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September 2006, which concluded that, "The charge of ball-tampering is therefore dismissed." but that ruling could not and did not expunge the penalty runs recorded. However the runs did not affect the result as
England were declared winners by forfeiture after the Pakistan players refused to take to the field in protest at the umpires' decision.
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judged, in the 56th over of the 4th day's play in the fourth Test Match at the Oval, London, that
Pakistan had altered the condition of the ball. Because that judgement implied that Pakistan had cheated, considerable fallout resulted. The judgement was overturned by the ICC Code of Conduct hearing 28
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Under Law 42 five penalty runs are awarded to either team if the umpire judges the conduct of their opponents unacceptable. For Level 1 offences the umpire will warn the offending team first, and award penalties on any repeat occurrence by the same team. After any Level 2, Level 3 ("yellow card") or
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Examples of some cases are rare in professional cricket to date. One reason for this is that such an award on the pitch by the umpires will be a judgement of a wilful act, and hence of cheating, which the umpires are unable to determine conclusively at the time, or prefer to be made by the Match
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The fielding team deliberately distract or obstruct the batsman. (If the distraction or obstruction occurs before the striker receives the ball, the fielding team must first receive a warning, however penalty runs are awarded for the first instance of such an infringement after the striker has
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Level 4 ("red card") offence, no warning is given before awarding penalty runs for the offence, or before awarding penalty runs for any subsequent Level 1 offence by the offending team.
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70:Penalty runs awarded under Law 28 The Fielder
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581:"BBC SPORT | Cricket Scorecard"
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