ICC World Test Championship 2021-23: Schedule, points table and rankings

ICC World Test Championship 2021-23: October would be the month of encounters between South Africa, West Indies, India, Australia, Pakistan and England. Read this detailed article to know everything

While the New Zealand Cricket team would be trying their best to defend thier ICC World Test Championship title, Australia is the favourites with 70 Points-contested (PCT) in the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23. 120 PCT is the highest achievable point in the World Test Championship.

South Africa is another team with 66.67 PCT and is ranked in the 2nd spot. Sri Lanka and India are close, with 53.33 PCT for Sri Lanka and 52.08 for India. Given below are the schedule, points table, rankings and everything you should know about ICC World Test Championship 2022-23.

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ICC World Test Championship: Schedule

Month	Match	Host
October 2022	South Africa Vs West Indies   1st Test	South Africa
	South Africa Vs West Indies   2nd Test	South Africa
	South Africa Vs West Indies   1st Test	South Africa
	South Africa Vs West Indies   2nd Test	South Africa
	Pakistan Vs England 1st Test	Pakistan
	Pakistan Vs England 2nd Test	Pakistan
October/ November 2022	Pakistan Vs England 3rd Test	Pakistan
	India Vs Australia 1st Test	India
	India Vs Australia  2nd Test	India
	India Vs Australia 3rd Test	India
	India Vs Australia 4th Test	India
November 2022	New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka 1st Test	New Zealand
December 2022	New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test	New Zealand
	Australia Vs South Africa  1st Test	Australia
January 2023	Australia Vs South Africa 2nd Test	Australia
	Australia Vs South Africa 3rd Test	Australia

 

ICC World Test Championship: Points table

RANK	TEAMS	MATCHES PLAYED	Won	Lost	Tie	Drawn	No result	PT	PCT
1	AUSTRALIA	10	6	1	0	3	0	84	70
2	SOUTH AFRICA	10	6	4	0	0	0	72	60
3	SRI LANKA	10	5	4	0	1	0	64	53.33
4	INDIA	12	6	4	0	2	0	75	52.08
5	PAKISTAN	9	4	3	0	2	0	56	51.85
6	WEST INDIES	9	4	3	0	2	0	54	50
7	ENGLAND	19	7	8	0	4	0	88	38.6
8	NEW ZEALAND

 

9 2 6 0 1 0 28 25.93 9

BANGLADESH

 

10 1 8 0 1 0 16 13.33

 

  

ICC World Test Championship: Latest team rankings

RANK	TEAM	MATCHES	POINTS	RATING
1	Australia	19	2439	128
2	India	29	3318	114
3	South Africa	21	2306	110
4	England	39	3909	100
5	New Zealand	27	2704	100
6	Pakistan	23	2111	92
7	Sri Lanka	23	1916	83
8	West Indies	25	1988	80
9	Bangladesh	22	1047	48
10	Zimbabwe	6	148	25

     

  

ICC World Test Championship: Points percentage distribution

Result	Points available per match	Percentage of points
Win	12	100
Tie	6	50
Draw	4	33.33
Loss	0	0

    

  ICC World Test Championship: Points per series
 

Matches in series	Total points available
2	24
3	36
4	48
5	60

(Written by Zuhair Zaidi)