KARACHI: Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel and Kamran Ghulam were fined for breaching Level 1 of the International Cricket Council code of conduct during their tri-nation series match against South Africa here on Wednesday, the sport’s global governing body said.

Shaheen was fined 25 per cent of his match fee after he was found to have breached Article 2.12 of the code, which relates to “inappropriate physical contact with a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or any other person (including a spectator) during an International Match.”

The incident occurred in the 28th over of South Africa’s innings, when Shaheen deliberately got in the way of batter Matthew Breetzke as he ran a single, causing an inappropriate physical contact that also resulted in an argument.

Saud and substitute fielder Kamran were fined 10 per cent each of their match fee as they celebrated too close to batter Temba Bavuma after he was run out in the 29th over of South Africa’s innings.

Saud and Kamran were found to have breached Article 2.5 of the Code, 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 ICC said.

In addition to this, one demerit point has been added to the disciplinary records of the three players, all of whom did not have a previous offence in a 24-month period.

Published in Dawn, February 14th, 2025