DUBAI — Indian women’s cricket team has been fined 10 percent of their
match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate in the second ODI of their ICC
Women’s Championship series against Australia.
The sanction was imposed by ICC Match Referee David
Gilbert after Harmanpreet Kaur's team was found to be two overs short of the
target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
"India captain Harmanpreet Kaur pleaded guilty to
the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a
formal hearing," the ICC statement read.
The charges were levelled by on-field umpires Claire
Polosak and Donovan Koch, third umpire Jacquline Williams and fourth umpire
David Taylor.
The second ODI, held in Brisbane, was a challenging
outing for the Indian side. Australia set a daunting target, posting their
highest-ever total against India in ODIs, a commanding 371/8. In response,
India managed only 249, falling short by 122 runs.
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 five percent of their match fee for every
over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
The three-game ODI series was won by Australia 3-0.
