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Under the current point system, the value of each test game won in a two-game series is 60 points per game. However, if it’s a five-game series, the value of a test victory drops to 24. So basically, a team can earn up to 120 points from a series, regardless of the number of games.
The first two are classified for the final.
The Testing Championship, which is slated to end with a final at Lord’s in June 2021, was presented by the ICC last year in an attempt to revive bilateral test cricket.
“It doesn’t work,” Holding told Wisden Cricket Monthly during a roundtable discussion when asked if the testing championship was achieving what it was designed for.
“First of all, the point system is ridiculous. You can’t play five Test games and get the same amount of points if you play two Test games.”
“And secondly, at some point you will have teams that know they can’t make it to the final, so those test matches won’t be that entertaining. People know it’s just another game.”
England fast bowler Chris Woakes, who was also part of the round table, said the point system may need adjustments in the future.
“The New Zealand series (England lost 1-0 to the Black Caps last winter) was not part of the World Test Championship, but that loss did not affect us any less as players,” Woakes said.
“I think the system might need a little tweaking in the future. Anyone can hand someone over in a single final, depending on the draw or conditions. If there was more time on the schedule, they could do a three-game final.” but unfortunately there just isn’t, “he said.
Currently, India is leading the World Test Championship which has been left without a team due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw the postponement of a series series.
In February this year, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said there are elements of the point system used for the World Test Championships that are “unfair”.
