Khawaja fumes after Australia docked WTC factors in Ashes collection

Australia opener Usman Khawaja has vented his frustration after the staff misplaced 10 World Test Championship (WTC) factors for gradual over-rates in the course of the drawn Ashes collection in England.

Khawaja, additionally an Australian Cricketers’ Association board member, had lobbied the International Cricket Council (ICC), which final month softened penalties for gradual over-rates.

Australia, which retained the Ashes urn after the five-match collection resulted in a 2-2 draw, misplaced greater than a 3rd of the 28 factors it initially gained for being 10 overs quick within the fourth Test at Old Trafford.

“Don’t even get the chance to bowl in the second innings at Manchester due to 2 days of rain and @ICC still issue fines and take 10 WTC points off us for slow over rates!” Khawaja posted on X, the social media platform previously often known as Twitter.

“That makes a lot of sense…” added the 36-year-old, who completed because the main scorer of the enthralling collection.

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Reigning world champion Australia is now third within the WTC factors desk, behind Pakistan and India. The factors deduction widened the hole between Australia and the highest two.

Worse off than Australia, England was fined a staggering 19 WTC factors after falling foul of the over-rate guidelines in 4 of the 5 matches.

The staff underneath Ben Stokes staged a outstanding turnaround from being 2-0 down to attract the Ashes collection however gained solely 9 factors for its effort to be quantity 5, behind a West Indies aspect that is still winless after 4 matches.

Spin’s restricted function within the collection, particularly after Australia’s Nathan Lyon suffered an harm within the second match, led to over-rate delays.

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Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting put the onus on umpires to hurry up play by getting the gamers prepared for motion with out losing time.

“We’ve got to find a way not to be losing so much time in these games,” Ponting mentioned on the ICC Review.

Former England captain Nasser Hussain, nonetheless, insisted gradual over-rate “penalties should be harsh” as a result of it upset the paying followers.

“Tickets, especially in England, are very expensive. So you want to get the full day,” he mentioned.

“Now some people argue, well, you’re getting the entertainment anyway. But I do think, if you pay for 90 overs, you should expect 90 overs.”