World Test Cup 2025 final: South Africa to face Australia at Lord’s from June 11, live on Sky Sports | Cricket news
Australia and South Africa will travel to Lord’s this summer after securing their places in the Test World Cup final.
South Africa booked their place with a nervy two-wicket win over Pakistan in Centurion in late December, while Australia ensured they would be the Proteas’ opponents with a six-wicket win over India in the New Year Test in Sydney.
It will now be Proteas vs Baggy Greens at the Home of Cricket from June 11, live Sky Sportswith Australia looking for back-to-back titles after defeating India at The Kia Oval 2023.
Pat Cummins’ side’s triumph at the SCG ended India and Sri Lanka’s hopes of making the final.
England were already out of the competition due to too many defeats and too much indiscretion during the two-year cycle.
How does the scoring system work?
Each of the nine sides – Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies – play six series (three home and three away).
With teams not playing the same number of games, the standings are determined by percentage of points won, with 12 points awarded for a win earning 100 percent, six for a draw 50 percent, and four for a draw 33.3 percent.
If you lose a match, you walk away with nothing.
Teams can lose points for over-rate offences, as England and Australia did during The Ashes 2023 and, more recently, the opening Test of the series against New Zealand.
England were deducted a staggering 19 points in total for slow overs in the first, second, fourth and fifth Tests of the 2023 Ashes, followed by three more against New Zealand in Christchurch in late 2024, taking their total to a staggering 22. .
