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Peshawar Zalmi were awarded five penalty runs after a throw from the Multan Sultans fielder hit Mohammad Rizwan’s wicket-keeping glove which was lying on the ground during the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024 match on Thursday. Zalmi batter Tom Kohler-Cadmore played the ball from spinner Khushdil Shah towards fine-leg and Rizwan dashed from his wicket-keeping stance to retrieve the ball. The ball was ultimately collected by a fielder and his throw hit one of Rizwan’s gloves that he took off and threw on the ground while running. Babar Azam, who was in the non-striker’s end, pointed it out to umpire Aleem Dar who decided to award five runs as penalty due to ‘illegal fielding’.

According to the rules of cricket, a fielder “will be deemed to have fielded the ball illegally if, while the ball is in play he/she willfully discards a piece of clothing, equipment or any other object which subsequently makes contact with the ball”.

A similar incident happened during the 2022 T20 World Cup when South Africa conceded a five-run penalty against Zimbabwe when the ball hit Quinton de Kock’s glove.

Earlier, Wasim Akram blasted the infrastructure of the Pakistan’s cricket stadiums and said that the authorities have been unsuccessful in maintaining the three stadiums on the northern side.

During a discussion on A Sports, Akram was asked by a fan about Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) not investing in a new stadium in northern Pakistan with references to India’s Dharamsala Stadium and New Zealand’s Queenstown Stadium.

Akram remarked that the roof on the Gaddafi Stadium is currently in poor condition before adding that they can only dream of building a new stadium despite having a lot of area in places like Abbottabad.