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Ben Stokes provides “totally complicated” excuse after England fail to qualify for WTC Closing 2025

England have performed essentially the most matches within the present WTC cycle (2023-25), are positioned sixth and out of rivalry in relation to making the ultimate.

Ben Stokes finds the World Test Championship (WTC) ‘utterly confusing’. The England Test captain didn’t hold back when it came to what he thinks about International Cricket Council’s (ICC) new product. Right after the end of day’s play in Christchurch, Stokes was asked what he thought about WTC.

“In all honesty, the World Test Championship, it is a bit confusing, it’s one of those where, you know we don’t really look at it, I don’t look at it. It’s one of those where over a long period of time if you’re playing really good cricket, you’re getting results that you want, you’ll end up finding yourself there in the final and in the mix,” Stokes told reporters.

“For me and this team it’s about taking it game by game, series by series and if you end up finding yourself in the position where you happen to be in that World Test Championship final, then it’s great but it’s a real weird one knowing that you’re playing for something over a long period of time. I can’t remember if I’ve ever even given any real time to be specifically thinking about the World Test Championship to be honest because it’s utterly confusing, we play a lot more cricket than anyone else does, that’s just what we try and focus on, you know, if we play well, we’ll be there or thereabouts but if we don’t, then we won’t be,” he added.

WTC 2023-25 Point Table

Team Matches Won Lost Drawn NR Points Point %
1 India 15 9 5 1 0 110 61.110
2 Australia 13 8 4 1 0 90 57.690
3 Sri Lanka 9 5 4 0 0 60 55.560
4 New Zealand 11 6 5 0 0 72 54.550
5 South Africa 8 4 3 1 0 52 54.170
6 England 19 9 9 1 0 93 40.790
7 Pakistan 10 4 6 0 0 40 33.330
8 West Indies 10 2 6 2 0 32 26.670
9 Bangladesh 11 3 8 0 0 33 25.000
As of November 28, 2024




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