ICC Test Championship
The ICC Test Championship is an international cricket competition organized by the International Cricket Council for the ten teams with test status. The competition is run as a ranking list that includes all international tests that are held as part of the regular schedule. The home or away status is not taken into account.
Basic principle
After each test series, the teams involved are assigned a number of points that is determined by a mathematical formula based on the strength of the teams and the series result. The points are weighted averaged over a period of three years. The resulting 'rating' is used to create the ranking list.
The score for a team that has won a series is greater than the team's current score, so that victory increases its score. The opposite is true for the losing team of the series. A tie leads to the fact that the less rated team benefits, the better rated team has to accept losses in their rating. An 'average' team that loses and wins evenly and has a mix of stronger and weaker opponents has a rating of around 100 points with this system.
The ICC awards a scepter as a trophy to the team that has the highest rating. The trophy is passed on when a new team moves up to the top of the ranking.
Current ranking
ICC Test Championship | |||||
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Rank | team | Games | Points | Rating | |
1 | India | 45 | 5211 | 116 | |
2 | New Zealand | 36 | 3959 | 110 | |
3 | Australia | 40 | 4320 | 108 | |
4th | England | 50 | 5253 | 105 | |
5 | South Africa | 36 | 3537 | 98 | |
6th | Sri Lanka | 46 | 4191 | 91 | |
7th | Pakistan | 33 | 2795 | 85 | |
8th | West Indies | 33 | 2675 | 81 | |
9 | Bangladesh | 27 | 1636 | 61 | |
10 | Afghanistan | 4th | 195 | 49 | |
11 | Zimbabwe | 13 | 215 | 17th | |
12 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Source: ICC, March 2, 2020 |
Historical ranking
The ICC provides the ratings for the end of each month back to June 2003. The previous table winners have since been as follows:
team | begin | The End | Months | Highest rating |
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Australia | June 2003 | August 2009 | 74 | 143 |
South Africa | August 2009 | November 2009 | 3 | 122 |
India | November 2009 | August 2011 | 21st | 130 |
England | August 2011 | August 2012 | 12 | 125 |
South Africa | August 2012 | May 2014 | 21st | 135 |
Australia | May 2014 | July 2014 | 3 | 123 |
South Africa | July 2014 | January 2016 | 18th | 130 |
India | January 2016 | February 2016 | 1 | 110 |
Australia | February 2016 | August 2016 | 6th | 118 |
India | August 2016 | August 2016 | 0 | 112 |
Pakistan | August 2016 | October 2016 | 2 | 111 |
India | October 2016 | today | 130 | |
Source: Source: ICC, March 2, 2020 |
The ICC also applied the rating system retrospectively and published the results up to 1952. For the years before there are no tables because the games only took place irregularly and the participating nations were few. The first in the table at that time were:
team | begin | The End | Months | |
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Australia | January 1952 | May 1955 | 41 | |
England | June 1955 | February 1958 | 33 | |
Australia | March 1958 | July 1958 | 5 | |
England | August 1958 | December 1958 | 5 | |
Australia | January 1959 | December 1963 | 60 | |
West Indies | January 1964 | December 1968 | 60 | |
South Africa | January 1969 | December 1969 | 12 | |
England | January 1970 | January 1973 | 37 | |
Australia | February 1973 | March 1973 | 2 | |
India | April 1973 | June 1974 | 15th | |
Australia | July 1974 | January 1978 | 43 | |
West Indies | February 1978 | January 1979 | 12 | |
England | February 1979 | August 1980 | 19th | |
India | September 1980 | February 1981 | 6th | |
West Indies | March 1981 | July 1988 | 89 | |
Pakistan | August 1988 | September 1988 | 2 | |
West Indies | October 1988 | January 1991 | 28 | |
Australia | February 1991 | April 1991 | 3 | |
West Indies | May 1991 | July 1992 | 15th | |
Australia | August 1992 | January 1993 | 6th | |
West Indies | February 1993 | August 1995 | 31 | |
India | September 1995 | November 1995 | 3 | |
Australia | December 1995 | July 1999 | 44 | |
South Africa | August 1999 | December 1999 | 5 | |
Australia | January 2000 | February 2000 | 2 | |
South Africa | March 2000 | March 2000 | 1 | |
Australia | April 2000 | July 2001 | 16 | |
South Africa | August 2001 | August 2001 | 1 | |
Australia | September 2001 | May 2003 | 21st | |
Source: Source: ICC, March 2, 2020 |
In summary, the following teams have topped the ranking since 1952:
team | Months | Highest rating | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 326 | 143 | ||
West Indies | 235 | 135 | ||
England | 106 | 125 | ||
India | 87 | 130 | ||
South Africa | 61 | 135 | ||
Pakistan | 4th | 111 | ||
Source: Source: ICC, March 2, 2020 |
trophy
Since 2001, the first in the table has received the so-called ICC Test Championship mace . It is worth £ 30,000.
ICC World Test Championship
The managing director of the ICC, Haroon Lorgat , had proposed in July 2010 that a tournament between the four best teams should be held every four years for a world championship in test cricket. The first suggestion was that this tournament would be held in England instead of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy . However, this plan was postponed as the ICC saw itself bound by existing contracts for the broadcast rights. Since then, the first edition of the tournament has been included in the future planning of the tournament calendar in 2017. However, this was canceled and replaced by the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy . On October 13, 2017, it was decided to introduce a test league, the ICC World Test Championship 2019-2021 . This should let the best nine test teams (i.e. excluding Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe) play against each other in a fixed format from 2019 within two years. The two best teams should then host a final in April 2021.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Entertainment guaranteed with Test mace on the line ( English ) Cricinfo. November 8, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
- ↑ Reliance ICC Test Ranking ( English ) International Cricket Council. December 30th, 2018. Archived from the original on September 24th, 2012. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ↑ Historical Rankings ( English ) International Cricket Council. March 3, 2013. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
- ^ Retrospective Rankings ( English ) International Cricket Council. March 3, 2013. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
- ^ Retrospective Rankings ( English ) International Cricket Council. March 3, 2013. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
- ↑ Will Swanton: Waugh receives ICC Test trophy ( English ) Cricinfo. July 4, 2001. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
- ↑ Lorgat hints at Test championship in 2013 ( English ) Cricinfo. July 16, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
- ↑ Daniel Brettig: Test Championship could be delayed until 2017 ( English ) Cricinfo. October 11, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
- ↑ Tariq Engineer: No Champions Trophy after 2013 ( English ) Cricinfo. April 17, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
- ↑ No Test Championship, Champions Trophy to continue: ICC ( English ) Zee News. February 8, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
- ↑ Daniel Brettig: Test, ODI leagues approved by ICC Board ( English ) Cricinfo. October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.