WTC points table updates after England sacrifice 2 valuable points

Team England have sacrificed two points of the current World Test Championship circle for their slow over rate in their recently concluded match against India at Lord's. The step was taken against Ben Stokes and Co. because of the slow over rate within the time allowed to conclude a target number of overs.

England has docked a couple of WTC points under Article 16.11.2 of the ICC World Test Championship playing conditions, by which a side is penalized one point for each over short, and after time allowances were taken into consideration. For which, England now slipped to the third place from second in the WTC points tally. Sri Lanka took second place, and Australia remained as the table topper.

The charges were levelled by on-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid, third umpire Ahsan Raza, and fourth umpire Graham Lloyd. According to an official release by ICC, "England's tally in the World Test Championship standings dropped from 24 to 22 out of 36 points, consequently reducing their point percentage from 66.67% to 61.11%."

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Also fined 10%

Additionally, according to rules, they were also fined 10 percent of their match fee; this came under Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel. According to this ICC rule, players are fined five percent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time. England captain Ben Stokes accepted the proposed sanction imposed by Richie Richardson of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees. 

The England vs. India match at Lord's witnessed multiple dramatic moments. The match got more intense after Day 3. With identical scores in the first innings, England offered a target of 193 runs to India. The conclusion of the game went down on the 5th day, where India's batting order tumbled and fell apart. England eventually held their nerve strong to steal a thrilling 22-run victory. With that win, the home team now leads the ongoing 5-match Anderson-Tendulkar trophy by 2-1.