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Pakistan captain Fatima Sana fined for ICC Code of Conduct breach

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At a glance

  • Pakistan captain Fatima Sana fined 10% of match fee for a code of conduct breach.
  • The incident occurred during the Asia Cup match against India in Dubai on September 5.
  • Sana received one demerit point, her second in a 24-month period.

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Pakistan women's cricket captain Fatima Sana was fined 10% of her match fee and given one demerit point for a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct. The incident occurred on September 5 in Dubai during the Women's Asia Cup T20 match against India, when Sana gestured towards dismissed opener Shafali Verma. This was Sana's second offence in a 24-month period, bringing her total demerit points to two.

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Pakistan women's cricket captain Fatima Sana has been fined 10 per cent of her match fee for a breach of the ICC Code of Conduct. The incident, where she gestured at a dismissed batter, happened during the Women’s T20 Asia Cup match against India in Dubai on September 5.

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The incident occurred during the Women’s T20 Asia Cup match against India in Dubai on September 5.

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Responses

  1. Rules are rules, even if the gesture was made in the heat of the moment. It’s important for our players, especially the captain, to maintain discipline on the field. Hopefully a lesson learned.

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