Pakistan Tremendous League has been jolted by the ball-tampering accusation towards Zaman, which allegedly occurred on Sunday.
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Lahore Qalandars batter Fakhar Zaman has been charged with ball-tampering in Sunday’s Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) match towards Karachi Kings, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) mentioned in an announcement.
The incident occurred within the remaining over, with Karachi needing 14 runs to win. Fakhar, Lahore captain Shaheen Afridi, and quick bowler Haris Rauf have been concerned in a short dialogue, throughout which Fakhar and Rauf handed the ball between them.
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The umpire then approached Rauf and requested to see the ball. Following consultations with the square-leg umpire, the officers awarded 5 penalty runs to Karachi and ordered the ball to be modified.
The penalty proved pricey, as Karachi went on to chase down a goal of 129 with three balls to spare, and Abbas Afridi hitting a 4 and a six to seal a four-wicket victory.
“Fakhar denied the cost levelled towards him throughout a disciplinary listening to led by the match referee Roshan Mahanama,” the PCB mentioned.
“One other listening to is ready to happen inside the subsequent 48 hours after which the match referee will share his verdict.”
Afridi mentioned they’d take a look at video footage of the incident.
“I don’t learn about this, and we’ll see if it’s there within the digicam and talk about it,” he mentioned on the post-match presentation ceremony.
Fakhar, 35, may face a ban of 1 or two matches if discovered responsible of ball tampering for a primary offence within the PSL.
Australian trio David Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft have been handed prolonged bans by Cricket Australia following a 2018 ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
