Haris Rauf fined 20 per cent of match fee for row with Will Jacks

Haris Rauf has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee for an argument with England’s Will Jacks during Pakistan’s one-wicket win in Lahore on Sunday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday. England were fined separately for a slow over rate.

What the ICC found

According to the ICC’s release, reported by Dawn and The Express Tribune, Haris was found guilty of conduct “contrary to the spirit of the game”. It happened at the end of the 46th over of Pakistan’s chase. Haris, at the non-striker’s end, appealed for a wide. When it was not given, he argued with Jacks.

On-field umpire Sharfuddoula was said to have warned him. Haris did not stop, raised his bat in frustration and, the Tribune reported, brushed past the umpire as he walked towards Jacks. Besides the fine, he received one demerit point. It was his third offence within 24 months and took his total to five.

He accepted the breach and the sanction proposed by the match referee, Jeff Crowe, so there was no formal hearing. Neither report says whether his tally of five points carries any further consequence.

England’s penalty

England were fined 15 per cent of their match fees for a slow over rate, after being three overs short once time allowances were counted. Under the ICC code, a side is fined five per cent for every over it fails to bowl on time. Captain Harry Brook admitted the offence and accepted the penalty. The charges were brought by the on-field umpires, Rashid Riaz and Sharfuddoula, third umpire Wayne Knights and fourth umpire Nassir Hussain.

The match behind it

The fine comes from a game Pakistan won in dramatic circumstances. Haris and Shadab Khan put on an unbeaten 89 for the last wicket, a record for a successful ODI chase, after Pakistan were 154 for nine. Shadab finished on 113 not out, and Haris made seven off 19 balls and hit the winning four. Read our report on Shadab’s century and the last-wicket stand.

That win took Pakistan into the final on October 31, where they will meet Sri Lanka. Haris has been in the news for his bowling too; before the game he said Pakistan’s bowlers must take wickets in the middle overs, which we covered in our report on his comments.

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What happened in the chase

Pakistan needed 242 and were 154 for nine after 33.5 overs when Haris joined Shadab. The pair then added an unbeaten 89, and Pakistan finished on 243 for nine in 47.1 overs. Afterwards, Haris told PCB Digital he had told Shadab he would finish the match himself, Geo News reported, and Shadab credited him for insisting on a review when he was given out lbw on 97. The decision was overturned because the ball had taken an inside edge.

The argument with Jacks came in the 46th over, during that closing stand, when the pressure on both sides was at its highest.

Neither report says Haris will miss the final, and neither carries a response from him or the Pakistan Cricket Board. The penalty is a small one in money terms, but it adds to a record of repeat offences that will be on file for the next 24 months.

This article draws on reporting by Dawn and The Express Tribune.