Pakistan’s disastrous tour of England has reached a new low after the International Cricket Council (ICC) docked the Babar Azam-led side 11 World Test Championship (WTC) points and fined players 50% of their match fees for maintaining a severely slow over-rate in the third Test at Edgbaston.
WTC Final Hopes Extinguished The points deduction leaves Pakistan with just five points from nine matches in the current ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle, having won two and lost seven. The hefty sanctions follow an eight-wicket defeat in Birmingham that sealed a 3-0 series sweep for England. Following the penalty, Pakistan’s WTC points percentage (PCT) plummeted to a single-digit 4.63%, keeping them at ninth place at the bottom of the nine-team table. WTC Points Deduction: Under Article 16.11.2 of the ICC World Test Championship playing conditions, teams lose one championship point for every over bowled short. Pakistan were stripped of 11 competition points. cumulative over-rate penalties across recent fixtures have decimated their tally While two victories typically yield 24 points (12 points per win). Metric Pakistan’s Current Standings WTC Points Total 5 With a 4.63% PCT, Pakistan are mathematically stranded from contention for the WTC final, trailing runaway table leaders by a massive margin.
