WTC 2023-25 Points Table: Updated Points Table After AUS vs PAK 1st Test| India Is At The Top. Australia beat Pakistan by 360 runs at Perth and took a 1-0 lead in the 3-match test series. After giving Pakistan a target of 450 runs to chase in the second innings, host Australia bundled them out for just 89 runs to complete a huge victory. Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon and M Starc shone in this match. Spinner Nathan Lyon made history, becoming only the 3rd Aussie and 8th cricketer overall to take 500 wickets in his Test career.
Batting Allrounder and player of the match Mitchell Marsh also had a superb first Test on his home ground with 90 and 63 runs and the wicket of Babar Azam in Pakistan’s first innings. Aussie opener Usman Khawaja made a gutsy 90 in Australia’s second innings, overcoming torrid bowling late on day three and early on day four.
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Aus vs Pak 1st test Scorecard
Australia- 487 & 255/5 (d)
Pakistan- 271 & 89
This was the consecutive 15th loss for Pakistan in the test against Australia. After this defeat, India dethroned Pakistan from the no. 1 position in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 points table.
WTC 2023-25 Points Table: Updated Points Table After AUS vs PAK 1st Test
N | Team | M | W | L | PCT | P |
1 | India | 02 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 | 16 |
2 | Pakistan | 03 | 2 | 1 | 66.67 | 24 |
3 | New Zealand | 02 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | 12 |
4 | Bangladesh | 02 | 1 | 1 | 50.00 | 12 |
5 | Australia | 06 | 3 | 2 | 41.67 | 30 |
6 | West Indies | 02 | 0 | 1 | 16.67 | 4 |
7 | England | 05 | 2 | 2 | 15.00 | 9 |
8 | Sri Lanka | 02 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 |
9 | South Africa | — | 0 | 0 | – | – |