Stokes Urges Flexible Over-Rate Rules for Different Continents

Ahead of fourth Test against India at Manchester, England captain Ben Stokes spoke on his team's World Test Championship (WTC) points getting docked due to slow-over-rate at Lord's and said that same slow-over-rate rules cannot apply to Asia, where spin bowling dominates and England, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, where pacers have to do the heavy duty, which causes delay in the game due to resting and tactical reasons.

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While England is heading into Old Trafford having a 2-1 lead in the series, the win at Lord's was not too sweet as they had to face a slow over rate sanction in the form of WTC points reduction. They are ranked third in the WTC table despite being the second-best side statistically, with two wins and a loss during this cycle as compared to Australia's