ICC reveals points table for the World Test Championship
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ISLAMABAD - International Cricket Council reveals points table for the World Test Championship.
England have drawn level with Australia in the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Test Championship standings after the Joe Root-led side's series-levelling 135-run victory in the fifth and final Ashes match at the Oval in London on Sunday.
Australia and England are both standing on 56 points on the points table led by India, the only team so far to garner the maximum 120 points available in a series.
Sri Lanka and New Zealand are also ahead of The Ashes rivals with 60 points each after their two-match series ended in a 1-1 draw last month.
Points in the World Test Championship are evenly distributed over the number of matches in a series (two to five), the points varying from 60 for each match of a two-Test series to 24 for each match of a five-Test series, like in The Ashes.
England and Australia won 48 points for winning two matches each and each eight for the second Test since a draw gives teams one-thirds of the points at stake in a match.
India, who beat the West Indies 2-0 in a two-match away series, will get a chance to consolidate their position when they take on South Africa in a three-match home series, beginning OCtober 2.
