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England captain Ben Stokes leaves the sector together with his crew after successful the third Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Lord’s Cricket Ground on July 14, 2025, in London, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
Ben Stokes and Co. have been additionally fined 10% of their match price after the Test, which they gained by 22 runs on Monday.
Match referee Richie Richardson imposed the sanction after England have been dominated to be two overs in need of the goal when time allowances have been considered. India are fourth within the WTC factors desk proper now.
“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,” the ICC stated in assertion.
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“In addition, as per Article 16.11.2 of the ICC World Test Championship playing conditions, a side is penalised one point for each over short. Consequently, two World Test Championship points have been deducted from England’s points total,” it added.
England’s tally within the World Test Championship standings dropped from 24 to 22 out of 36 factors, consequently decreasing their level share (PCT) from 66.67% to 61.11%.
As a outcome, Sri Lanka, who’ve a 66.67 PCT, have taken over England to be second.
Australia leads the WTC desk with a 100 share level having gained all three of their video games thus far, whereas India have 33.33 PCT England captain Ben Stokes pleaded responsible to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no want for a proper listening to.
On-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid, third umpire Ahsan Raza and fourth umpire Graham Lloyd levelled the cost.
Published – July 16, 2025 12:22 pm IST
