, they lost badly to Australia, scoring 360 runs, and were penalized two points, which dropped them to second place with a winning percentage of 61.11.
Runners-up twice With a winning percentage of 66.67, India advanced to the summit, capitalizing on Pakistan’s relegation.
After crushing Pakistan by a massive margin of 360 runs in the opening Test match at Perth Stadium, Australia is now up 1-0 in the series.
