The International Cricket Council are reportedly set to change the rules around slow over rates amid a feeling their heavy fines have become too strict.
Under the current guidelines, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over they are short of the statutory 90 overs-a-day, while teams are docked one World Test Championship point. Those rules saw England players lose their entire £15,000 match fee for the second Ashes Test at Lord’s, while the team lost eight World Test Championship points.
While allowances are made for drinks breaks, injuries, wickets and other disturbances, such as interruptions by Just Stop Oil protestors, it is widely believed the punishment does not fit the crime. The Daily Mail reports that the ICC will be lobbied by unhappy countries at a meeting this week and they are willing to soften their stance.
