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World Test Championship Points Table: The England cricket team has slipped a rung to third position in the World Test Championship (WTC) table after being docked two points for maintaining a slow over rate in the third Test against India at Lord's. Captain Ben Stokes and his team were also fined 10 percent of their match fee following the Test, which they narrowly won by 22 runs on Monday. Match referee Richie Richardson imposed the sanction after England was ruled to be two overs short of the target when time allowances were taken into consideration.

This penalty moves England down in the WTC standings, while India currently sits in fourth place. The deduction highlights the ICC's strict stance on maintaining appropriate over rates in Test cricket.

"In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined five per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time," the ICC said in statement.

"In addition, as per Article 16.11.2 of the ICC World Test Championship playing conditions, a side is penalised one point for each over short. Consequently, two World Test Championship points have been deducted from England's points total," it added.

England's tally in the World Test Championship standings dropped from 24 to 22 out of 36 points, consequently reducing their point percentage (PCT) from 66.67 per cent to 61.11 per cent.

As a result, Sri Lanka, who have a 66.67 PCT, have taken over England to be second.

Australia leads the WTC table with a 100 percentage point having won all three of their games so far, while India have 33.33 PCT

England captain Ben Stokes pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.

On-field umpires Paul Reiffel and Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid, third umpire Ahsan Raza and fourth umpire Graham Lloyd levelled the charge.

Inputs from PTI

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