Points, percentages and the road to the mace — the World Test Championship format explained simply.
The World Test Championship gave the longest format something it never had: a league table and a final. But the way teams qualify for the World Test Championship confuses even seasoned fans. This explainer breaks it dow…
The World Test Championship is the ICC's league for Test cricket, run in cycles of roughly two years. Every major Test nation plays a set of series, earns points, and the two best teams meet in a one-off final to decide…
This is the part most people miss. Because teams play different numbers of matches, the World Test Championship ranks sides by the percentage of available points won, not the raw total. Win a high share of the points on…
Slow over-rates can cost a team points in the World Test Championship, a penalty that has genuinely swung the table before. It is why captains now talk about keeping up with the clock as well as the scoreboard — bowl yo…