Pakistan’s condition was already bad in the Test series against England, but now the team has to pay another big price for this defeat. England defeated Pakistan 3-0 in the three-match series and now due to slow over rate, 11 points have also been deducted from Pakistan’s World Test Championship i.e. WTC account.
ICC took this action against Pakistan after the third and last Test played at Edgbaston. Pakistan was able to bowl 11 less overs during the stipulated time in this test.
Loss of 11 points if 11 overs behind
There was a match between Pakistan and England in the Edgbaston Test. In this match, the team fell 11 overs short of the number of overs that Pakistan had to bowl in the stipulated time. According to ICC rules, one WTC point is deducted for every over that the team lags in the WTC match. Hence, a total of 11 WTC points were deducted for Pakistan. This is also a big loss for Pakistan because the team is already struggling in the WTC cycle and is at the bottom of the points table.
Players were also fined heavily
Not only WTC points were deducted, but Pakistan players were also fined 50 percent of the match fee. According to Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct, players are fined 5 percent of their match fee for reducing one over in the stipulated time. Pakistan was 11 overs behind. According to the calculations, the fine would have been 55 percent, but according to the rules, the maximum fine can be imposed only up to 50 percent of the match fee. Therefore, the players were fined a maximum of 50% of the match fee.
Babar Azam accepted his mistake
In this case, Pakistan captain Babar Azam accepted the crime and accepted the punishment proposed by the ICC. Because of this, there was no need for a separate formal hearing in the case. Match referee Ranjan Madugalle took this action. On-field umpires Paul Rifle and Chris Gaffani, third umpire Allahuddin Palekar and fourth umpire Russell Warren had accused Pakistan of slow over-rate.
Pakistan’s condition worsens in WTC
Pakistan’s WTC position has worsened after the deduction of 11 points. The team has played 9 tests so far, in which there have been only 2 wins and 7 losses. Pakistan is at 9th position in the WTC points table and its points percentage is 4.63%. That is, along with continuous defeats on the field, slow over-rate has also caused major damage to Pakistan’s WTC hopes.
How did Pakistan lose in the Edgbaston test?
Pakistan had a very bad start in the third test against England. Pakistan was all out for just 133 runs in its first innings. In reply, England batted brilliantly and scored 453 runs and took a huge lead of 320 runs over Pakistan on the basis of first innings.
After this, Pakistan performed better in the second innings and scored 449 runs. In this innings, Shan Masood scored 95 runs, Babar Azam scored 76 runs and debutant Razaullah scored 81 runs. Razaullah and Mohammad Abbas also made a partnership of 121 runs for the ninth wicket… but due to the huge lead in the first innings, the target for England was only 130 runs.
Root and Cox finished the match
England lost only 2 wickets while chasing the target and won the test by scoring 130 runs. Joe Root remained unbeaten on 62 runs, while Jordan Cox played an unbeaten inning of 59 runs. With this victory, England made a 3-0 clean sweep of Pakistan in the Test series.
Pakistan is in bad shape even in the first two tests
Pakistan had lost the series even before the third test. In the first Test of the series, England defeated Pakistan by an innings and 103 runs. In the second test also, England defeated Pakistan by 194 runs. That means Pakistan lost all three Tests and England maintained its complete dominance in the series.
Now Pakistan’s next clash will be with Sri Lanka
The next chance for Pakistan in WTC will come in November. The team will play a two-Test series against Sri Lanka at home. These matches are to be played in Rawalpindi and Lahore. This series will be very important for Pakistan, because the 0-3 defeat against England and now the deduction of 11 points has greatly weakened its position in the WTC.