Something that came from the England/India thread. India are by no means the only culprits and unless they're bowling two spinners teams don't usually manage to bowl 15 overs per hour.
Is the expected over-rate too high? Seeing as how run-rates are now higher could it be lowered? What should the ICC do to encourage faster over-rates? Is it fair to ban the team captain (as happened to Paul Collingwood recently in the ODI side)?
I think I'd favour lowering the expected rate to 14 per hour and then getting tough on teams that drop below that (with discretion being exercised for events like injuries, extra drinks breaks). I think it's also worth remembering that the batting team can and do slow the over-rate.
In terms of penalties I'd go for bonus runs to be added on (or taken off) at the r/r of the batting team. So if England bowled 7 overs less than they should and India scored at 3.4 rpo I'd add 24 runs onto extras.
Is the expected over-rate too high? Seeing as how run-rates are now higher could it be lowered? What should the ICC do to encourage faster over-rates? Is it fair to ban the team captain (as happened to Paul Collingwood recently in the ODI side)?
I think I'd favour lowering the expected rate to 14 per hour and then getting tough on teams that drop below that (with discretion being exercised for events like injuries, extra drinks breaks). I think it's also worth remembering that the batting team can and do slow the over-rate.
In terms of penalties I'd go for bonus runs to be added on (or taken off) at the r/r of the batting team. So if England bowled 7 overs less than they should and India scored at 3.4 rpo I'd add 24 runs onto extras.