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West Indies were fined 60% of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Zimbabwe in Saturday’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier match in Harare.
Muhammad Javed of the ICC International Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanctions after the West Indies were ruled to be three overs 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 20 per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
Captain Shai Hope pled guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing. On-field umpires Sam Nogajski and Ravindra Wimalasari, third umpire Roland Black and fourth umpire Allahudien Palekar levelled the charge.
The West Indies have already qualified for the Super Six phase of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier event, but the loss to Zimbabwe left them without a valuable two points to take through to the next stage.
The top four teams at the end of the Super Six stage qualify for the semi-finals of the Qualifier, with the two winners of those matches progressing to a final and the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in India at the end of the year.
