West Indies have been penalised for a sluggish over-rate throughout the recently-concluded first Check in opposition to England on the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.
The Kraigg Brathwaite-led facet had been discovered responsible of two overs brief after cheap changes and time allowances had been considered. Due to this fact, West Indies have been fined 40 per cent of their match payment by the umpiring group of Joel Wilson, Gregory Brathwaite, Nigel Duguid and Leslie Reifer.
Captain Brathwaite pleaded responsible to the offence, with ICC Elite Panel of match referee Richie Richardson imposing the sanction with out want for a proper listening to.
The Caribbean group have additionally been penalised two factors within the ICC World Check Championship Standings. The implications of the docked factors imply that West Indies have now slipped beneath Bangladesh within the WTC desk to the eighth spot.
Notably, West Indies is the third group to have been docked factors attributable to penalty overs. Other than the Windies, India have been cropped three factors up to now, and ninth-placed England have been docked ten factors.
Within the match, West Indies frontline spinner Veerasammy Permaul solely bowled 25 overs whereas a four-pronged seam assault delivered 188.5 overs. There isn’t any doubt that the shortage of spin overs was a major issue within the sluggish over-rate, and Brathwaite additionally pointed it out as an space for enchancment going into the second Check in Barbados.
“There are some areas when it comes to run-rate we will enhance, and it’s merely simply setting the sphere and bowling to it and being disciplined sufficient to bowl to that area. I believe we will do this higher, particularly within the center overs when a partnership might construct. I believe as soon as we’re tighter, then we will construct somewhat extra strain for us to get the wickets later within the innings,” mentioned Brathwaite forward of the Barbados Check.
