Ashes: Here's How Much Slow Over-Rate At Gabba Cost The English Team

Robert 'Crash' Craddock, a journalist from Leading News Corp has unveiled the financial loss born due to England Cricket Team's slow-over rate at Gabba.

The 11 players from the English team were fined 100% of their match fees by the International Cricket Council after match referee David Boon adjudged that the English team were 5 overs down for the duration of the test. 

Under ICC regulations, players are fined 20 per cent for every over they fall behind. The English were also docked five Word Test Championship points for their tardiness.

If losing the game and money wasn’t bad enough, England is now in an awkward position ahead of the Adelaide Test with their team selection.

To add to the loss of game & money woes for the English team, they are in a confused position regarding the selection of playing XI in the 2nd Ashes test at Adelaide Test.

Experienced seamers James Anderson and Stuart Broad are expected to return after being left out in Brisbane, with two of Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes and Jack Leach set to make way.

Leach’s figures of 1-102 from 13 overs make him the most vulnerable, though dropping the team’s only specialist spinner for a paceman would further add to Joe Root’s over rate headache.

“It puts them in a prison for the team they are selecting for Adelaide,” Craddock continued.

“How could you lose all your match fee, five World Cup points and then not choose a spinner in a game for Adelaide? It’s putting so much pressure on them to choose Jack Leach again. It’s interesting where they go from here.”

If losing the game and money wasn’t bad enough, England is now in an awkward position ahead of the Adelaide Test with their team selection.
Experienced seamers James Anderson and Stuart Broad are expected to return after being left out in Brisbane, with two of Ollie Robinson, Mark Wood, Chris Woakes and Jack Leach set to make way.

Leach’s figures of 1-102 from 13 overs make him the most vulnerable, though dropping the team’s only specialist spinner for a paceman would further add to Joe Root’s over rate headache.

“It puts them in a prison for the team they are selecting for Adelaide,” Craddock continued.

“How could you lose all your match fee, five World Cup points and then not choose a spinner in a game for Adelaide? It’s putting so much pressure on them to choose Jack Leach again. It’s interesting where they go from here.”

Craddock was also impressed with Pat Cummins’ leadership in Brisbane, noting his calmness compared to Root’s intensity at the toss.

“I felt that Joe Root was conspicuously more intense than Cummins… Pat was breezy,” he said.

“I watched him in the pre-match huddle at the dressing room and I liked the looseness of it. Sometimes the huddle can be too tight and too intense. Ian Healy made that point. It’s artificial locking arms. But he went ‘Ok boys, let’s go, watch out for this and watch out for that.’

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“There is a nice relaxing vibe to Cummins’ captaincy… He wants to bring lightness back to cricket and that’s a really good thing. It’s the antidote to Justin Langer’s intensity, which has its own strengths. He’s gone the way and that’s a really good thing.”