Points at stake in the Asian Test Championship (11 February 1999)
NEW DELHI, Feb 10: A maximum of 20 points will be at stake in the Asian Test Championship league matches whose playing conditions were announced here on Wednesday
11-Feb-1999
11 February 1999
Points at stake in the Asian Test Championship
By Our Special Representative
NEW DELHI, Feb 10: A maximum of 20 points will be at stake in the
Asian Test Championship league matches whose playing conditions were
announced here on Wednesday.
There will be no points for first innings lead in case of draw, but
12 points would be awarded for an outright win. There will be four
points for 350 runs or more, three points for scores between 300 and
349, two points for scores were 225 and 299 and one point for scores
between 150 and 224.
Similarly, four points will be awarded for nine to 10 wickets, three
points for seven to eight wickets, two points for five to six wickets
and one point for three to four wickets.
However, batting and bowling points will be confined only to the
first 100 overs of the first innings.
The two teams th the highest number of points will qualify for the
final. In case two teams are tied on points, the team with a better
run-rate in the first 100 overs will go through.
In case the final ends in a draw, the winner would be adjudged after
aggregating the batting and bowling bonus points in that match.
The playing conditions, likely to be implemented in the World Test
Championship, were finalized by the three-member Asian Cricket
Council (ACC) committee commprising Sunil Gavaskar (India), Majid
Khan (Pakistan) and Ranjit Fernando (Sri Lanka).
Meanwhile, the ACC has also decided to appoint both the third country
umpires in the Asian Test Championship matches. South African Rudi
Koetzen and West Indian Steve Bucknor have been named for the first
match involving Pakistan and India to be played at the Eden Gardens
in Calcutta between Feb 16 and 20.
Source :: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)