Sialkot Stallions fined for slow over rate in final against Rawalpindi Rams – Cricket News Update
Sialkot Stallions, the Pakistani domestic team has been fined Rupees 10,000 by the cricket board over their slow over-rate in their final win against Rawalpindi Rams.
The Faysal Bank T20 competition reached its conclusion last night when Stallions, led by all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088, came out victorious by a margin of 10 runs in a closely fought encounter.
However, their bowlers, who managed to halt their opponents' charge towards the 180-run target, were in hot water after their heroics, when it was calculated that they were two overs short, taking time into consideration.
The match referee, Azizur Rehman, took note of it and consequently charged the winners with a hefty fine of 10,000 rupees. Sialkot team's manager, Mohammad Naeem accepted the penalty; however, was not pleased with the verdict given by Rehman.
"The delay was only because of the miss-communication between match officials, but at the end we had the title back and that was more important for us," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chaudhri-Mohammad-Naeem-c50533, the Sialkot team manager stated.
The confusion arose at a pivotal point in the tie when Rawalpindi’s player, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625, no injured batsman is allowed a runner until nine wickets are down.
However, with the tournament beginning on September 25 and the new rules coming into effect from October 1, it was decided that the rules of the competition will not be altered, and so Rameez was allowed to come to the pitch with a runner.
The fine removed some of the gloss from the teams final victory, although it could not stop the side celebrating their win for sixth time in history. To add glitter to the presentation ceremony, Indian tennis star and Shoaib’s wife, Sania Mirza was in attendance, as her husband lifted the Faysal Bank T20 trophy.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 team holds the world record of winning 25 consecutive T20 games, which led them to win five successive Faysal Bank Cups between a period of 2005/06 and 2009/10.
Apart from Shoaib, they host a number of stars including batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691.
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