JOHANNESBURG: Pakistan were briefly reduced to ten men on the field when they were refused permission to use a substitute during the third one-day international against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday.
Fast bowler Mohammad Irfan, who had been a doubtful starter because of a hamstring injury, left the field after completing seven overs and Umar Akmal came on as a replacement.
But after Akmal had been on the field for 20 minutes, the umpires told Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq that the substitute had to leave the field because the maximum time allowed for treatment to a player with an existing injury had expired.
There was a lengthy discussion between umpires Billy Bowden and Shaun George which ended with Akmal going off.
Two overs were bowled while Pakistan only had ten men on the field before Irfan returned.
The five-match series between the teams is currently tied at one win each.
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