England Captain Ben Stokes talks to the media during a press conference in Old Trafford (Photo Gareth Coppley/Getty Images)
England Captain Ben Stokes urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to reconsider how excessive evaluation is monitored and penalized, especially in different conditions and continents. After the 22nd victory of England over India in the third Lord’s test, the hosts were anchored by two points of the World Championship (WTC) and fined 10% of their fee for maintaining slow excess. Stokes, however, believe that the current rules do not take into account the ground reality. “There is something I am worried about despite the rate, but it does not say that I will deliberately slow things down,” Stokes said at a press conference before the fourth test in Old Trafford. “I understand frustration around it, but honestly I think there must be a really hard look at how it is structured.” “You can’t have the same rules in Asia, where spin is 70 percent exceeding, having the same laws in New Zealand, Australia in England, where it will be 70-80 % bowling. Because Spinner takes less time than a sailor.” Stokes also defended England during the Lord’s test, quoted fatigue and the challenging nature of the five -day sailors’ match. “I understand it from the external point of view around the overs, I really do it. But it’s very difficult to do when I feel there is more than just getting the wheels when I said I was just accelerating, I get three crossed,” he said. “You have fast pitchners to bend their backs. “We played for five days, it was our 15th day. The cricket day. We obviously had Shoaib Bashir’s injuries, spinner. So we couldn’t turn to our spinner, as we would like to have on the day, so we just had to watch.
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Moreover, after hosts who were punished, England legend and former captain Michael Vaughan not only questioned ICC, but also asked why only one team faced the consequences.“Let’s be honest, both teams over Lord’s rates were very poor. As only 1 team was reprimanded every time,” Vaughan wrote on X after he scored points.
