The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday said the next World Test Championship will have a "simpler" equal points system to decide the finalists after the previous system came under criticism. The second championship will kick off with a five-Test series between hosts England and India in August and September. The ICC switched from the original system of total points to percentage of points won midway through the first championship which was severely disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. "We received feedback that the previous points system needed to be simplified," ICC chief executive Geoff Allardice said. "The Cricket Committee took this into consideration when proposing a new, standardized points system for each match."

Source: News 24 July 14, 2021 09:00 UTC