da lvbet: The Dawn newspaper in Pakistan reported on Monday that the ACC hasapproved the points system recommended by its technical committeecomprising Sunil Gavaskar (India), Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan), Asantha DeMel (Sri Lanka) and Gazi Ashraf (Bangladesh)
20-Aug-2001The Dawn newspaper in Pakistan reported on Monday that the ACC hasapproved the points system recommended by its technical committeecomprising Sunil Gavaskar (India), Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan), Asantha DeMel (Sri Lanka) and Gazi Ashraf (Bangladesh) for the Asian TestChampionship.It said under the system a team winning a match by an innings will get16 points and an outright victory will fetch 12 points. In addition,bonus points have also been provided in the first 100 overs of thefirst innings of both teams.Scoring 250-299 runs will earn one point, between 300-349 will fetchtwo points, between 350-399 three points and above 400 runs fourpoints.In bowling, a side taking four to five wickets will get one point, sixto seven will earn two, eight to nine three points and four points forall 10 wickets, it said.