Windies’ campaign closes against Sri Lanka

WEST Indies and Sri Lanka are scheduled to contest the remaining two prelim matches of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) World Test Championship before the One-off final between tournament leaders, India and New Zealand, which commences on June 18.
Sri Lanka’s tour of the West Indies concludes with a 2-match Test Series that begins on March 21 that can produce a maximum of 120 points for one of the two sides. According to the points system for the tournament, a 2-match series features 60 points for a win while a 3-match series has 40 points for a win and a 5-match series carries 24 points for a win.

The host nation for the final Test series; West Indies, are sixth on the points table with 160 points while their guests, Sri Lanka, have 80 points on the board.
As per the current regulations WTC league standings would be determined by the percentage of points (PCT) earned by teams. PCT is the percentage of points won out of the total number of points contested by each team.
Should West Indies be successful in both matches, they can complete the tournament with 280 points, and have just enough percentage of points (PCT) to overtake Pakistan who are fifth with 286 points.
However, should the odds favour the Sri Lankans in both matches, they can overtake both the West Indies and South Africa (144) in points and PCT to claim sixth place.

If the series is drawn, neither side will be able to better their placement.
West Indies have won three of their nine Tests in series that featured Bangladesh, England, India and New Zealand. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, has only one Test win, a draw and six losses in their eight matches of the Championships.
Meanwhile, India topped the points table with a massive 520 points which they accumulated from 12 wins, 4 losses and a draw. They face second-place holders; New Zealand, who reached 420 points from seven wins and four losses.

Third are Australia on 332 points and England are fourth with 442 points. In November, the ICC had announced that the points system for the World Test Championship would be remodelled due to the disruption caused to the regular calendar by COVID-19, with teams being ranked by percentage of points earned (PCT) instead of highest number off points earned.
The PCT table as of March 6 reads, India (72.2%), New Zealand (70.0%), Australia (69.2%), England (61.4%), Pakistan (43.3%), West Indies (33.3%), South Africa (30.0%), Sri Lanka (16.7%), Bangladesh (0.0%).