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2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship
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| Dates | 17 June 2025 – June 2027 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Test cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | League and Final |
| Participants | 9 |
| Matches | 71 |
| Official website | ICC World Test Championship |
The 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship is the fourth edition of the ICC World Test Championship. It is being played in Test format. It started on 17 June 2025 with the contest between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, is scheduled to finish in June 2027 with the final match planned to be played at Lord's.[1][2]
Format
[edit]The tournament consists of 27 series and 71 matches in the league stage. The top two teams in the points table compete at the final. Each team plays six series, three at home and three away, with each series containing two to five Test matches.[3]
The points system was unchanged from the previous edition. 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.
| Match result | Points earned | Points contested | Percentage of points won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 12 | 12 | 100 |
| Tie | 6 | 12 | 50 |
| Draw | 4 | 12 | 33.33 |
| Loss | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Matches in series | Total points available |
|---|---|
| 2 | 24 |
| 3 | 36 |
| 4 | 48 |
| 5 | 60 |
Participants
[edit]The nine full members of the ICC who will participate are:
The three full members of the ICC who will not participate are Afghanistan national cricket team, Ireland national cricket team and Zimbabwe national cricket team.
Schedule
[edit]The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the 2023–2027 Future Tours Programme on 17 August 2022 and identified which series was a part of the World Test Championship.[4][5] 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 cycles. The exact dates and the venues of these series will be decided by the boards of the competing teams.
League table
[edit]| Pos. | Team | Matches | Ded. | Con. | Pts. | Pct. | Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | D | |||||||
| 1 |  Australia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| 2 |  Bangladesh |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| 3 |  England |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| 4 |  India |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| 5 |  New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| 6 |  Pakistan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| 7 |  South Africa |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| 8 |  Sri Lanka |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| 9 |  West Indies |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
- Sources: International Cricket Council,[6] ESPNcricinfo[7][8]
- A win is worth twelve points. A draw is worth four points. A tie is worth six points.
- Points deductions:
| Tie-breaking criteria |
|---|
The ranking of teams in the league stage was determined as follows:
|
League stage
[edit]2025
[edit]Sri Lanka v Bangladesh
[edit]Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy (England v India)
[edit]Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies v Australia)
[edit]2025–26
[edit]Pakistan v South Africa
[edit]India v West Indies
[edit]Freedom Trophy (India v South Africa)
[edit]New Zealand v West Indies
[edit]Bangladesh v Pakistan
[edit]2026
[edit]Crowe–Thorpe Trophy (England v New Zealand)
[edit]Sobers–Tissera Trophy (West Indies v Sri Lanka)
[edit]West Indies v Pakistan
[edit]Sri Lanka v India
[edit]Australia v Bangladesh
[edit]England v Pakistan
[edit]2026–27
[edit]South Africa v Australia
[edit]Bangladesh v West Indies
[edit]New Zealand v India
[edit]South Africa v Bangladesh
[edit]Sri Lanka v Pakistan
[edit]Trans–Tasman Trophy (Australia v New Zealand)
[edit]Source:[9]
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa v England)
[edit]New Zealand v Sri Lanka
[edit]Border–Gavaskar Trophy (India v Australia)
[edit]Bangladesh v England
[edit]Sri Lanka v South Africa
[edit]Pakistan v New Zealand
[edit]Final match
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Individual statistics
[edit]The top 5 players of each category are listed.
Most Runs
[edit]| Runs | Batter | Matches | Innings | Not outs | Average | High Score | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 204.00 | 148 | 1 | 1 | |
| 187 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 187.00 | 187 | 1 | 0 | |
| 185 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 185.00 | 163 | 1 | 0 | |
| 127 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 127* | 1 | 0 | |
| 101 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 101.00 | 101 | 1 | 0 | |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[10] | Last updated: 20 June 2025 | ||||||||
Most Wickets
[edit]| Wickets | Bowler | Matches | Innings | Runs | Overs | BBI | BBM | Average | 5WI | 10WM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 43.2 | 5/121 | 24.20 | 1 | |||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[11] | Last updated: 20 June 2025 | ||||||||||
Most dismissals for a wicket-keeper
[edit]| Dismissals | Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumping | Max dis | Dis/Inn | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 (4ct & 0st) | 2.5 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 (4ct & 0st) | 4 | ||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[12] | Last updated: 20 June 2025 | ||||||||||
Most catches for a player
[edit]Best bowling figures in an innings
[edit]Best bowling figures in a match
[edit]Best batting averages
[edit]Best bowling averages
[edit]Team statistics
[edit]Highest team totals
[edit]Lowest team totals
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lord's to host next two WTC finals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "2027 World Test Championship final in England too". Times of India. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "ICC World Test Championship 2 FAQs". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "More men's international cricket in 2023–27 FTP cycle". International Cricket Council. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Men's Future Tours Program" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "ICC World Test Championship 2023–2025 Standings". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "ICC World Test Championship 2023-2025 Table". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "WTC final scenarios". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ "Black Caps locked in for rare four-test series in Australia in the 2026-27 season". Stuff.nz. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Most runs in ICC World Test Championship, 2025-2027". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Most wickets For ICC World Test Championship, 2025-2027". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ "Most Dismissals For ICC World Test Championship, 2025-2027". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
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