Afghanistan penalized for deliberately conceding boundary to maintain Zimbabwe tail-ender on strike

Afghanistan got a run penalty throughout the 2nd Test in opposition to Zimbabwe after certainly one of their fielders intentionally conceded a boundary of the final ball of an over in order that Zimbabwe’s No.10 batsman could be on strike within the subsequent over.
The uncommon incident occurred on Day 3 of the Test on Friday, when Zimbabwe have been on 281 for 8 with middle-order batsman Sikandar Raza (79*) holding one finish. Along with Raza was Blessing Muzarabani, who Afghanistan wished to have on strike.
Raza hit a yorker by means of the duvet area. The ball stopped inches in need of the boundary ropes. This was when fielder Hashmatullah Shahidi did one thing uncommon. While stopping the ball, he put certainly one of his toes over the boundary rope.

Afghanistan wished to have a full crack at @BLESSINGMUZARA1 and maybe that’s why to disclaim strike to @SRazaB24, Shahidi whereas fielding had one foot over the boundary. The umpires rightfully determined to offer penalty for that deliberate effort by the fielder.#AFGvZIM pic.twitter.com/nzVi8zC784
— Satendra Singh, MD (@drsitu) March 12, 2021
On-field umpires Ahmed Shah Pakteen and Aleem Dar convened within the center after the over and signaled that they’d determined Shahidi’s act was intentional. An further run was awarded to Zimbabwe and Raza was allowed to retain strike for the subsequent over.
According to 19.8 of The Laws of Cricket, ‘If the boundary results from an overthrow or from the willful act of a fielder, the runs scored shall be any runs for penalties awarded to either side and the allowance for the boundary and the runs completed by the batsmen, together with the run in progress if they had already crossed at the instant of the throw or act.’