BULAWAYO – Oman have been punished for maintaining a slow over rate in their Super Six outing against Zimbabwe, while fast bowler Kaleemullah has also been handed down extra punishment for his conduct in the encounter.
The side have been fined 40 per cent of their match fee after their ODI in Bulawayo on Thursday, 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 20 per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, and the side were ruled to be two overs short of the target time, even after allowances were taken under consideration.
Oman skipper Zeeshan Maqsood pled guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction after his team was found two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
There was further punishment for Kaleemullah after his send-off toward Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine when dismissing him early in the encounter.
The incident occurred in the 12th over of Zimbabwe’s innings, when Kaleemullah bowled Zimbabwe’s skipper for 25, before running in Ervine’s direction and celebrating the wicket in close proximity to the batter.
Kaleemullah was found to have breached Article 2.5 of the Code of Conduct which relates to “using language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batter upon his/her dismissal during an International Match.”
The fast bowler accepted the sanction after on-field umpires Roland Black and Wayne Knights, third umpire Asif Yaqoob and fourth umpire Martin Saggers levelled the charges.
One demerit point has been added to the 32-year-old’s record, and the incident was his first offence in a two-year period.
Oman fell to a 14-run defeat against the tournament hosts, all but ruling them out of Cricket World Cup 2023 contention.
The side next take on the Netherlands in Harare on July 3.
