England moved up to third place in the World Test Championship Standing after two points were docked for his slow rate in Test win against India at Lord’s.
Ben Stokes’ side defeated India by 22 runs during the third Test on Monday and took a 2–1 series lead.
However, England’s rate influenced his opponents at a slow pace.
In a five-day trial, 90 overs are determined for each day and teams can be punished to fail to bowl 15 overs in an hour.
On two days of the test, when India was closed 145–3, 72.3 overs were bowled – resulting in a completely lost to the match due to slow playing 15 overs.
Match referee Richie Richardson ruled that England were two overs less than the target keeping in mind the time allowance.
Captain Stokes accepted the verdict, resulting in a 10% of their match fee to the England team.
The ICC said in the statement, “According to Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for players and players aid personnel, the players are fined five percent of their match fee.
Dock marks means that England have come from second to third in the World Test Championship Standing, with Sri Lanka in second place.
This is not the first time England this year has been punished for their slow rate.
England were docked 22 points during the 2023–25 cycle.
Stokes argued that his team was in a disadvantage due to the use of the bowlers of the speed – which requires a long run -up.
The fourth test between England and India begins with Lord’s on 23 July.
