Ben Stokes's appeal for reforming over-rate penalties following England's docking of 22 points in the World Test Championship has been denied by the ICC. Despite Stokes and cricket director Rob Key arguing against the harsh penalties for slow over-rates, the ICC Board has chosen to maintain the current system that imposes financial and points deductions for failing to meet the required over-rate. This decision continues to affect the competitive landscape of the WTC as the next cycle approaches in June with England facing India.
Stokes highlighted the inequity of a system that heavily penalizes teams for slow over-rates, suggesting a review is necessary to maintain fairness in the competition.
The ICC decided to uphold its current over-rate penalties, maintaining fines and points deductions for teams that fail to meet the 15 overs per hour benchmark.
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