Pakistan, led by Shan Massod, has been penalized for continuing to overrate slowly in the first Test match against Australia, which took place in Perth on December 14.
In addition to two ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points being deducted from their total, they were fined 10% of their match fee.
Prior to Australia’s first Test match, Pakistan was leading the WTC 2025 points standings. Nevertheless, they have fallen to second position with the 360-run defeat to the Australians, and the penalty has caused their percentage points to decrease from 66.67 to 61.11.
As per the provisions of Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, cricket players who fail to bowl in the specified time for an over will be penalized five percent of their match fee.
Article 16.11.2 of the ICC World Test Championship stipulates that a side loses one point for every over in which Pakistan is short, with two points being subtracted from their total score. After taking time allowances into account, the ICC Elite Panel Match Referee Javagal Srinath assessed the fines after concluding that Pakistan was two overs short.
The Pakistani captain Shan Masood entered a guilty plea and accepted the penalties after the allegations were brought by on-field umpires Joel Wilson and Richard Illingworth, third umpire Michael Gough, and fourth umpire Donovan Koch.
