Australia topple India as ICC announces altered points system for World Test Championship | Cricket News – Times of India

DUBAI: India on Thursday slipped to the second place within the standings of the continuing World Test Championship (WTC) after the ICC determined to rank groups “in order of percentage of points earned” from the contested matches.
Australia (296 points from 3 collection) toppled India (360 points from 4 collection) within the standing after the revision with a share of 82.22 in comparison with the latter’s 75 per cent.
With the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic disrupting cricket, “just under half of the World Test Championship matches have been played, with that estimated to rise to more than 85% by the end of the competition window.”
According to present laws, incomplete matches are handled as draw however after due deliberation, the ICC Cricket Committee, headed by Anil Kumble, really helpful that the ultimate WTC standings must be decided on the idea of matches performed, which was authorized by the Board.

“Both the Cricket Committee and Chief Executives Committee supported the approach of ranking teams based on completed matches and points earned as this reflects their performance and doesn’t disadvantage teams that have been unable to compete all of their matches through no fault of their own,” ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney mentioned.
“We explored a whole range of options, but our Members felt strongly that we should proceed as planned with the first ever World Test Championship Final in June next year.”
The Board additionally authorized the introduction of an Excluded Persons Policy as half of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code with rapid impact.
The coverage permits the ICC ACU to exclude corruptors who’re ‘non-individuals’ to the Code to forestall individuals who try to corrupt the game from involvement within the sport.
It will even make it an offence for ‘individuals’ to the Code to affiliate with excluded non-individuals.
“This is a significant addition to the ICC Anti-Corruption Code and enables the sport to impose an exclusion order on known corruptors preventing them from any involvement in cricket activities including playing, administration, financing, attendance or any kind of involvement in a league, team or franchise,” Sawhney mentioned.
“It will allow our ACU to better disrupt the activities of non-participant corruptors which currently the ICC have little, if any, control over. This is crucial if we are to continue to protect the integrity of our sport.”
The Board additionally launched a minimal age restrictions of 15 years for worldwide cricket “to improve safeguarding of players which will apply across all cricket including ICC events, bilateral cricket and U19 cricket.”
“To play in any form of men’s, women’s or U19 international cricket players must now be a minimum age of 15.”
However, a Member Board can apply to the ICC to permit a participant beneath the age of 15 to play for them in distinctive circumstances.
“This could include where the player’s playing experience and mental development and wellbeing demonstrates that they would be capable of coping with the demands of international cricket.”
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