The 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) is the inaugural edition of the ICC World Test Championship of Test cricket. ICC changed the world test championship points table system after the inaugural edition which is explained as follows.
Before, it comes nearly a decade after the International Cricket Council (ICC) first approved the idea for a World Test Championship in 2010, and following two cancelled attempts to hold the inaugural competition in 2013 and 2017.
ICC WTC 2023-25 Points Table
The 3rd edition of the World Test Championship is scheduled to start in June 2023 with The Ashes 2023 series being played between Australia and England. The WTC 2023-25 final is scheduled to be played between the top 2 teams of the WTC Points Table 2023-25 in June 2025 at Lord’s Cricket Stadium.
WTC Points Table: The latest ICC World Test Championship Points Table 2023-25 (2023, 2024, 2025) is below, which is updated after every test match result.
PD – Points Deduction
| NO. | TEAM | PLAYED | WON | LOST | DRAW | PD | POINTS | POINT(%) |
| 1 | INDIA | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 74 | 68.51 |
| 2 | AUSTRALIA | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | -10 | 90 | 62.5 |
| 3 | NEW ZEALAND | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 50.00 |
| 4 | PAKISTAN | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 22 | 36.66 |
| 5 | WEST INDIES | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 33.33 |
| 6 | SRI LANKA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 33.33 |
| 6 | BANGLADESH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 33.33 |
| 8 | SOUTH AFRICA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.00 |
| 9 | ENGLAND | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | -19 | 21 | 17.50 |
ICC World Test Championship Points Table – History
WTC Points Table (2021-2023)
| POS | TEAM | PCT (%) | PTS | Win | Loss | Draw | SER | PEN |
| 1 | AUSTRALIA(Q) | 66.67 | 152 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | INDIA(Q) | 58.80 | 127 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | -5 |
| 3 | SOUTH AFRICA | 55.56 | 100 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | SRI LANKA | 48.48 | 64 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | ENGLAND | 46.97 | 124 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | -12 |
| 6 | PAKISTAN | 38.10 | 64 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | WEST INDIES | 34.62 | 54 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | -2 |
| 8 | NEW ZEALAND | 33.33 | 48 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | BANGLADESH | 11.11 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
ICC WTC Points Table (2019-2021)
| Pos | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn | NR | Points | PCT |
| 1 | India | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 520 | 72.2 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 420 | 70.0 |
| 3 | Australia | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 332 | 69.2 |
| 4 | England | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 442 | 61.4 |
| 5 | South Africa | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 264 | 44.0 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 286 | 43.3 |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 200 | 27.8 |
| 8 | West Indies | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 200 | 27.8 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4.8 |
ICC WTC Points Table System – Updated
ICC Updates the Points System Cycle for the second phase of the World Test Championship.
According to this, each match of the upcoming WTC will be contested for the same number of points, i.e., 12 for a win, 6 for a tie, and 4 for a draw. For slow over-rates, teams will lose one championship point for each over-short
In the previous cycle, each Test series carried a value of 120 points which led to some sort of inequality in the table as a team winning a Test in a two-match series got 60 points compared to a five-game leg where a Test win is valued at 24 points.
Proposed points system from WTC Cycle 2 played between 2021 to 2023:
- Win: 12 points
- Tie: 6 points
- Draw: 4 points
- Penalty: For slow over-rates teams will lose one championship point for each over short
The team will be ranked on the percentage of available points they won from the matches played.
| Points available per match | Percentage of points* | |
| Win | 12 | 100 |
| Tie | 6 | 50 |
| Draw | 4 | 33.33 |
| Loss | 0 | 0 |
* Teams will be ranked on percentage of points won
Points available per series
| Matches in series | Total points available |
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 36 |
| 4 | 48 |
| 5 | 60 |
* For slow over-rates teams will lose one championship point for each over short
ICC World Test Championship Winners List
| Year | Finals | Winner(Captain) | Player of the Match |
| 2019-2021 | India vs New Zealand | New Zealand(Kane Williamson) | Kyle Jamieson (NZ) |
| 2021-2023 | Australia vs India | Australia(Pat Cummins) | Travis Head(AUS) |
Who is the winner of the first World Test Championship?
Kane Williamson led New Zealand lifts the inaugural WTC trophy by beating Virat Kohli-led India in 2021 at England.
