It was the fifth over of Pakistan’s innings after they had opted to bat, and Feroza got down to sweep a tossed-up delivery from left-arm wristspinner Kary Chan, appeared to miss, and the ball hit her pad in front of the stumps.
The on-field decision was out, and with no DRS in use in the tournament, Feroza had to go. On her way, as the ICC put it, she “showed dissent towards the on-field umpire’s decision by gesturing to her bat to indicate she had got an edge”.
This was in breach of Article 2.8 of the ICC’s code of conduct for players.
It was Feroza’s second offence within a 24-month period, bringing her total to two demerit points in that window.
The incident in question took place in the second over of India’s chase of Pakistan’s 55, when Shafali popped a catch back to Sana, the bowler. Sana gestured in the direction of the pavilion as she celebrated, inviting the attention from the officials.
The win over Hong Kong, by 72 runs, made Pakistan the second team to make the semi-finals from Group A. They will now play Sri Lanka in the second semi-final, on Friday, with Bangladesh and India facing off in the first, on Thursday.
