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)