Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes that the ICC should do away with slow over-rate fines and instead, award a penalty of 20 runs per over to the batting team at the end of Day's play. The statement comes after ICC fined India and Australia following their 209-run loss in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at The Oval in London on Sunday, June 12.
After the news emerged, Vaughan Tweeted, saying that fines don't work and the penalty for slow over-rate should be 20 runs per over.
"Fines don't work. So Runs awarded to the Batting team at the end of the days play could be the only way. 20 runs per over," Vaughan posted on his Twitter account.
Meanwhile, heavy sanctions were imposed by ICC on India, Australia as well as Indian opener Shubman Gill, for his critical post against the match Umpires after his controversial wicket on Day 4.
India were imposed a 100% fine for maintaining a slow over rate while WTC champions Australia were hit with a fine of 80% of their match fees for a similar offense. Upon assessment, the ICC revealed that India were five overs behind the target while the Baggy Greens were four overs short.
“In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time,” ICC said in a release.
Gill was penalised as well. “India's Shubman Gill will also face a sanction for appearing to criticise the decision to give him out on the fourth day of the Test, breaching article 2.7 which relates to public criticism or inappropriate comment in relation to an incident occurring in an international match. The young opener has been fined 15 percent of his match fee,” the release added.
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