Pakistan fined 20 per cent of match fee for slow over

Pakistan have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first ODI against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, the ICC said in a statement on Wednesday.

Match referee Ali Naqvi imposed the sanction after Shaheen Afridi's side was found to be four overs short of its target in an innings that ultimately took over four hours to complete. Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct states that players are fined five per cent of their match fee for each over their side fails to bowl within the allotted time.

Pakistan had one extra fielder brought into the ring after the 46th over of Sri Lanka's innings as the first ODI went the distance. Wanindu Hasaranga's half-century kept the visitors in the hunt until the final over of the contest despite looking like