Ben Cutting from Peshawar Zalmi and Sohail Tanvir from Quetta Gladiators were found breaching article 2.6 of HBL PSL code of conduct for players and player support personnel for which they have been fined 15 percent of their match fee for breaching Level 1 offense at separate incidents during their match at Gadaffi Stadium Lahore on Tuesday.
The opponents were found in verbal abuse as well as the use of offensive gestures on the field at different occasions and to what came under: “using a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during a PSL Match”.
The incident involved Sohail Tanvir and Ben Cutting when the latter hit the bowler for three consecutive sixes and then made some inappropriate gestures with his fingers where things got heated.
Ben Cutting from Peshawar Zalmi and Sohail Tanvir from Quetta Gladiators were found breaching article 2.6 of HBL PSL code of conduct for players and player support personnel for which they have been fined 15 percent of their match fee for breaching Level 1 offense at separate incidents during their match at Gadaffi Stadium Lahore on Tuesday.
After the incident, Tanvir made the same gestures with his fingers in the next over after taking the catch off Naseem Shah on the very first ball.
Match referee Ali Naqvi:
“Such type of inappropriate gestures has no space in this great sport. The players need to always understand and remember their on and off-the-field responsibilities as they are role models and behavior like this sends out a wrong message to the younger generation of cricketers. The HBL PSL 2022 is being played in good, positive spirits and I would like to see the players continue to fight hard inside the field of play but at the same time to remain within the parameters of the spirit of the game.”
Both Cutting and Sohail pleaded guilty to the offenses and accepted the sanctions proposed to be imposed by Ali Naqvi and, as such, there was no need for a formal hearing. The charges were leveled by on-field umpires Michael Gough and Rashid Riaz, third umpire Asif Yaqoob and fourth umpire Waleed Yaqoob.
All first-time offenses of Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official warning and/or imposition of a fine of up to 25 percent of the applicable match fee.