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World cricket board International Cricket Council (ICC) is all set to release a method to calculate the Test rankings of the distinct teams.

Interestingly, as the per the new procedure, for calculations, Team India who is perching at the top of the points table would have been the second-best team in red-ball form.

The Dubai-based cricket board will introduce the new plan in the summer of 2019.

Therefore, ICC will make use of the services of the new rankings in the Test Championship. It is believed to give a new life to the longest format, of late.

However, the new points systems of the rankings will have its pros and cons as well.

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ICC is still working on the method by which they will be able to calculate the winner of the Test Championship.

However, the points of the teams which are calculated after every series will now be updated after every game. Thus, points will be allocated on a game-by-game basis.

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Therefore, a dead rubber of the series will hold the same weight of ranking points as any match of the series will hold. Thus, the teams would be seen giving their all no matter how they stand in a particular series.

In addition, the new points system will come to the fore next year.

However, a team winning away from home will not be awarded any extra points for their performance.

If the new system was applied in the last two years, South Africa would have been No.1 one team with India at the second spot. Thus, these two teams would have played in the final.

“Based on the principle of simplicity and every match needing to count, the Committee recommended that points should only be awarded for each match and not a series win,” the ICC announced after the meeting.

ICC to Introduce a New Plan to Calculate Test Rankings
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ICC stated there would be a reserve day for the grand finale of the Test championship. This is done to make up for any time lost due to bad weather.

“As part of this, it was proposed that there was a draw-win ratio of 0.33:1. So a draw gives each team a third of the available points. It was also agreed to propose a reserve day for the ICC World Test Championship final to enable any time lost through bad weather to be made up,” ICC’s release maintained.

Explanation of Points System:

Suppose there would be 100 points to grab in a five-match Test series. Thus, for every one win, a team will get 20 points.

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However, for a two-Test match series, there would be 50 points on an offer. If one match ends in a stalemate, then both teams will share one-third of the total points on offer. (Which is 50 in this case, that is both will get 16.67).

Thus, a particular team would have an edge in a two-Test match series than a team playing in five-match series.

Therefore, ICC will look to come up with shorter series in the Test championship. The governing body will like to take special care of teams who play in fewer matches.

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