Pakistan Slump to Bottom of ICC WTC Points Table After Multan Humiliation, England Make Massive Gain

Pakistan slumped to the bottom-most position on the World Test Championship (WTC) points table following a gut-wrenching defeat against England in the Multan Test. Despite scoring more than 550 runs in the first innings, Shan Masood & Co lost the game by an innings and 47 runs, becoming the first-ever team in Test history to achieve this bizarre feat.

The defeat took Pakistan to the bottom of the WTC tally while England jumped to the fourth spot, after India, Australia and Sri Lanka.

Pakistan have so far played eight Tests in the current WTC cycle, winning just two and losing six. They have also been deducted eight points due to slow over-rate. It has taken them to No.9 in the table, slipping below West Indies, who have a points percentage (PCT) of 18.52%.

England, on the other hand, are No.4 with a PCT of 45.59%. They have been penalised 19 points for slow over-rate during the 2023-25 WTC, without which they would have had a PCT of 54.90%.

England’s attack made short work of the last four Pakistan batters on Day 5, dismissing the hosts for 220 to win by an innings and 47 runs and draw first blood in the three-match series. The win is England’s fourth consecutive Test triumph on Pakistan soil, after a 3-0 whitewash two years ago. England had only won two away Tests against Pakistan in the previous 61 years.

Earlier, Brook smashed 317 and Root a record-setting 262 in England’s mammoth 823-7 declared, giving the visitors a 267-run lead and both players their highest Test scores. Their 454, England’s highest-ever partnership for any wicket in Test cricket, also delivered an improbable advantage after Pakistan amassed an impressive 556 first-innings total.

Pakistan captain Shan Masood admitted that he was hurt by the result of the match and added the hosts need to learn how to take 20 wickets.

“If we take those 10 wickets and have England around our score, then the 220 runs we scored on a fifth day becomes challenging for them. That’s the key. We’ve got to work things out as a team, how the batting and bowling in the first innings contribute to a lead and hopefully set the match up.

“That’s something we’re struggling with. As a team, we have to improve with our second-inning batting but the most important thing, like I said, is learning how to take 20 wickets. That’s the challenge going forward,” said Masood after the match.