New Zealand Overtakes India & Pakistan in ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 Standings | ICC WTC Points Table

New Zealand defeated West Indies in the second test with a dominating performance at Wellington. With this, New Zealand surpassed India and Pakistan in the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 Standings and is now at third spot with a PCT of 66.67%. As of now, New Zealand is leading the three-match test series against West Indies by 1-0.

The First test match was a draw, West Indies showed exceptional cricket against New Zealand in the fourth inning. Justin Greaves played an exceptional knock of 202 runs and saved his team from collapse, and later saved the match. Both teams played fantastic cricket in the first test match, but New Zealand dominated in their second WTC test match.

Jacob Duffy was the player of the match in the second test for his heroic spell in the second inning, where he took five wickets. Both the batters and bowlers of New Zealand have shown great cricketing skills; however, the West Indies could have done much better, especially with the bat in their second innings.

As of now, Australia is at the top spot in the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 Standings with a PTC of 100%. South Africa, on the other hand, is in second spot with a PCT of 75% in the ICC WTC Points Table. Both teams are in excellent form in test cricket, and they are expected to be the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 Finalists.

ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 Standings

New Zealand has an excellent opportunity to get into the top 2 of the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 Standings. But, they need to win the third test match against West Indies, which is scheduled to be played between December 18-22 at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.

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WI vs NZ 2nd Test Match Result

West Indies batted first, and they got all out at 205, Shai Hope played a decent knock of 47 runs, while New Zealand declared in their first inning by scoring 278 runs with the loss of 9 wickets. Devon Conway and Mitchell Hay played a fantastic inning of 60 and 61 runs, respectively.

West Indies were able to score only 105 runs in their second innings, Kavem Hodge played a decent knock of 35 runs, while Jacob Duffy bowled an exceptional spell for New Zealand and led West Indies to collapse by just 128 runs. Jacob Duffy bowled a fantastic spell as he took 5 wickets and gave only 38 runs with an economy rate of 2.19.

New Zealand easily chased the target of 56 runs, and they won the second test by 9 wickets. With this, New Zealand jumps to third spot in the latest ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 Rankings, it will be interesting to see if they can win the third test match and occupy second spot.

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