England Penalised for Slow Over Rate in Lord’s Test, Lose 2 WTC Points Despite Win Over India | England fined due to slow over rate: 2 points deducted in the World Test Championship, 10% fine on players; India reached fourth place

Ben Stokes took 5 wickets, including both innings of the Lord’s Test.

The England cricket team has lost two points due to slow over speed in Lord’s Test against India. Along with this, the team will also have to pay 10% fine of their match fees.

The England World Test Championship (WTC) points have moved up to third place in the table. India is in fourth place.

In this Test match, England defeated India by 22 runs, but the match referee Richie Richardson found that England took two overs in the scheduled time.

Stokes accepted the mistake

All the players of the England team were fined 10% of the match fees. At the same time, England’s 2 points have been cut in the World Test Championship. However, captain Ben Stokes accepted the mistake, so there was no need for a formal hearing.

According to ICC rules, 5% match fees of players are deducted if every one over is low. Also, 1 WTC points are also deducted for each over.

Now what is the situation in the WTC points table?

England’s points in WTC decreased from 24 to 22. His win percentage (PCT) declined from 66.67% to 61.11%. With this, Sri Lanka (66.67%) has come second.

Australia is at number one, which has won all 3 matches so far and its PCCT is 100%. India is currently fourth, its PCCT is 33.33%.

Lord’s Test won by 22 runs

On the fifth day of Lord’s Test, the Indian team was all out for just 170 runs in the second innings. The target was 193 runs. In the first session, England captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Joffra Archer put India in trouble by dismissing Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Washington Sundar quickly.

After this, a good partnership was formed between Ravindra Jadeja and Nitish Reddy. But just before lunch, Chris Woakes dismissed Reddy and gave a big blow to India’s expectations. India reached 112/8 to lunch.

Jofra Archer, who was playing Test after 4 years, sent Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar in the second innings to the pavilion.

In the second session, Jadeja joined Jaspreet Bumrah. Both shared a 35 -run partnership and made the match a little exciting. But Bumrah tried to play a big shot and was dismissed for 5 runs.

After this, Mohammad Siraj came to the crease and started supporting Jadeja. Jadeja continued the struggle by scoring a half -century.

India had a slight hope of victory in the third session, but off -spinner Shoaib Bashir bowled Siraj and England won the match by 22 runs.