ACS Overseas First-Class Annual 2020

7 ICC Test Rankings Matches Points Rating Australia 26 3028 116 New Zealand 21 2406 115 India 27 3085 114 England 41 4326 106 Sri Lanka 27 2454 91 South Africa 23 2076 90 Pakistan 20 1692 85 West Indies 22 1742 79 Bangladesh 17 939 55 Zimbabwe 8 144 18 The table is shown as at 25 August 2020, immediately at the conclusion of the third Test between England and Pakistan. NOTE: Afghanistan and Ireland have played too few Tests to receive a ranking. ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 The ICCWorld Test Championship 2019-21 is being contested by the nine top-ranked Test nations. Each team is due to 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. 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 25 August 2020. Rubbers Matches PC % Quot Pts P W L D P W L D India 4 3 1 0 9 7 2 0 480 75.00 2.011 360 Australia 3 2 0 1 10 7 2 1 360 82.22 1.604 296 England 4 3 0 1 15 8 4 3 480 60.83 1.223 292 New Zealand 3 1 1 1 7 3 4 0 360 50.00 0.883 180 Pakistan* 4 1 2 0 8 2 3 3 420 39.53 0.853 166 Sri Lanka 2 0 1 1 4 1 2 1 240 33.33 0.589 80 West Indies 2 0 2 0 5 1 4 0 240 16.67 0.527 40 South Africa† 2 0 2 0 7 1 6 0 240 10.00 0.521 24 Bangladesh* 2 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 180 0.00 0.351 0 * The second match in the two-Test rubber between Pakistan and Bangladesh did not take place owing to the pandemic. No decision has been announced about whether this match will be rearranged. † South Africa were docked 6 points for a slow over rate.