England fined and docked points for slow over-rate in Lord’s Test against India | Cricket News

England have been fined and docked points for maintaining a slow over-rate against India in the third Test at Lord’s.

England have been fined 10 per cent of their match fee and penalised two ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate.

England were ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.

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Players are fined five per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, while two World Test Championship points have been deducted from England’s points total.

England have handed spinner Liam Dawson a Test recall after an eight-year absence, with the 35-year-old replacing the injured Shoaib Bashir in the squad for the fourth Test at Emirates Old Trafford, starting on Wednesday July 23, live on Sky Sports.

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