User:Dev Darshan T. K./2059–2061 ICC World Test Championship

Format
The tournament was played over two years. Each team were scheduled to play against all other teams in the competition. Each series consisted of between two and five Test matches. Therefore, all participants did not play the same number of Tests, but played the same number of series. At the end of the league stage the top two teams played in the final.

Point scoring
The same number of points would be available from each series, regardless of series length, so that countries that played fewer Tests were not disadvantaged. Points were awarded only for match results, and not series results. These would be split equally between all the matches in the series, regardless of whether or not a match was a dead rubber, so that every match counted. In a five-match series, therefore, 20% of the points would be available each match, while in a two-match series, 50% of the points would be available each match.

Therefore, depending on whether the series is 2, 3, 4 or 5 matches long, the number of points awarded for a single match win would be a half, a third, a quarter, or a fifth of the maximum possible from the series. A win earned all the points available for that match, while a tie would be worth half of a win and a draw would be worth a third of a win. The only exception to this was in a three-match series, a draw would be worth 13 points and not 131⁄3.

Each series would carry a maximum of 120 points with points distributed as follows:

Participants
The eight full members of the ICC who participated:


 * 🇦🇺 australia
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 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 england
 * 🇮🇳 india
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 * 🇵🇰 pakistan
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The six full members of the ICC who did not participate:


 * 🇦🇫 afghanistan
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League table

 * The top two teams qualified for the final.