ACS Overseas First-Class Annual 2019

7 ICC Test Rankings Matches Points Rating India 35 4027 115 New Zealand 26 2829 109 South Africa 27 2917 108 England 42 4366 104 Australia 33 3270 99 Sri Lanka 40 3795 95 Pakistan 27 2263 84 West Indies 32 2570 80 Bangladesh 23 1413 61 Afghanistan 3 165 55 Zimbabwe 8 12 2 Ireland 3 0 0 The table is shown as at 16 September 2019, immediately at the conclusion of the fifth Test between England and Australia. It takes account of the one-off Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan played at Chittagong in 5-9 September 2019, although this match is categorized as belonging to the 2019/20 season. ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 The ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 will be contested by the nine top-ranked Test nations. Each team will play six rubbers – three at home and three away – that will count towards the Championship table, with a total of 120 points available from each rubber (regardless of its length, which may be anything from two to five Tests). Any additional rubbers arranged bilaterally during this period will not count towards the Championship. The points for each rubber are distributed according to the number of wins and draws each team achieves, with a draw counting as one-third of a win (and a tie, should one occur, as half a win). Points may be deducted for slow over-rates. The two top-placed sides in the final table will play a one-off Test at Lord’s in June 2021 to decide the eventual Champion. The Table below shows the position as at 16 September 2019. Rubbers Matches PC % Quot Pts P W L D P W L D India 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 120 100.0 2.434 120 New Zealand 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 120 50.0 1.401 60 Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 120 50.0 0.714 60 Australia 1 0 0 1 5 2 2 1 120 46.7 1.158 56 England 1 0 0 1 5 2 2 1 120 46.7 0.864 56 West Indies 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 120 0.0 0.411 0 Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0