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World Test Championship Final Race

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 The race for WTC final race is getting interesting as 6 teams are still in with a chance while 3 are technically out of the race. The 6 teams with a chance are South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

With the number of test matches, each of the teams has left a winning percentage of around 70% will be the target to get in the top 2 and make the WTC final. 

The scenarios for the teams in the race are as follows 

South Africa 

They have 10 tests remaining in this current cycle of WTC. They have to win 7 and draw 2 of their remaining matches to make sure they have a 70%+ winning percentage which will give them a shot at making the WTC final. 

Australia 

They have 11 test matches left in this cycle of WTC and from that, they have to win at least 7 matches and draw 1 to make sure their winning percentage is at 70% once they have completed all their matches in WTC. 

India

They have 7 test matches left. They have to win 6 and draw 1 of their remaining matches to end up on a winning percentage of 70% when they complete the matches in this cycle of the WTC. 

Pakistan

They have 7 test matches left. They have to win 6 and draw 1 of their remaining matches to finish on a winning percentage of  70. 

Sri Lanka 

They have 8 test matches left. They have to win 6 and draw 2 matches to make sure they end on a winning percentage of 70. 

New Zealand 

They have 7 test matches left and have to win all 7 to make sure they finish on a winning percentage of 70. 

West Indies 

They are one of the teams that are technically out and have 6 matches remaining and if they win all their remaining matches they will end up with a winning percentage of 65 which means they need the teams above to lose or draw a few more games to keep their hopes alive. The most they can do is spoil the other team's chances at the moment.

England

They are the 2nd team technically out and need a lot to go wrong for teams at the top if they are to make a comeback and reach the final. They have 9 matches left and if they win all 9 matches they can only finish with a winning percentage of 50 which will not be enough.

Bangladesh 

They are the 3rd team technically out of the race. They have 8 matches left and they need to win 7 of their remaining matches to make sure they end on a winning percentage of 70. This is one of the weak test sides in the WTC and given that they will face a tough task to win 7 matches. Who knows maybe they pull off a surprise. 

If you do look a the fixture then you will know that not all these teams will finish on a winning percentage of 70 as they play each other so some are going to fall short as they will lose or draw more games than needed. My top 2  are South Africa and India as I think Australia will miss out after losing in India and losing at home to South Africa. 

Who do you guys think will be the top 2 comments in the comment section. 

Here is the current table of the WTC



Writer : Ebrahim Yusuf Omar 


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