ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 points table, December 23, 2019: Pakistan jump to third place

Test cricket returned to Pakistan after over a decade, and they decided to celebrate the occasion with an emphatic win. Rain did not allow much cricket at Rawalpindi, but Pakistan crushed Sri Lanka by 283 runs at Karachi to win the decider by almost a day’s cricket to spare.

The win also helped Pakistan leapfrog past New Zealand and Sri Lanka to secure third place. They are now tied with Sri Lanka on points (they are on 80 apiece) but are ahead on RPW (0.765 to 0.589). However, they are well behind Australia (216), let alone India (360).

Team	Series	M	W	D	L	Pts	PtsC	PCT	RPW
India	3	7	7	0	0	360	360	100%	2.897
Australia	3rd	8	5	1	2	216	280	77%	1.465
Pakistan	2	4	1	1	2	80	240	33%	0.765
Sri Lanka	2	4	1	1	2	80	240	33%	0.589
New Zealand	2nd	3	1	0	2	60	100	60%	0.978
England	1	5	2	1	2	56	120	47%	0.864
West Indies	1	2	0	0	2	0	120	0%	0.411
Bangladesh	1	2	0	0	2	0	120	0%	0.312
South Africa	1	3	0	0	3	0	120	0%	0.299

M=matches, W=wins, L=losses, NR=no result, NRR=net run rate, Pts=points, PtsC=points contested, PCT=Pts/PtsC, RPW=(runs per wicket of team in question)-(runs per wicket of opposition)

Rules:
– Teams are ranked according to PCT, then by RPW
– Points are awarded according to the following rules

Matches in series	Points (win)	Points (tie)	Points (draw)	Points (defeat)
2	60	30	20	0
3	40	20	13	0
4	30	15	10	0
5	24	12	8	0