West Indies on Monday slipped to eighth spot within the World Test Championship standings after being penalised by docking two factors for gradual over-rate throughout their drawn first Test in opposition to England in Antigua.
The Kraigg Brathwaite-led facet had been discovered to have been two overs quick after cheap changes and time allowances had been considered, the ICC stated.
As a outcome, West Indies had been fined 40 per cent of their match payment and had been additionally penalised two factors within the ICC World Test Championship standings, dropping under Bangladesh to eighth place within the nine-steam standings.
They are one in every of three groups to have been docked factors because of penalty overs.
A blow for West Indies as they slip to eighth within the World Test Championship.
🔹 Docked two factors for gradual over-rate.
🔹 Team fined 40% of their match payment.#WTC23 | #WIvENG https://t.co/yWQ5O0p4v3
— ICC (@ICC) March 14, 2022
This was West Indies’ first gradual over-rate offence within the 2021-2023 Championship cycle, whereas India have been docked three factors and ninth-placed England docked 10 throughout 10 matches to this point.
As per the WTC enjoying circumstances, a facet might be penalised one WTC level and fined 20 p.c of their match charges for each over they’ve did not bowl within the allotted time.
West Indies’ four-pronged seam assault bowled the majority of the 188.5 overs because the Antigua Test noticed England bat lengthy in each innings.
West Indies frontline spinner Veerasammy Permaul despatched down simply 25 overs of his left-arm spin within the match, a big issue within the gradual over-rate.
Brathwaite has pointed to it as an space for enchancment going into the second Test in Barbados from Wednesday.
“There are some areas in terms of run rate we can improve and it’s simply just setting the field and bowling to it and being disciplined enough to bowl to that field,” stated Brathwaite.
