ICC fined England and Australia for slow over rate, the fine will be 40% of the fee!

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The teams of Australia and England have been fined heavily, and their World Test Championship points have also been deducted. Let us tell you that the ICC, the apex body of cricket, has taken action on both teams, which means that after the victory, Australia has already suffered a loss, even after losing Uday, England had to bear this blow. ICC has imposed this penalty on England and Australia for slow over-rate, under this era, both the teams will have to pay 40% of the match fees. Apart from this, both teams will also have to lose 2-2 points in the WTC points table.

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* Both teams will be deducted 2 - 2 points:

Let us tell you that by winning the first Test match of the Ashes series 2023 against England, Australia had scored 12 points but now it will have to lose 2 points, after which it will have only 10 points, besides England, who did not score any points after losing the Test match Had done his marks have now gone from zero to -2.

* This penalty was imposed for slow over rate:

Let us tell you that in the press release by the ICC, both teams have been told about the penalty and point deduction. According to the press release, the match referee told that both the teams had not bowled their quota of overs till the time of taking the match. In the limited time, both teams were two overs behind. The captains of Australia and England accepted the point of slow over rate, so there is no need for further hearing in this matter.

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* 6 lakhs of England and 6.40 lakhs of Australia will be deducted:

Let us tell you that the players of England get 15 lakh rupees for playing a test, besides this, the players of the Australian team get 16 lakh rupees for playing a test. But now according to the 40% fine, 6 lakh rupees will be deducted for England while 6 lakh 40 thousand rupees will be deducted for Australian players.

* Australia was fined earlier as well:

Will tell you that this is the second time on the tour of England when the Australia team was fined for slow over rate, earlier in the WTC final played against India, they were also fined for the same reason and the match fee was cut by 80 percent.