Rating performance of top 10 teams in Tests in 2021

5. England (5/10)

England played a total of 15 matches this year including the Boxing Day Test match against Australia which ended on Tuesday (December 28). England started its year on a high note by defeating Sri Lanka at home in a two-match Test series. Joe Root, who has scored the most runs in Test cricket in this calendar year won the player of the series award for scoring 426 runs.

After that win, England’s campaign suffered a massive blow in India as it lost the four-match series by a margin of 3-1 despite winning the opening game. England played the next series against New Zealand just before the WTC final. They lost that series as well by a margin of 1-0.

In August, India was going to play a five-match series against the English team to kick off the next edition of the World Test Championship. India won two of the first four matches and got a lead of 2-1 before the last match was called off due to the Covid-19 outbreak in the Indian camp. They ended the year with even more embarrassment losing the first three Ashes Tests.