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By winning the last Test match, Sri Lanka left two teams behind in the World Test Championship points table
WTC Ranking: Sri Lanka has made it to the top 5 in the points table of the ICC World Test Championship by defeating England in the third and final Test match played at the Oval. Sri Lanka defeated England by 8 wickets in the last Test match of the series played at the Oval. Sri Lanka has won a Test match in England after 10 years. In the year 2014, Sri Lanka won a Test match in England.
Sri Lanka saved its honour by winning the final Test at the Oval by eight wickets. Sri Lanka now ranks fifth in the World Test Championship points table after this victory. Sri Lanka climbed into the top five, trailing only England and South Africa.
Sri Lanka has won three out of seven Test matches in the 2023-25 World Test Championship cycle, with a win percentage of 42.86. England ranks sixth with a win percentage of 42.19, having won eight out of 16 Test matches. South Africa is in seventh place, with a 38.89 win percentage.
Sri Lanka still has to play a tough series in the World Test Championship cycle, which includes two home series against New Zealand and Australia apart from the South Africa tour. Meanwhile, the England team will leave for Pakistan from here for a three-match series and to end this series, it has to play one more match in New Zealand.
