New Zealand have prolonged their lead at the high of the World Test Championship (WTC) points desk with a 2-0 win over South Africa, their first-ever in historical past. New Zealand and South Africa, each got here into the collection with a 50 points proportion (PCT) in the desk and with the Kiwis profitable each video games in opposition to the inexperienced Proteas facet, they’ve taken their PCT to 75. New Zealand have a 20 per cent lead over Australia, who’re in the second place at present however that may change as the trans-Tasman rivals shall be up in opposition to one another in a two-match collection.
Former skipper Kane Williamson was the participant of the collection after scoring 403 runs together with three centuries as he smashed his thirty second ton in the format to information his facet to win the second Test in Hamilton by 7 wickets.
New Zealand’s win meant South Africa slipped additional on the desk as they’re now in eighth place, only one above the bottom-placed Sri Lanka. South Africa are tied with England however since Ben Stokes’ led facet has received extra video games, they’re in seventh place on the desk.
| Standings | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Draw | Points | PCT |
| 1 | New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 75.00 |
| 2 | Australia | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 66 | 55.00 |
| 3 | India | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 52.77 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 50.00 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 36.66 |
| 6 | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 33.33 |
| 7 | England | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 25.00 |
| 8 | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 25.00 |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Elsewhere, India and England are concerned in the third Test in Rajkot and if the hosts are in a position to get a 2-1 lead, their PCT will rise to 59.5 and therefore will leapfrog Australia to the second place. However, the positions will proceed to fluctuate with the Australia-New Zealand Test collection set to run parallel when it kicks off on February 29.
