Both England and Australia copped fines from the ICC for maintaining slow overrates during the Ashes 2023 and have been docked crucial ICC World Test Championship points. Under the revised regulations, they were fined five percent of their match fee and one WTC point for every over short.

Australia have been docked 10 WTC points from the recently-concluded Ashes series for a slow over-rate in the fourth Test at Old Trafford, while England lost 19 points combined for falling behind in four of the five Tests.

Teams earn 12 points for a Test win, four points for a draw and no points for a loss in the WTC. Typically, a team needs to bowl 90 overs in a day.

England fell two overs short in the first Test at Edgbaston, nine in the second Test at Lord's, three in the fourth Test at Old Trafford, and five in the last and final Test at The Oval.

During the ICC Annual Conference in Durban, South Africa on Thursday, 13 July, the board had announced the revised over-rate sanctions in Tests and put into effect from the ongoing WTC 2023-25 cycle.

This meant that Australia were handed a 50 percent fine of their match fee (five percent for each over short with a maximum of 50 percent) for 10 overs in Manchester (fourth Test).

On the other hand, hosts England got fined 10 percent for the first Test, 45 percent for the second, 15 percent for the fourth, and 25 percent for the fifth of their match fee for slow-over rate offences in the first two and the last two Tests respectively.

Here is updated ICC WTC 2023-25 points table on July 31,2023: