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World Test Championship: England Lose More Points For Slow-Over Rate In First Ashes Test

By IANS News December 17, 2021 • 21:54 PM View: 1325

England cricket team have been docked eight ICC World Test Championship points -- three more than previously stated -- for maintaining a slow over-rate in the first Ashes Test against Australia, the International Cricket Council (ICC) clarified on Friday.

After the first Test in Brisbane, it was announced on last Saturday that England would be docked five WTC points, one for each over they were found to initially have fallen short by. However, it has since emerged they were eight overs short, and will therefore lose three additional points.

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