England team defeated New Zealand in the second Test of the three-match series at Trent Bridge in a stunning display of aggressive batting as they chased down 299 runs on the last day of the Test match with 5 wickets in hand.
Jonny Bairstow slammed a quick century, making 136 runs in 92 balls with 14 fours and 7 sixes, while captain Ben Stokes made 75* in 70 balls with 10 fours and 4 sixes as New Zealand bowling was ripped apart in a stunning assault.
This helped England go 2-0 up in the three-Test series, winning the series and giving Stokes a great start to his England Test captaincy.
However, in the aftermath, England suffered as ICC docked them two important World Test Championship (WTC) points for slow over-rate. Richie Richardson of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after England was ruled to be two overs short of the target.
In addition, as per Article 16.11.2 of the ICC World Test Championship playing conditions, a side is penalized one point for each over short. As a result, England has been penalized two World Test Championship points from their total tally.
England, whose points tally rose to 42 after their incredible win, now sits at the 8th spot on the World Test Championship standings with only 40 points. Their point percentage also took a hit, which fell from 25 to 23.80.
England players were also fined 40% of their match fee for the slow over-rate, in accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel. Players are fined 20 percent of their match fee for every over their team fails to bowl in the allotted time.
England captain Ben Stokes admitted to the charges leveled by on-field umpires Michael Gough and Paul Reiffel, third umpire Rod Tucker and fourth umpire Martin Saggers, and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.
(ICC inputs)
