Three Pakan players fined for breaching code of conduct in Tri Series match vs South Africa | Cricket News

Three Pakan players were fined the ICC on Thursday for breaching the code of conduct in separate incidents in their ODI win over South Africa in the ongoing Tri-Series. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel and Kamran Ghulam were all fined for their actions against South Africa players in Karachi on Wednesday.
Shaheen was fined 25% of his match fee when he deliberately got in the way of South African batter Matthew Breetzke while he ran a single as the two players squared up and the umpire stepped in to defuse the situation.
In the next over, a mix-up led to Temba Bavuma being run out and Pakan’s Shakeel and Ghulam celebrated too close to the batter, who briefly stopped his walk back to the pavilion until they were out of the way.

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Both Shakeel and Ghulam were fined 10% of their match fee for breaching the code over “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal.”
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Since all three players admitted the offences and accepted the sanctions proposed match referee David Boon, no formal hearings were held.
On Wednesday, Pakan defeated South Africa 6 wickets, completing their highest successful run chase in ODIs when Salman Agha and captain Mohammad Rizwan both struck centuries to help the hosts reach 352.
South Africa, without several first team regulars, batted first on a flat wicket and with a lightning quick outfield, and amassed 352 for five in their 50 overs on the back of half-centuries from captain Temba Bavuma (82), Matthew Breetzke (83) and Heinrich Klaasen (87).

Pakan will next take on New Zealand in the final match of the Tri Series in Karachi on Friday.
(With agency inputs)