On Wednesday, ICC officially confirmed that teams will be awarded standardized 12 points for a win, four for a draw, and six for a tie during the second cycle of the World Test Championship cycle. The WTC cycle will be commencing with the five-match series between India and England in August. The ICC further said that percentage of points won will be used to determine standings in the 2021-23 cycle. 

Last month, some of the reports of PTI suggested that ICC was set to introduce the new standardized points system for the second WTC cycle soon. 

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In a statement regarding the same, ICC CEO, Geoff Allardice said, “We received feedback that the previous points system needed to be simplified. The Cricket Committee took this into consideration when proposing a new, standardized points system for each match. It maintained the principle of ensuring that all matches in a WTC series count towards a team’s standing while accommodating series varying in length between two Tests and five Tests.”

 

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He further added, “During the pandemic, we had to change to ranking teams on the points table using the percentage of available points won by each team, since all series could not be completed. This helped us determine the finalists and we were able to complete the championship within the scheduled time frame. This method also allowed us to compare the relative performance of teams at any time, regardless of how many matches they had played.”

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Apart from the India-England series, the Ashes later this year will be the only other five-match affair in the second cycle which will end in June 2023. Australia’s tour of India next year is the only four-Test series in the upcoming cycle. The nine Test teams will play a total of six series — three home and three away just like the previous edition.ions. We narrowly missed out on qualifying for the final last time and are looking to do better this time.