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, and 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, Ireland and Zimbabwe.
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 | .svg/40px-Flag_of_Australia_(converted).svg.png){kind=small} Australia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 100.00 | TBD |
| 2 |  England |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 100.00 | TBD |
| 3 |  Sri Lanka |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 66.66 | TBD |
| 4 |  Bangladesh |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 16.66 | TBD |
| 5 |  India |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.00 | TBD |
| 6 |  West Indies |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.00 | TBD |
| 7 |  New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| 8 |  Pakistan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| 9 |  South Africa |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
- Last updated: 28 June 2025
- Sources: International Cricket Council,[6] ESPNcricinfo[7]
- A win is worth twelve points. A draw is worth four points. A tie is worth six points.
- Points deductions:
| Tie-breaking criteria |
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The ranking of teams in the league stage was determined as follows:
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League stage
[edit]2025
[edit]Sri Lanka v Bangladesh
[edit]25–29 June 2025
Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by an innings and 78 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo Points: Sri Lanka 12, Bangladesh 0 |
Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy (England v India)
[edit]Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies v Australia)
[edit]2025–26
[edit]Pakistan v South Africa
[edit]India vs 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:[8]
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]Most Runs
[edit]| Runs | Batter | Mat | Inns | NO | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 369 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 123.00 | 187 | 2 | 0 | |
| 300 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 100.00 | 148 | 2 | 0 | |
| 273 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 68.25 | 163 | 1 | 0 | |
| 252 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 126.00 | 134 | 2 | 0 | |
| 211 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 105.50 | 149 | 1 | 1 | |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[9] | Last updated: 27 June 2025 | ||||||||
Most Wickets
[edit]| Wkts | Bowler | Mat | Inns | Runs | Overs | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5WI | 10WM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 150 | 56.2 | 5/121 | 6/150 | 25.00 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 2 | 298 | 78.2 | 3/102 | 6/298 | 49.66 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[10] | Last updated: 21 June 2025 | ||||||||||
Most dismissals for a wicket-keeper
[edit]| Dismissals | Player | Mat | Inns | Catches | Stumping | Max dis | Dis/Inn | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 (4ct & 0st) | 2 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 (4ct & 0st) | 2 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 (4ct & 0st) | 4 | ||||
| 1 | 2* | 4 | 0 | 4 (4ct & 0st) | 2 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 (1ct & 0st) | 2 | |||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[11] | Last updated: 26 June 2025 | ||||||||||
Most catches for a player
[edit]| Catches | Player | Mat | Inns | Max dis | Dis/Inn | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.75 | ||||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[12] | Last updated: 27 June 2025 | ||||||||||
Team statistics
[edit]Highest team totals
[edit]| Score | Team | Overs | RR | Inns | Opposition | Venue | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 495 | 153.4 | 3.22 | 1 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | 17 June 2025
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| 485 | 131.2 | 3.69 | 2 | |||||||
| 471 | 113.0 | 4.16 | 1 | Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds | 20 June 2025
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| 465 | 100.4 | 4.61 | 2 | |||||||
| 458 | 116.5 | 3.92 | 2 | SSC Cricket Ground, Colombo | 25 June 2025
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| Source: ESPNcricinfo[13] | Last updated: 27 June 2025 | ||||||||||
Partnership statistics
[edit]Highest partnership by wicket
[edit]| Wicket | Runs | Batters | Team | Opposition | Venue | Match date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 188 | Ben Duckett | Zak Crawley | England |
India |
Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds | 20 June 2025 |
| 2nd | 157 | Pathum Nissanka | Dinesh Chandimal | Sri Lanka |
Bangladesh |
Galle International Stadium, Galle | 17 June 2025 |
| 3rd | 129 | Yashasvi Jaiswal | Shubman Gill | India |
England |
Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds | 20 June 2025 |
| 4th | 264 | Najmul Hossain Shanto | Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh |
Sri Lanka |
Galle International Stadium, Galle | 17 June 2025 |
| 5th | 149 | Mushfiqur Rahim | Litton Das | ||||
| 6th | 73 | Jamie Smith | Harry Brook | England |
India |
Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds | 20 June 2025 |
| 7th | 84 | Kamindu Mendis | Milan Rathnayake | Sri Lanka |
Bangladesh |
Galle International Stadium, Galle | 17 June 2025 |
| 8th | 55 | Chris Woakes | Brydon Carse | England |
India |
Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds | 20 June 2025 |
| 9th | 11 | Ravindra Jadeja | Mohammed Siraj | India |
England
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| 10th | 15 | Prasidh Krishna | |||||
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 2025–2027 Standings". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ "ICC World Test Championship 2025-2027 Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ "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 21 June 2025.
- ^ "Most catches For ICC World Test Championship, 2025-2027". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "Highest totals For ICC World Test Championship, 2025-2027". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2025.