Lahore Qalandars batter Fakhar Zaman has been charged with ball-tampering in Sunday\u2019s Pakistan Super League (PSL) match against Karachi Kings, \u200bthe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement. The incident \u200coccurred in the final over with Karachi needing 14 runs to win. Fakhar, Lahore captain Shaheen Afridi and fast bowler Haris Rauf were involved \u200bin a brief discussion, during which Fakhar and Rauf \u200bpassed the ball between them. The umpire then approached Rauf \u2060and asked to see the ball. Following consultations with the \u200bsquare\u2011leg umpire, the officials awarded five penalty runs to Karachi and \u200bordered the ball to be changed. The penalty proved costly as Karachi went on to chase down a target of 129 with three balls to spare, \u200bAbbas Afridi hitting a four and a six to seal \u200ba four-wicket victory. \u201cFakhar denied the charge levelled against him during a disciplinary \u200chearing \u2060led by the match referee Roshan Mahanama,\u201d the PCB said. \u201cAnother hearing is set to take place within the next 48 hours, after which the match referee will share his verdict.\u201d Afridi said they \u200bwould look at \u200bvideo footage \u2060of the incident. \u201cI don\u2019t know about this, and we\u2019ll see if it\u2019s there in the camera \u200band discuss it,\u201d he said at the post-match \u200bpresentation ceremony. Fakhar \u2060could face a ban of one or two matches if found guilty of ball tampering for a first offence in the PSL. Australian \u2060trio \u200bDavid Warner, Steve Smith and Cameron \u200bBancroft were handed lengthy bans by Cricket Australia following a 2018 ball-tampering scandal in \u200bSouth Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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