Joe Root has gone past Marnus Labuschagne and become the new number 1 ranked test batsmen.
NZ debutant Michael Bracewell has test positive to COVID after waking up with symptoms. He will isolate for 5 days and can return to the NZ squad for the third test.
England have been docked 2 WTC points and the players have been fined 40% of their match fee for slow over rates in the Trent Bridge test.
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The hosts were ruled to be two overs short, after allowances were taken into consideration, by the on-field umpires Michael Gough and Paul Reiffel, third umpire Rod Tucker and fourth umpire Martin Saggers. Captain Ben Stokes pleaded guilty to the offence, with match referee Richie Richardson imposing the sanction without the need for a formal hearing.
England's WTC points tally had risen to 42 after their win, before coming back down to 40. Importantly, their points percentage - the key criteria in determining where teams sit on the WTC table - fell from 25 to 23.80, putting them at eighth spot on the WTC table - behind New Zealand.
In accordance with the ICC's rules relating to over-rate offences, players are fined 20% of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time. As per the WTC playing conditions, a side is penalised one point for each over short.