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  • ICC confirms new WTC points system: 12 for win, 4 for draw, 6 for tie

    The ICC on Wednesday, JUly 14,officially confirmed that teams will be awarded standardised 12 points for a win, four for a draw and six for a tie during the second World Test Championship cycle which kicks off 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.

    Earlier, each Test series carried a value of 120 points which led to certain inequality in the table as a team winning a Test in a two-match series got 60 points compared to five-game series where a Test win is valued at 24 points.

    PTI had last month reported that ICC was set to introduce the new standardised points system for the second WTC cycle soon.

    ICC Acting Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said the changes were made to simplify the points system while taking learnings from the disruption last year.

    “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,” Allardice said in an ICC statement.

  • Indian cricket teams land in England

    The Indian men’s cricket team arrived here on June 4,  for the upcoming World Test Championship final against New Zealand and the subsequent Test series against hosts England.

    The men’s team was accompanied by the women’s team, which is touring England for three ODIs and as many T20Is besides one Test. Both the teams will now travel to Southampton, where they will complete their mandatory quarantine.

    Upon completion of the quarantine period and the subsequent Covid-19 test, the Virat Kohli-led men’s team will take on New Zealand in the maiden WTC final starting on June 18. The men’s team will then face England in a five-match Test series starting August 4.