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Nitin Menon is the lone Indian in the ICC's list of umpires for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup in Australia, where an unprecedented six women will be in the match officials team for the tournament.

The ICC has announced match officials for the Super 8 stage of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Rodney Tucker and Paul Reiffel will umpire India's first Super 8 match against Afghanistan, while David Boon will be match referee and Allahudien Paleker will be TV umpire. Chris Gaffaney and Richard Kettleborough will umpire the USA's historic first-ever knockout match against South Africa.

India's Nitin Menon will be among the 16 umpires who will officiate in the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia.

Indian umpires Anil Chaudhary and CK Nandan will be a part of the 14-strong panel of officials for the Under-19 World Cup starting January 13 in New Zealand, the International Cricket Council announced on Wednesday.

South Africa pacer Shabnim Ismail has been reprimanded by the ICC for using inappropriate language during the Women's Cricket World Cup semi-final against England in Christchurch on Thursday. According to an ICC release, Ismail was found to have breached Article 2.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel.

India's GS Lakshmi, the first woman ever in the ICC international panel of match referees, will be the match referee for the Women's World Cup final between England and Australia here on Sunday. Lakshmi also has the distinction of being the first woman match referee in men's ODIs, having stood in the role during the World Cup League 2 in the UAE in December 2020.

West Indies players were on Friday fined 20 per cent of their match fees for maintaining slow over-rate during their 20-run defeat to Sri Lanka in a Group 1 Super 12 match of the ICC T20 World Cup here.

New Zealand were on Saturday fined 60 percent of their match-fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against India in the second One Day International. According to a media release issued by the ICC, match referee Chris Broad imposed the sanction after Tom Latham's side was ruled to be three overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.

New Zealand's Kim Cotton and Pakistan's Ahsan Raza were of Friday named on-field umpires for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup final between India and Australia here.

Zimbabwe's cricket team has been penalised for their slow over-rate in the final T20I against Afghanistan at Harare Sports Club. Captain Sikandar Raza accepted the sanctions imposed by the ICC. Afghanistan clinched the T20I series 2-1 after Zimbabwe's initial victory. Both teams will now contest three ODIs and two Test matches, extending their tour.

Nitin Menon will officiate in his fourth T20 World Cup, while Anantha Padmanabhan makes his debut at an ICC event. Menon is set to reach 150 international matches as an on-field umpire. Kumar Dharmasena, a veteran, will also be officiating, having already stood in 37 T20 World Cup matches.

The Indian cricket team was on Wednesday fined for maintaining slow over for the third successive time after Virat Kohli's side was found four overs short of the target during the opening One -Day International against New Zealand.

India faced a devastating loss to South Africa in the opening Test match at Centurion. They were fined 10% of their match fees and lost two significant World Test Championship points. The ICC imposed the sanction after India failed to meet the minimum over-rate requirements. Captain Rohit Sharma pleaded guilty to the offence. With this penalty, India's ranking in the points standings dropped to sixth place. Before leaving for home, India will play one more Test in South Africa.

Bangladesh player Taskin Ahmed and Zimbabwe fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani have both been fined 15 per cent of their match fees for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct (inappropriate physical contact) during the second day of the one-off Test here.

The ICC on Wednesday announced the lineup of match officials for the upcoming U-19 men's World Cup with umpire KNA Padmanabhan and match referee Narayanan Kutty being the two Indian representatives.

Star Zimbabwe batter Gary Ballance was ruled out of the decisive second Test against the West Indies in Bulawayo on Sunday due to a migraine headache. A Zimbabwe Cricket spokesman said Ballance had been feeling unwell for several days and had not recovered sufficiently to play.

Zimbabwe and former England batsman Gary Ballance has withdrawn from the second T20 against Ireland in Harare on Saturday due to concussion.

Afghan pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi was fined 15% of his match fee for dissenting an umpire's decision during the second ODI against Zimbabwe. He disputed a not-out LBW call against Craig Ervine, receiving a demerit point. Despite this, Afghanistan triumphed by a record 232 runs, propelled by Sediqullah Atal's century and Abdul Malik's 84. The final ODI is scheduled for Saturday.

Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan has been handed an official reprimand by the ICC for throwing his bat on the ground in frustration after teammate Karim Janat refused a run during their T20 World Cup Super 8 clash against Bangladesh. The incident occurred in the last over of Afghanistan's innings, when Rashid lost his cool after Janat refused a second run on a shot played by the skipper.

All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scored an excellent unbeaten 96 as Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe by three wickets in their second One-Day International at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-game series.