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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are reportedly considering adopting the multi-format points system, used in the Women’s Ashes, for their upcoming home clashes against Sri Lanka and Pakistan this year.
According to the Cricket Australia (CA) website, the ECB were in advanced negotiations with Sri Lanka Cricket and the Pakistan Cricket Board, with both required to agree to the concept before it could be implemented.
The system was devised and introduced by the ECB and CA for the 2013 Women's Ashes, with six points awarded for a Test victory (or two each for a draw) and two for wins in the limited-overs matches. In 2015, the Test weighting was revised to four points for victory, with the rest unchanged.
England are expecting Sri Lanka for three Tests, five One-Day Internationals and a one-off Twenty20 International from May through to July, before Pakistan come visiting for a four-Test series, followed by the same number of white-ball games.
The purpose of the points system would be to give more context to the limited-overs series, which don’t always grab the public imagination when played out of the context of a global tournament.
However, given that Tests are played before the limited-overs clashes, with each victory given more weighting, a three-nil Test series win would leave either England or Sri Lanka needing just one more victory from the six remaining limited-overs matches to clinch the overall prize.
Furthermore, against Pakistan, a four-nil win for either side would make the rest of the series redundant.
If put in practice, it would be the latest instance of the ECB breaking away from convention.
Earlier this month, they did away with one of the enduring rituals of the sport, abandoning the coin toss partially on the opening day of the new County Championship season.
ECB mulling points system for home series
According to the Cricket Australia (CA) website, the ECB were in advanced negotiations with Sri Lanka Cricket and the Pakistan Cricket Board, with both required to agree to the concept before it could be implemented.
The system was devised and introduced by the ECB and CA for the 2013 Women's Ashes, with six points awarded for a Test victory (or two each for a draw) and two for wins in the limited-overs matches. In 2015, the Test weighting was revised to four points for victory, with the rest unchanged.
England are expecting Sri Lanka for three Tests, five One-Day Internationals and a one-off Twenty20 International from May through to July, before Pakistan come visiting for a four-Test series, followed by the same number of white-ball games.
The purpose of the points system would be to give more context to the limited-overs series, which don’t always grab the public imagination when played out of the context of a global tournament.
However, given that Tests are played before the limited-overs clashes, with each victory given more weighting, a three-nil Test series win would leave either England or Sri Lanka needing just one more victory from the six remaining limited-overs matches to clinch the overall prize.
Furthermore, against Pakistan, a four-nil win for either side would make the rest of the series redundant.
If put in practice, it would be the latest instance of the ECB breaking away from convention.
Earlier this month, they did away with one of the enduring rituals of the sport, abandoning the coin toss partially on the opening day of the new County Championship season.
ECB mulling points system for home series
