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Northern’s Taimoor Sultan has been fined 25 per cent of match fee for a level 1 breach of the PCB Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision during his side’s Cricket Association T20 match against Sindh yesterday.
Taimoor violated Clause 2.8 of the conduct when he raised his both hands after being adjudged LBW and delayed his departure from the crease.
Umpires Ahmed Shahab and Aftab Gillani levelled the charge, and Taimoor, who pleaded guilty to the charge, accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Athar Laiq.
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), formerly the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan, is the governing body for cricket in Pakistan. It oversees and organizes all tours and matches for the Pakistan national cricket team. A member of the International Cricket Council since 1952, the PCB represents Pakistan’s men’s and women’s teams in international cricket tournaments.