Ashes 2023: Australia-England made a similar mistake, but double loss to Stokes’ team, WTC points also deducted

New Delhi. Australia and England have suffered a big loss of a mistake in the first Test of the Ashes series played in Birmingham. ICC has fined both the teams for slow over rate. Along with 40 percent match fees of the players of both the teams, 2-2 points of the World Test Championship have also been deducted.

Australia won the first Test of the Ashes series being played under the third cycle of WTC and scored 12 points. But, after the ICC fine, now only 10 points are left in Australia’s account. At the same time, England suffered a bigger loss. He has also been deducted 2 points, which means that the English team has lagged behind all the eight teams in the World Test Championship cycle (2023-25).

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