Pakistan’s Sidra Amin (R) performs a shot throughout the ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup 2025 one-day worldwide (ODI) match between India and Pakistan on the R. Premadasa Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Colombo on October 5, 2025.— AFP
DUBAI: Pakistan top-order batter Sidra Amin has been reprimanded by the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching its code of conduct throughout the Girls’s Cricket World Cup match in opposition to India.
In response to the apex cricketing physique, the right-handed batter violated Article 2.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct, which pertains to the “abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during an International Match.”
The incident occurred on the penultimate supply of the fortieth over when Sidra was caught at square-leg by India captain Harmanpreet Kaur off Sneh Rana.
Pissed off with herself, the batter slammed her bat into the turf earlier than strolling again to the pavilion.
Because of this, one demerit level has been added to the top-order batter’s disciplinary file. This was Sidra’s first offence within the 24-month interval.
The 33-year-old accepted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by ICC match referee Shandre Fritz, eliminating the necessity for a proper listening to.
The cost was levelled by on-field umpires Lauren Agenbag and Nimali Perera, alongside third umpire Kerrin Klaaste and fourth umpire Kim Cotton.
For the unversed, Stage 1 breaches could lead to penalties starting from an official reprimand to a wonderful of fifty per cent of a participant’s match charge and one or two demerit factors.
For the unversed, Sidra Amin, who held Pakistan’s innings collectively within the 248-run goal, remained their top-scorer with a gutsy 81 off 106 deliveries, laced with 9 fours and a six.
Her dismissal ultimately resulted in Pakistan getting bowled out for a meagre 159 in 43 overs and thus suffered a gruelling 88-run defeat of their second match of the ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup 2025.Â
