No suspension for over-rate offenses: ICC

July 19, 2019 10:38 pm | Updated 10:38 pm IST - London

International cricket captains will no longer run the risk of being suspended for slow over-rates, with the ICC deciding instead to dock points and fine the entire side for any such violations, starting with the upcoming World Test Championship.

The recommendations of the ICC Cricket Committee were approved by its board in order to curb the menace of slow over-rates. The world Test championship, which runs from 2019 to 2021, gets underway with the Ashes, starting August 1. “In World Test Championship matches a team that is behind the required over rate at the end of a match will have two competition points deducted for each over it is behind,” the ICC said in statement here.

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