Mount Maunganui, Apr 7 (UNI) Pakistan have been fined five per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand in the third ODI here on Saturday.

Jeff Crowe of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after

Mohammad Rizwan’s side was ruled to be one over short of the target after time allowances

were taken into consideration.

In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined five per cent of

their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.

Rizwan plead guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need

for a formal hearing, according to an ICC media statement.

On-field umpires Chris Brown and Paul Reiffel, third umpire Michael Gough and fourth umpire

Wayne Knights leveled the charge.

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