Bangladesh have been fined five per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate in the opening match of the ODI tri-series against Zimbabwe in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
David Gilbert of the Emirates ICC International Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Bangladesh were ruled to be one over short of the target once time allowances were taken into consideration.
Sanction under the Code of Conduct
Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel covers minimum over-rate offences. Under that article, players are fined five per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
Captain Tawhid Hridoy pled guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so no formal hearing was necessary.
Officials who levelled the charge
On-field umpires Allahuddien Paleker and Izatullah Safi, third umpire Ahsan Raza and fourth umpire Ahmed Shah Durrani levelled the charge.