loterry1994
International Debutant
hoenstly it looked like they missed more overs the whole series. You can’t be using up the 30 extra minutes everyday and having a spinner bowl a decent amount of overs those days and miss the over rate a lot of days. My issue also is with umpires letting it happen things like bowlers taking to their captain frequently, asking for balls changes, delays deliveries being bowled, gloves and drinks requests etc. That 4th test was a fine example of it needing to be fixed asap. The penalty points might be harsh but something definitely needs to be done about it and both teams should of got warned about it earlier in the series but it kept going on every day.So you think it's proportionate that having 19 overs unbowled across the series is worth the equivalent of two full Test matches?
I mean, why stop there? Ban teams who bowl slowly. Break the legs of bowlers who don't bowl overs quickly enough. Put the captains' heads on spikes. It's an effective deterrent after all.
"It's an effective deterrent" is not a reasonable or sufficient justification for penalty on its own. Proportionate punishments matter in this case as in literally every single other case.
Or perhaps it's because a really good concept that could be vital in maintaining the health of Test cricket long term is being ruined by consistent ineptitude on the ICC's behalf in designing a reasonable scoring system.