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ODI World Cup Qualifiers: West Indies penalized for slow over-rate vs Zimbabwe
West Indies have been fined 60 percent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Zimbabwe in their ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier match in Harare on Saturday.
Muhammad Javed of the ICC International Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanctions after West Indies were ruled to be three overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.
According to ICC rules on minimum over-rate offenses, players are fined 20 percent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.
West Indies captain Shai Hope pled guilty to the offense and accepted the fine.
The West Indies have already qualified for the Super Six phase of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier event, but the loss to Zimbabwe left them without a valuable two points to take through to the next stage.
The top four teams at the end of the Super Six stage qualify for the semi-finals of the Qualifier, with the two winners of those matches progressing to a final and the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in India at the end of the year.