Recently, thanks to Joe Root’s double century and Gus Atkinson’s brilliant performance, England has registered a spectacular victory in the second match of the 3-match Test series against Sri Lanka at Lord’s. After which England has 81 WTC points in its account and their WTC points percentage has become 45. At the same time, the England team is currently at number four.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka’s point percentage dropped from 40 to 33.33 percent due to their defeat. The Asian team is now ranked seventh, below South Africa and Bangladesh.
Talking about WTC rankings, India is currently at the top. India has 74 points and the team has 6 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in 9 matches. Australia is at the second position with 8 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw out of 12 matches and has 90 points. New Zealand is at the third position with 3 wins and 3 losses in 6 matches. It has 36 points and 50.00 PCT. England is at the fourth position with 8 wins, 6 losses and 1 draw in 15 matches.
Let us tell you that there is more than double the difference in the points of England and New Zealand. Even after this, New Zealand is ahead because the ranking is determined by point percentage (PCT). In WTC 2023-25, teams get 12 points for a win, 4 points for a draw and 6 points for a tie. Ranking point percentage is used to determine the leaderboard. The point percentage calculation is done by dividing the points received by the team by the total points and multiplying it by 100.
Gus Atkinson equalled England legend Ian Botham during his standout showing at Lord’s 🎇#WTC25 | #ENGvSLhttps://t.co/d2hjvGt6kG
— ICC (@ICC) September 1, 2024
