Ashes 2023: England, Australia penalised WTC points for slow over-rate
England have also been penalized nine WTC points and fined 45 per cent of their match fee for being nine overs short in the second Test
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As per the revised provisions of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel relating to minimal over-rate offences if teams do not bowl 90 overs per day, the over-rate penalties for the five Tests of the England-Australia series have been confirmed.
According to the revised provisions of the Code, players are fined 5% of their match fee for each over their team fails to bowl within the allotted time, with a maximum of 50%. If a team knocks out its opponent within 80 overs or twice within 160 overs, no over-rate penalty is assessed. Teams will continue to lose one World Test Championship point for every over they fall shy of the required minimum over rate.
England has been penalised five ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points and 25% of their match fee for being five overs short during the fifth Test at The Oval in London.
Australia has been penalised 10 WTC points and 50 percent of their match fee for being 10 overs short in the fourth Test in Manchester, while England has been penalised three WTC points and 15 percent of their match fee.
In addition to losing nine WTC points and 45 percent of their match fee, England was penalised nine WTC points for being nine overs short in the second Test at Lord's. England will also receive two penalty points for the first Test, which supersedes any previously announced punishment, as a result of the introduction of new provisions that were retroactively applied to the commencement of the third World Test Championship.
ICC World Test Championship Points Table
