New Zealand Defeated Pakistan To Become Top Test Team

New Zealand defeated Pakistan and won the first test match by an innings and 176 runs to become the number one test team in test ranking. This win has made them serious contenders to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) final, to be played in June 2021 at Lord’s. 

🏆 2-0 #NZvPAK series sweep
🔝 No.1 in Test Team Rankings

A memorable day at the office for the @BLACKCAPS 🙌 pic.twitter.com/GnXu6sfJOx

— ICC (@ICC) January 6, 2021

Lead by New Zealand cricket’s new sensation and man-of-the-match Kyle Jamieson, who took 6-48 in Pakistan’s second innings to claim match figures of 11-117, the Kiwis cruised to victory inside four days to sweep the two-test series.

There was hardly any resistance from Pakistan batsmen and the team was eventually bowled out for just 186 runs in the final session of the play.

Top-order batsman Azhar Ali and tailender Zafar Gohar joint top-scored with 37 each off 98 and 64 balls respectively.

For New Zealand, pacer Kyle Jamieson was once again the star performer with the ball in hand as he claimed figures of 6-48 in 20 overs.

New Zealand is now placed third with 360 absolute points and 0.667 percentage points (66.7%) defeating Pakistan, while Pakistan is 6^th in the ranking.

Absolute points are the total points earned from a Test series. Each series is allotted 120 points. So for a two-Test series, which is the minimum requirement, points earned per Test for a win is 60. New Zealand and Pakistan are playing a two-Test series.

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