WTC Points Table after New Zealand and England are docked 3 penalty points each: Kiwis drop down to 5th, India still on top | Cricket News

ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 Points Table Update: New Zealand and England were both docked three penalty points due to slow overate in the 1st Test between the two countries with the Kiwis’ aspirations to book a spot in the World Test Championship final suffering a blow.
With the 3-point penalty, the Black Caps have now slid down to 5th spot with Sri Lanka, Australia, South Africa and India all ahead of them. The penalty to the Kiwis was a welcome news for India who lead the table with 61.11 percentage points.
New Zealand now have a points percentage of 47.92 percent and can only move as high as 55.36 percent with victories from their remaining two fixtures against England. South Africa (59.26), Australia (57.26) and Sri Lanka (50) are placed second, third and fourth respectively.
This means New Zealand will now have to win both the remaining matches against England and wait for several other results to go their way if they want to make it to the final in 2025 at Lords.
“The race to feature at next year’s ICC World Test Championship Final at Lord’s has taken a tw with New Zealand and England sanctioned for maintaining a slow over-rate during the opening Test of their series in Chrchurch,” the ICC said in a statement.
“Both teams were fined 15 percent of their match fees and penalised three crucial World Test Championship competition points, adding more intrigue to the thrilling final stages of the ongoing cycle,” it further stated.

England, meanwhile, are already out of contention even though they defeated New Zealand in the 1st Test 8 wickets.
Updated WTC points table after NZ vs ENG 1st Test

Pos.

Team

Matches

Ded.

Points

PCT

P
W
L
D

1
India
15
9
5
1
2
110
61.11

2
South Africa
9
5
3
1
0
64
59.26

3
Australia
13
8
4
1
10
90
57.69

4
Sri Lanka
10
5
5
0
0
60
50.00

5
New Zealand
12
6
6
0
3
69
47.92

6
England
20
10
9
1
22
102
42.50

7
Pakan
10
4
6
0
8
40
33.33

8
West Indies
10
2
6
2
0
32
26.67

9
Bangladesh
11
3
8
0
3
33
25.00