2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship
The 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship is a future tournament of Test Cricket which will be the third edition of the ICC World Test Championship. It starts in June 2023 with The Ashes, which is contested between England and Australia, and it is scheduled to finish in June 2025 with the final match planned to be played at Lord's.[1]
Dates | 16 June 2023 – June 2025 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Test cricket |
Tournament format(s) | League and Final |
Participants | 9 |
Official website | ICC World Test Championship |
Format
The tournament will be played over two years, with 68 matches over 27 series scheduled for the league stage. The top two teams in the points table will then qualify for the final which will be played at Lord's, London. Each team is planned to play six series, with three at home and three away. Each series will consist of two to five Test matches. Each participant will play between 12 and 22 matches. Each match is scheduled for a duration of five days.[2]
Participants
The nine full members of the ICC who will participate:[3]
The three full members of the ICC who will not participate:
Schedule
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the 2023–2027 Future Tours Programme on 17 August 2022 and identified which series will be a part of the World Test Championship.[4][5] Rather than being a full round-robin tournament in which everyone will play 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.
Team | Scheduled Matches | Not Scheduled To Play Against | ||
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Total | Home | Away | ||
![]() | 19 | 10 (5 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | 9 (5 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 12 | 6 (2 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | 6 (2 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 21 | 10 (5 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | 11 (5 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 19 | 10 (2 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | 9 (5 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 14 | 7 (2 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | 7 (2 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 14 | 7 (2 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | 7 (3 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 12 | 6 (2 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | 6 (2 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 12 | 6 (2 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | 6 (2 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
![]() | 13 | 6 (2 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | 7 (2 vs ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
League table
The top two teams in the league stage will qualify for the final.
Pos. | Team | Series | Matches | Con. | Pts. | Ded. | Pct. | RpW Ratio | |||||||
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P | W | L | D | P | W | L | D | T | |||||||
1 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
- (E) Eliminated
- Teams in position to qualify for the Final
League stage
2023
The Ashes (England v Australia)
2023–24
Bangladesh v New Zealand
Benaud-Qadir Trophy (Australia v Pakistan)
Freedom Trophy (South Africa v India)
Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia v West Indies)
Anthony de Mello Trophy (India v England)
New Zealand v South Africa
Trans-Tasman Trophy (New Zealand v Australia)
Pakistan v West Indies
2024
Richards-Botham Trophy (England v West Indies)
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (West Indies v South Africa)
India v Bangladesh
Sri Lanka v New Zealand
Pakistan v England
India v New Zealand
Bangladesh v South Africa
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia v India)
West Indies v Bangladesh
New Zealand v England
South Africa v Sri Lanka
References
- "Lord's to host next two WTC finals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- "ICC World Test Championship 2 FAQs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- "Everything you need to know about World Test Championship 2021–23". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- "More men's international cricket in 2023–27 FTP cycle". International Cricket Council. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- "Men's Future Tours Program" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2022.