ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 points table, December 31, 2019: South Africa open account, reach seventh place

Australia thrashed New Zealand by 247 runs at Melbourne. This was their fifth consecutive win of the summer, all inside four days. They are now on 256 points. However, such has been India’s dominance that Australia are still 104 points behind. New Zealand remained at fifth place.

Meanwhile, South Africa beat England by 107 runs at Centurion to open their account and reach seventh spot. England remained at sixth.

Team	Series	M	W	D	L	Pts	PtsC	PCT	RPW
India	3	7	7	0	0	360	360	100%	2.897
Australia	3rd	9	6	1	2	256	320	80%	1.519
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	4	1	0	3	60	140	43%	0.815
England	2nd	5	2	1	3	56	150	37%	0.856
South Africa	2nd	4	1	0	3	30	150	20%	0.459
West Indies	1	2	0	0	2	0	120	0%	0.411
Bangladesh	1	2	0	0	2	0	120	0%	0.312

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)

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