The England cricket staff slipped a rung to third place in the World Test Championship desk on Wednesday (July 16, 2025) after being docked two points for sustaining a slow over fee in the third Test in opposition to India at Lord’s.
Ben Stokes and Co. had been additionally fined 10% of their match charge after the Test, which they gained by 22 runs on Monday.
Match referee Richie Richardson imposed the sanction after England had been dominated to be two overs wanting the goal when time allowances had been considered. India are fourth in the WTC points 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 mentioned 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 in the World Test Championship standings dropped from 24 to 22 out of 36 points, consequently lowering their level proportion (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 proportion level having gained all three of their video games to this point, 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.
