The International Cricket Council announced that Pakistan was fined 50% of its match fee and lost 11 World Test Championship points for bowling at a slower pace than required in the third and final Test against England in Birmingham. The team failed to bowl eleven overs within the allotted time, leading to this penalty. Additionally, Pakistan now has the lowest ranking in the World Test Championships with only 4.63 percentage points, down from their previous low of 14.81 percentage points.
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In May, the International Cricket Council (ICC) fined Pakistan and docked them 11 World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate during the third and final Test against England in Birmingham. The penalty was imposed by Ranjan Madugalle, an ICC match referee, after on-field umpires reported that Pakistan were 11 overs short of their target time. According to ICC rules, teams are penalized one point for each over they fail to bowl within the allotted time. This incident pushed Pakistan to the bottom of the World Test rankings with 4.63 points percentage, down from a previous standing of 14.81 points percentage.
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Pakistan have been fined 50 per cent of their match fee, and penalised 11 World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate during the third and final Test against England in Birmingham, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday.
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Council → fin → Monday
In a press release, the ICC said Pakistan were ruled to be 11 overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration during the match.
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allowances → say → match
“Ranjan Madugalle of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction, after on-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Chris Gaffaney, third umpire Allahudien Palekar and fourth umpire Russell Warren levelled the charge,” the cricketing body said.
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It said that Pakistan were now sitting at the bottom of the World Test rankings, with 4.63 points percentage.
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Pakistan → say → percentage
As per ICC rules, a side is penalised one point for each over short.
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side → penalise → over
In addition, players are fined five per cent of their match fee for each over their team fails to bowl within the allotted time, with the maximum penalty capped at 50pc of the match fee.
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penalty → fin → fee
The Test, which concluded on Saturday, saw England complete a comprehensive 3-0 series sweep of Pakistan, winning the last match by eight wickets.
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In May, Pakistan were penalised 40pc of their match-fees as well as eight World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate during a Test match against Bangladesh.
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Pakistan → penalise → Bangladesh
