WTC 2021-23: World Test Championship Schedule, Points table, Points System and Prediction

ICC WTC 2023
ICC WTC 2023

WTC 2021-23: All limited-overs formats are important in tournaments such as the 50-over World Cup, the Champions Trophy, the Asia Cup, the 20-over World Cup, and a variety of other domestic leagues with players from all over the world. Similarly, the ICC thought of arranging a similar multi-nation league competition for the most primitive format of the game, i.e., Test cricket. 

The International Cricket Council (ICC) started conducting a 2-year-long complete round-robin format of the Test League, where all 9 participating teams played their other 6 opponents, excluding 2. It started on August 1, 2019, followed by the second edition, which is from August 4, 2021, to March 31, 2023, scheduled to finish with the final on June 20, 2023, which is scheduled to be played in England at The Oval. 

The tournament is played over two years, with 69 matches over 27 series scheduled for the league stage, from which the top two teams will advance to a final. Each team is expected to play six test series, with three at home and three away. 

WTC 2021-23: Points System 

Match ResultPoints receivedContending points % points
Win1212100
Tie61250
Draw41233.33
Loss0120

1st WTC League Points Table 2019–21

PositionTeamSeries( P/W/L/D)Matches (P/W/L/D)Points%points
1India6-5-1-017-12-4-1520/72072.2
2New Zealand5-3-1-111-7-4-0420/60070
3Australia4-2-1-114-8-4-2332/48069.2
4England6-4-1-121-11-7-3442/72061.4
5South Africa5-2-3-013-5-8-0264/60044
6Pakistan6-3-3-012-4-5-3286/66043.3
7Sri Lanka6-1-3-212-2-6-4200/72027.8
8West Indies6-1-4-113-3-8-2194/72026.9
9Bangladesh4-0-4-07-0-6-120/4204.8

The highest run-getter in the 2019–21 edition of the World Cup was Marnus Labuschagne with 1675 runs, and the highest wicket-taker was Ravichandran Ashwin with 71 wickets. The Final at Southampton was played between India and New Zealand, where the first innings total for India was 217 and for NZ was 249, while India managed 170 runs in the second innings and NZ had a comfortable win by 8 wickets, scoring 140 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. 

WTC 2021-23: Prize Money 

PositionPrize amount
Winners$ 1,600,000
Runners-Up$ 800,000
Third$ 450,000
Fourth$ 350,000
Fifth$ 200,000
Sixth$ 100,000
Seventh$ 100,000
Eighth$ 100,000
Ninth$100,000
Total: $ 3,800,000

WTC 2021-23 Schedule 

TeamScheduled Matches (Total/ Home/ Away)Was not scheduled to play against 
Australia19/10/9Bangladesh and New Zealand
Bangladesh12/6/6Australia and England
England22/11/11Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
India18/8/10Pakistan and West Indies
New Zealand13/6/7Australia and West Indies
Pakistan14/8/6India and South Africa
South Africa15/7/8Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka12/6/6England and South Africa
West Indies13/7/6India and New Zealand

WTC 2021-23: League Table

Position            TeamPlayedWonLostDrawPoints% points
1Australia15101413675.56
2India148429958.93
3Sri Lanka105416453.33
4South Africa136617648.72
5England22108412446.97
6West Indies114525440.91
7Pakistan144646438.09
8New Zealand112633627.27
9Bangladesh1211011611.11

Predicted Qualifier of WTC 2023 final

In the current scenario, only Australia, India, and South Africa are left in contention for the WTC final. Australia has almost certainly qualified for the WTC final; the race for second place is now between last year’s runners-up, India, and this year’s favorites, South Africa. 

Since Australia didn’t have a clean sweep over the Proteas, India now has to win the 4-match Border-Gavaskar home series against Australia with a margin of 3-0, 3-1, or even 2-0. 

Since South Africa has no more matches left before the WTC final, their hopes are pinned on Australia’s tour of India and the Lankan lions’ tour of New Zealand. South Africa’s hopes will be crushed if either of the two teams, India or Sri Lanka, win their respective series, and the only situation in which South Africa can qualify is if both the Aussies and Kiwis emerge victorious in their upcoming series.

But for now, Australia and India seem to be the biggest contenders for the WTC final in 2023.

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