World Test Championship Final Qualification Scenarios For All Teams And Updated Table After NZ's Win Over England

The ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 is reaching its business end. A three-match Test series between New Zealand and England concluded on Tuesday with both teams out of contention for the title clash at Lord's next year. The state of play currently sees India and Australia, the last year's finalists, fighting it out to make it to the finals during the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy while South Africa await Pakistan challenge at home. Here is the updated World Test Championship points table after New Zealand's win over England.

Australia's brief stint at the top of the 2023-25 World Test Championship standings lasted just over a day, as South Africa overtook them with a hard-earned victory over Sri Lanka by 109 runs.

The Proteas had to dig deep, but a standout all-round performance helped them secure the win, placing them as the front-runners for the WTC25 Final at Lord's.

Following England's win over New Zealand in Christchurch in the first Test, both sides were penalised three WTC points for maintaining a slow over-rate and the Black Caps dropped to the fifth place in the standings.

New Zealand's chances of making it to the summit clash took a significant hit after yet another dominating performance by England in the second Test in Wellington. New Zealand won the final Test by 423 runs and both teams finished their WTC25 campaign with the conclusion of the series at fourth and sixth spots respectively.

South Africa - 63.33 per cent of possible points

Remaining matches: Pakistan (home, two Tests)

Best Possible Finish: 69.44 per cent

Carrying on the form from their impressive series win over Bangladesh in the sub-continent, South Africa whitewashed Sri Lanka 2-0 at home. This dominant performance has propelled