Lahore, 25 October 2021: Southern Punjab have been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate in their fixture against Central Punjab at the Multan Cricket Stadium in the opening round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2021-22.
In the drawn match, Southern Punjab were found three overs short of their target after taking into account time allowances and, as such, were charged under Article 2.22 of the PCB Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which deals with the minimum over-rate offences. As such, all members of the playing XI were fined PKR28,000.
Southern Punjab captain Mohammad Abbas accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Mohammad Javed. The charges were levelled by on-field umpires Qaiser Waheed and Aftab Gillani.
The scorecard of the match is available here.
