Australia opener Usman Khawaja stated he had approached the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) about lowering penalties for sluggish over-rates in take a look at matches after the governing physique introduced earlier this month it had determined to melt sanctions.
Khawaja stated it was “actually irritating” for gamers to lose their match charges regardless of delivering entertaining matches and that he had reached out to ICC Normal Supervisor Wasim Khan to hunt an answer.
The governing physique stated at its annual basic assembly that it was lowering the penalty to five% from 20% for each over a participant’s crew is discovered to be behind.
Australia and India have been hit with heavy penalties for sluggish over-rates within the World Check Championship ultimate, whereas the Australians have been additionally punished for his or her price within the first two Ashes exams in opposition to England.
Khawaja, talking forward of the fourth Ashes take a look at starting at Previous Trafford on Wednesday, stated as an Australian Cricketers’ Affiliation board member he wished to discover a strategy to communicate to the ICC concerning the challenge.
“We had performed three video games and so they’d been three actually good video games with outcomes, leisure, the WTC (ultimate) was the highest-watched take a look at match ever or one thing like that,” he added.
“Simply actually good things – and we have been getting fined 80% of our match payment. It’s some huge cash.”
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India’s gamers have been fined 100% of their match charges after they have been discovered to be 5 overs behind within the WTC ultimate, whereas Australia have been docked 80% for lagging 4 overs behind.
“Simply actually irritating as a participant,” stated Khawaja. “You might be giving it your all on the market, offering leisure, then you might be getting stung for it. Simply felt like I wanted to talk and Wasim was actually good.”
Sourav Ganguly, chair of the ICC’s cricket committee, stated after the assembly final week that whereas groups would nonetheless be deducted WTC factors for sluggish over-rates gamers would now not lose their whole match charges.
“We imagine this offers a stability between sustaining over-rates and guaranteeing we aren’t deterring gamers from enjoying take a look at cricket,” he added.