England have been fined 50 per cent of their fee and given 12 points in the 2025-27 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) for their slow performance in their defeat to New Zealand in the second Test at The Oval.According to an ICC release, England were found guilty of 12 offenses below the required level. This has caused their players to pay a fine of 50 for every 100 of their matches and the team has lost 12 WTC points.The penalty leaves England on 38 points in the WTC table. They remain seventh in the standings, but their percentage has dropped from 34.72 to 26.38.Under Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which covers minor offences, players are fined 5 per cent of their match fee if any of their side fail to play within the allotted time.Article 16.11.2 of the World Test Championship states that teams lose one point at a time, which resulted in England deducting 12 points.The penalty comes after England were bowled out by New Zealand for 253 at The Oval. The visitors bowled out England for 209 in just 48 minutes on the fifth and final day.The result extended the series after England won the first Test at Lord’s, setting up the decider in Nottingham from Thursday.England resumed on the final day at 182/5 while chasing 463, but New Zealand’s fast bowler Matt Henry passed below. Henry took the last five wickets, finishing with figures of 6/29 in the innings.His match figures of 11/109, following 5/80 in the first innings, are the highest by a New Zealand bowler against England in a Test match. It was also the first 10-wicket haul of Henry’s 35-Test career.The win was New Zealand’s seventh Test win over England in 95 years of touring and the second at The Oval, the first having come in 1999.
