The third 2-0 win after New Zealand in a home series has been helped by controversy as the ICC World Test Championship is in an interesting position with the finalists yet to be decided.
New Zealand got the most 120 points from the series against Pakistan after winning the second Test in Christchurch, bringing their points to 420 out of a possible 600. after defeating the West Indies and India with the same margin in their predecessors. series.
New Zealand ranks third points table with 0.700 percentage points won, it is the factor that determines the final placings rather than total points that wins, continuing to change to the points system as a result of the Covid-19 controversy. Pakistan is at 0.307 percentage points.
Australia and India, locked 1-1 after two games of their four-Test series, are still ahead of New Zealand, with England in fourth place. England have yet to play Sri Lanka and India while Australia and New Zealand have no other series.
Meanwhile, South Africa ‘s 2-0 win over Sri Lanka has conceded 120 points for them but no team is involved in making the final. South Africa is at 0.400 percentage points and Sri Lanka is at 0.222.
The top two sides at the end of the league on percentage points will compete with the final. Each series of the league is worth 120 points, spread evenly over the number of games in a series, ranging from 60 for each game of a two-try series to 24 for each game of a five-try series.
More about WTC is available here.