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2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship

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2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship
DatesJune 2025 – June 2027
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTest cricket
Tournament format(s)League and Final
Participants9
Matches70
Official websiteICC World Test Championship

The 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship will be fourth edition of the ICC World Test Championship. It will be played in Test format. It will start in June 2025 and it is scheduled to finish in June 2027 with the final match planned to be played at Lord's.[1][2]

Format

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The tournament consists of 27 series and 69 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]

Points system

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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.

Points system
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
Points available per series
Matches in series Total points available
2 24
3 36
4 48
5 60

Participants

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The nine full members of the ICC who are participating:[4]

Full Members who are not participating in the ICC World Test Championship

Schedule

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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.[5][6] 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.

Home \ Away Australia Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka Cricket West Indies
Australia  2 matches 5 matches 3 matches
Bangladesh  2 matches 2 matches 2 matches
England  5 matches 3 matches 3 matches
India  5 matches 2 matches 2 matches
New Zealand  2 matches 2 matches 3 matches
Pakistan  2 matches 2 matches 2 matches
South Africa  3 matches 2 matches 3 matches
Sri Lanka  2 matches 2 matches 2 matches
West Indies  3 matches 2 matches 2 matches
Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2023. Source: ICC Men's FTP[6] The numbers in square brackets are the number of matches in the series.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Team Scheduled matches Not scheduled to play against
Total Home Away
 Australia 21  England (5)
 Bangladesh (2)
 New Zealand (3)
 India (5)
 South Africa (3)
 West Indies (3)
 Pakistan  Sri Lanka
 Bangladesh 12  England (2)
 West Indies (2)
 Pakistan (2)
 Australia (2)
 South Africa (2)
 Sri Lanka (2)
 India  New Zealand
 England 21  New Zealand (3)
 India (5)
 Pakistan (3)
 Australia (5)
 South Africa (3)
 Bangladesh (2)
 Sri Lanka  West Indies
 India 18  Australia (5)
 West Indies (2)
 South Africa (2)
 New Zealand (2)
 England (5)
 Sri Lanka (2)
 Pakistan  Bangladesh
 New Zealand 15  India (2)
 West Indies (3)
 Sri Lanka (2)
 Australia (3)
 England (3)
 Pakistan (2)
 Bangladesh  South Africa
 Pakistan 13  New Zealand (2)
 South Africa (2)
 Sri Lanka (2)
 England (3)
 West Indies (2)
 Bangladesh (2)
 India  Australia
 South Africa 14  Australia (3)
 England (3)
 Bangladesh (2)
 India (2)
 Pakistan (2)
 Sri Lanka (2)
 West Indies  New Zealand
 Sri Lanka 12  India (2)
 South Africa (2)
 Bangladesh (2)
 New Zealand (2)
 West Indies (2)
 Pakistan (2)
 Australia  England
 West Indies 14  Australia (3)
 Pakistan (2)
 Sri Lanka (2)
 New Zealand (3)
 India (2)
 Bangladesh (2)
 England  South Africa

League stage

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2025

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Pataudi Trophy (England v India)

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20–24 June 2025
Scorecard
v
2–6 July 2025
Scorecard
v
10–14 July 2025
Scorecard
v
23–27 July 2025
Scorecard
v
31 July–4 August 2025
Scorecard
v

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh

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June 2025
v
June 2025
v

Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies v Australia)

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June 2025
v
June 2025
v
June 2025
v

2025–26

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India v West Indies

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October 2025
v
October 2025
v

Freedom Trophy (India v South Africa)

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November 2025
v
November 2025
v

The Ashes (Australia v England)

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21–25 November 2025
Scorecard
v
4–8 December 2025 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
17–21 December 2025
Scorecard
v

New Zealand v West Indies

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November 2025
v
December 2025
v
December 2025
v

Bangladesh v Pakistan

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March 2026
v
March 2026
v

2026

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Crowe–Thorpe Trophy (England v New Zealand)

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June 2026
v
June 2026
v
June 2026
v

Sobers–Tissera Trophy (Sri Lanka v West Indies)

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June 2026
v
June 2026
v

Pakistan v West Indies

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July 2026
v
August 2026
v

Sri Lanka v India

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August 2026
v
August 2026
v

England v Pakistan

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August 2026
v
September 2026
v
September 2026
v

2026–27

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South Africa v Australia

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September 2026
v
October 2026
v
October 2026
v

Bangladesh v West Indies

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October 2026
v
October 2026
v

New Zealand v India

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October 2026
v
November 2026
v

South Africa v Bangladesh

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November 2026
v
November 2026
v

Sri Lanka v Pakistan

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November 2026
v
November 2026
v

Trans–Tasman Trophy (Australia v New Zealand)

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December 2026
v
December 2026
v
December 2026
v

Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa v England)

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December 2026
v
December 2026
v
December 2026
v

Sri Lanka v New Zealand

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January 2027
v
January 2027
v

Border–Gavaskar Trophy (India v Australia)

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January 2027
v
January 2027
v
February 2027
v
February 2027
v
February 2027
v

Bangladesh v England

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February 2027
v
February 2027
v

Sri Lanka v South Africa

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February 2027
v
March 2027
v

Australia v Bangladesh

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March 2027
v
March 2027
v

New Zealand v Pakistan

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March 2027
v
March 2027
v

Final match

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June 2027
TBA
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TBA

TBA

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Lord's to host next two WTC finals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  2. ^ "2027 World Test Championship final in England too". Times of India. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  3. ^ "ICC World Test Championship 2 FAQs". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Everything you need to know about World Test Championship 2021–23". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  5. ^ "More men's international cricket in 2023–27 FTP cycle". International Cricket Council. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Men's Future Tours Program" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2022.