In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined five per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.

There was no need for a formal hearing as skipper Charith Asalanka pled guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction.

The game was a high-scoring thriller, where Dilshan Madushanka’s hat-trick in the final over helped the Asian side win by seven runs.