Dates | 4 August 2021 – 11 June 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Test cricket |
Tournament format(s) | League and Final |
Champions | Australia (1st title) |
Runners-up | India |
Participants | 9 |
Matches | 70 |
Most runs | Joe Root (1915) |
Most wickets | Nathan Lyon (88) |
Official website | ICC World Test Championship |
The 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship was the second edition of the ICC World Test Championship of Test cricket.[1][2][3] It started on 4 August 2021[4] and finished with the Final on 7–11 June 2023 at The Oval, London, played between Australia and India.[5]
The five-match Pataudi Trophy between England and India, started 4 August 2021, started the second cycle of the World Test Championship.[6][7][8] That series, along with the Ashes in December 2021, were the only two series comprising five Tests in the second WTC cycle.[9][10][11] New Zealand were the defending champions.[12][13] In September 2022, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that the final of this edition of the World Test Championship would be played at The Oval, London in June 2023.[14][15] That final saw Australia win by 209 runs, thus becoming the only team to win all ICC titles.[16][17] [18]
The tournament was played over two years, with 69 matches over 27 series scheduled for the league stage from which the top two teams advanced to a final.[19][20] Each team was scheduled to play six series, with three at home and three away. Each series consisted of two to five Test matches. Each participant played between 12 and 22 matches.[21] Each match was scheduled for a duration of five days.
The points system was changed from the previous edition. In this edition, 12 points would be available each match regardless of how many matches there were in a series. A win was worth all 12 points, a tie was worth 6 points each, a draw was worth 4 points each, and a loss was worth 0 points. A team that was behind the required over rate at the end of a match would have one point deducted for each over it was behind. As in the previous edition, teams were ranked in the league table based on percentage of total points won out of total points contested.[22][23][24]
Match result | Points earned | Points contested | Percentage of points won |
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Win | 12 | 12 | 100 |
Tie | 6 | 12 | 50 |
Draw | 4 | 12 | 33.33 |
Loss | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Matches in series | Total points available |
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2 | 24 |
3 | 36 |
4 | 48 |
5 | 60 |
The nine full members of the ICC who participated:[25]
The three full members of the ICC who did not participate:
Country | TV | Radio |
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Australia | Seven Network | SEN |
UK | Sky Sports | BBC |
USA and Canada | Willow | |
India | Star Sports | All India Radio |
New Zealand | Sky Sports | NZME Radio |
Sub Saharan Africa | Supersport |
The schedule for the World Test Championship was announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on 20 June 2018, as part of the 2018–2023 Future Tours Programme.[28] Rather than being a full round-robin tournament in which everyone played everyone else equally, each team played only six of the other eight, as in the previous cycle.[29]
Team | Scheduled matches | Not scheduled to play against | |||
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Total | Home | Away | |||
Australia | 19 | 10 | 9 | Bangladesh | New Zealand |
Bangladesh | 12 | 6 | 6 | Australia | England |
England | 22 | 11 | 11 | Bangladesh | Sri Lanka |
India | 18 | 8 | 10 | Pakistan | West Indies |
New Zealand | 13 | 6 | 7 | Australia | West Indies |
Pakistan | 14 | 8 | 6 | India | South Africa |
South Africa | 15 | 7 | 8 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka | 12 | 6 | 6 | England | South Africa |
West Indies | 13 | 7 | 6 | India | New Zealand |
The International Cricket Council declared a total prize money pool of US$3.8 million for the tournament. The prize money was allocated according to the performance of the team as follows:[31]
Position | Prize money (US$) |
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Winner | $1,600,000 |
Runner-up | $800,000 |
Third | $450,000 |
Fourth | $350,000 |
Fifth | $200,000 |
Sixth | $100,000 |
Seventh | $100,000 |
Eighth | $100,000 |
Ninth | $100,000 |
Total | $3,800,000 |
The winning team also received the ICC Test Championship Mace.
Pos. | Team | Matches | Ded. | Con. | Pts. | Pct. | |||
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P | W | L | D | ||||||
1 | Australia | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 228 | 152 | 66.7 |
2 | India | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5[a] | 216 | 127 | 58.8 |
3 | South Africa | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 180 | 100 | 55.6 |
4 | England | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 12[b] | 264 | 124 | 47 |
5 | Sri Lanka | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 64 | 44.44 |
6 | New Zealand | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 156 | 60 | 38.46 |
7 | Pakistan | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 168 | 64 | 38.1 |
8 | West Indies | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2[c] | 156 | 54 | 34.6 |
9 | Bangladesh | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 144 | 16 | 11.1 |
Source: International Cricket Council,[38][39] ESPNcricinfo[40] Last updated: 20 March 2023 |
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4–8 December 2021
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Pakistan won by an innings and 8 runs
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Points: Pakistan 12, Bangladesh 0 |
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Australia won by an innings and 14 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Points: Australia 12, England 0 |
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9–13 January 2022
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New Zealand won by an innings and 117 runs
Hagley Oval, Christchurch Points: New Zealand 12, Bangladesh 0 |
17–21 February 2022
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New Zealand won by an innings and 276 runs
Hagley Oval, Christchurch Points: New Zealand 12, South Africa 0 |
4–8 March 2022
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India won by an innings and 222 runs
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Points: India 12, Sri Lanka 0 |
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23–27 May 2022
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Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Points: Sri Lanka 12, Bangladesh 0 |
16–20 June 2022
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West Indies won by 7 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua Points: West Indies 12, Bangladesh 0 |
24–28 June 2022
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West Indies won by 10 wickets
Daren Sammy Cricket Ground, St Lucia Points: West Indies 12, Bangladesh 0 |
8–12 July 2022
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Sri Lanka won by an innings and 39 runs
Galle International Stadium, Galle Points: Sri Lanka 12, Australia 0 |
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Australia won by an innings and 182 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Points: Australia 12, South Africa 0 |
9–13 February 2023
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India won by an innings and 132 runs
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Points: India 12, Australia 0 |
17–21 March 2023
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New Zealand won by an innings and 58 runs
Basin Reserve, Wellington Points: New Zealand 12, Sri Lanka 0 |
The top 5 players in each category are listed.
Runs | Batsman | Matches | Innings | NO | Avg | HS | 100s | 50s |
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1,915 | Joe Root | 22 | 40 | 4 | 53.19 | 180* | 8 | 6 |
1,621 | Usman Khawaja | 17 | 30 | 5 | 64.84 | 195* | 6 | 7 |
1,576 | Marnus Labuschagne | 20 | 14 | 5 | 52.53 | 204 | 5 | 5 |
1,527 | Babar Azam | 14 | 26 | 1 | 61.08 | 196 | 4 | 10 |
1,407 | Steve Smith | 20 | 32 | 5 | 52.11 | 200* | 4 | 6 |
Last updated: 11 June 2023[42] |
Wickets | Player | Mat | Inns | Runs | Overs | BBI | BBM | Avg | 5WI | 10WM |
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88 | Nathan Lyon | 20 | 34 | 2299 | 889.2 | 8/64 | 11/99 | 26.12 | 5 | 1 |
67 | Kagiso Rabada | 13 | 22 | 1411 | 388.4 | 6/50 | 8/89 | 21.05 | 3 | 0 |
61 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 13 | 26 | 1200 | 483.5 | 6/91 | 8/42 | 19.67 | 2 | 0 |
58 | James Anderson | 15 | 28 | 1182 | 519.2 | 5/60 | 6/62 | 20.37 | 2 | 0 |
57 | Pat Cummins | 16 | 27 | 1263 | 451.4 | 5/38 | 8/79 | 22.15 | 3 | 0 |
Last updated: 11 June 2023[43] |
Dismissals | Player | Mat | Inns | Catches | Stumping | BBI | Dis/Inn | |
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68 | Alex Carey | 20 | 37 | 66 | 2 | 6 | 1.837 | |
57 | Joshua Da Silva | 13 | 26 | 54 | 3 | 7 | 2.192 | |
54 | Tom Blundell | 13 | 26 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 2.076 | |
50 | Rishabh Pant | 12 | 23 | 44 | 6 | 4 | 2.173 | |
40 | Kyle Verreynne | 12 | 20 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 2.000 | |
Last updated: 11 June 2023[44] |
Dismissals | Player | Mat | Inns | Catches | Dis/Inn | |||
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34 | Steve Smith | 20 | 37 | 3 | 0.918 | |||
31 | Joe Root | 22 | 40 | 3 | 0.738 | |||
24 | Zak Crawley | 17 | 32 | 4 | 0.750 | |||
20 | Virat Kohli | 17 | 33 | 2 | 0.606 | |||
18 | Dhananjaya de Silva | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0.947 | |||
Last updated: 11 June 2023[45] |
Runs | Batsman | Balls | 4s | 6s | Opposition | Venue | Match date | |
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252 | Tom Latham | 373 | 34 | 2 | Bangladesh | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | 9 January 2022 | |
215 | Kane Williamson | 296 | 23 | 2 | Sri Lanka | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 17 March 2023 | |
206* | Dinesh Chandimal | 326 | 16 | 5 | Australia | Galle International Stadium, Galle | 8 July 2022 | |
204 | Marnus Labuschagne | 350 | 20 | 1 | West Indies | Perth Stadium, Perth | 30 November 2022 | |
200* | Steve Smith | 311 | 16 | 0 | ||||
Kane Williamson | 395 | 21 | 1 | Pakistan | National Stadium, Karachi | 26 December 2022 | ||
Henry Nicholls | 240 | 15 | 4 | Sri Lanka | Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington | 17 March 2023 | ||
Last updated: 11 June 2023[46] |
Figures | Bowler | Overs | Mdns | Econ | Opposition | Venue | Match date | |
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10/119 | Ajaz Patel | 47.5 | 12 | 2.48 | India | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 3 December 2021 | |
8/42 | Sajid Khan | 15.0 | 4 | 2.80 | Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur | 4 December 2021 | |
8/64 | Nathan Lyon | 23.3 | 1 | 2.72 | India | Holkar Stadium, Indore | 1 March 2023 | |
7/23 | Matt Henry | 15.0 | 7 | 1.53 | South Africa | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | 17 February 2022 | |
7/32 | Keshav Maharaj | 10.0 | 0 | 3.20 | Bangladesh | Kingsmead, Durban | 31 March 2022 | |
Last updated: 11 June 2023[47] |
Figure | Bowler | Overs | Mdns | Opposition | Venue | Match date | ||
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14/225 | Ajaz Patel | 73.5 | 15 | India | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 3 December 2021 | ||
12/128 | Sajid Khan | 47.4 | 12 | Bangladesh | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur | 4 December 2021 | ||
12/177 | Prabath Jayasuriya | 52.0 | 5 | Australia | Galle International Stadium, Galle | 8 July 2022 | ||
11/99 | Nathan Lyon | 34.5 | 3 | India | Holkar Stadium, Indore | 1 March 2023 | ||
11/136 | Ramesh Mendis | 59.2 | 14 | West Indies | Galle International Stadium, Galle | 29 November 2021 | ||
Last updated: 11 June 2023[48] |
Average | Batsman | Matches | Innings | Runs | HS | NO | 100s | 50s |
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75.20 | Kane Williamson | 7 | 12 | 752 | 215 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
72.50 | Saud Shakeel | 5 | 10 | 580 | 125* | 3 | 1 | 5 |
68.42 | Dinesh Chandimal | 10 | 18 | 958 | 206* | 4 | 2 | 5 |
64.84 | Usman Khawaja | 17 | 30 | 1621 | 195* | 5 | 6 | 7 |
61.08 | Babar Azam | 14 | 26 | 1527 | 258* | 1 | 4 | 10 |
Qualification: Minimum 10 innings Last updated: 11 June 2023[49] |
Average | Bowler | Matches | Wkts | Runs | Balls | BBI | BBM |
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14.57 | Scott Boland | 8 | 33 | 481 | 1249 | 6/7 | 7/55 |
17.65 | Kyle Mayers | 10 | 23 | 406 | 978 | 5/18 | 7/31 |
18.19 | Shaheen Afridi | 8 | 41 | 746 | 1,558 | 6/51 | 10/94 |
19.67 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 13 | 61 | 1200 | 2903 | 6/91 | 8/42 |
19.73 | Jasprit Bumrah | 10 | 45 | 888 | 1973 | 5/24 | 9/110 |
Qualification: Minimum 500 deliveries bowled Last updated: 11 June 2023[50] |
Score | Team | Overs | RR | Inns | Opposition | Venue | Date |
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657 | England | 101 | 6.5 | 1 | Pakistan | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | 1 December 2022 |
612/9d | New Zealand | 194.5 | 3.14 | 2 | National Stadium. Karachi | 26 December 2022 | |
598/4d | Australia | 152.4 | 3.91 | 1 | West Indies | Perth Stadium, Perth | 30 November 2022 |
580/4d | New Zealand | 123 | 4.71 | 1 | Sri Lanka | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 18 March 2023 |
579 | Pakistan | 155.3 | 3.72 | 2 | England | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | 1 December 2022 |
(d=declared) Last updated: 11 June 2023[51] |
Score | Team | Overs | RR | Inns | Opposition | Venue | Date |
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53 | Bangladesh | 19.0 | 2.78 | 4 | South Africa | Kingsmead, Durban | 31 March 2022 |
62 | New Zealand | 28.1 | 2.20 | 2 | India | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | 3 December 2021 |
68 | England | 27.4 | 2.45 | 3 | Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | 26 December 2021 |
77 | West Indies | 40.5 | 1.88 | 4 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 8 December 2022 | |
78 | India | 40.4 | 1.91 | 1 | England | Headingley, Leeds | 25 August 2021 |
Last updated: 11 June 2023[52] |
Score | Team | Target | Overs | RR | Opposition | Venue | Date |
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378/3 | England | 378 | 76.4 | 4.93 | India | Edgbaston, Birmingham | 5 July 2022 |
344/6 | Pakistan | 342 | 127.2 | 2.70 | Sri Lanka | Galle International Stadium, Galle | 20 July 2022 |
299/5 | England | 299 | 50.0 | 5.98 | New Zealand | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | 14 June 2022 |
296/3 | 296 | 54.2 | 5.44 | Headingley, Leeds | 27 June 2022 | ||
285/8 | New Zealand | 285 | 70 | 4.07 | Sri Lanka | Hagley Oval, Christchurch | 13 March 2023 |
Last updated: 11 June 2023[53] |
Pos. | Team | Prize money (US$) |
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1 | Australia | $1,600,000 |
2 | India | $800,000 |
3 | South Africa | $450,000 |
4 | England | $350,000 |
5 | Sri Lanka | $200,000 |
6 | New Zealand | $100,000 |
7 | Pakistan | |
8 | West Indies | |
9 | Bangladesh |