Fakhar Zaman has denied a cost of ball-tampering after his Pakistan Tremendous League facet Lahore Qalandars had been handed a five-run penalty throughout a defeat to Karachi Kings.
Fakhar – who might face a one or two-match ban if discovered responsible of the offence – was deemed by the umpires of “unfairly changing the condition of the ball”.
The alleged tampering happened forward of the ultimate over, with Karachi needing 14 runs to overtake Lahore’s whole of 128-9.
The ball was changed – the brand new one was chosen by the batting facet – and Kings’ ask whittled all the way down to 9 runs from six deliveries.
Qalandars seamer Haris Rauf took a wicket with the subsequent ball however then conceded a large earlier than back-to-back boundaries from Abbas Afridi noticed Kings to victory in 19.3 overs.
Match referee Roshan Mahanama will conduct a listening to within the subsequent few days.
Fakhar has performed 215 instances for Pakistan throughout the codecs
Cricket’s Legislation 41.3.2 states that “it is an offence for any player to take any action which changes the condition of the ball”.
Qalandars captain Shaheen Shah Afridi, who was angered by the ball change on the time, mentioned on the post-match presentation: “We’ll see [what the umpires say]”.
Requested additional concerning the incident, Shaheen mentioned: “I don’t know about this. We will see if it is that in the camera. We will discuss.”
