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]

2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship
Dates16 June 2023 – June 2025
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTest cricket
Tournament format(s)League and Final
Participants9
Official websiteICC 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.

Home \ Away Australia Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka Cricket West Indies
Australia  5 matches 3 matches 2 matches
Bangladesh  2 matches 2 matches 2 matches
England  5 matches 2 matches 3 matches
India  2 matches 5 matches 3 matches
New Zealand  2 matches 3 matches 2 matches
Pakistan  2 matches 3 matches 2 matches
South Africa  2 matches 2 matches 2 matches
Sri Lanka  2 matches 2 matches 2 matches
West Indies  2 matches 2 matches 2 matches
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2022. Source: ICC Men's FTP[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Team Scheduled Matches Not Scheduled To Play Against
Total Home Away
 Australia1910 (5 vs India + 3 vs Pakistan + 2 vs Cricket West Indies)9 (5 vs England + 2 vs New Zealand + 2 vs Sri Lanka) Bangladesh and  South Africa
 Bangladesh126 (2 vs New Zealand + 2 vs South Africa + 2 vs Sri Lanka)6 (2 vs India + 2 vs Pakistan + 2 vs Cricket West Indies) Australia and  England
 England2110 (5 vs Australia + 2 vs Sri Lanka + 3 vs Cricket West Indies)11 (5 vs India + 3 vs New Zealand + 3 vs Pakistan) Bangladesh and  South Africa
 India1910 (2 vs Bangladesh + 5 vs England + 3 vs New Zealand)9 (5 vs Australia + 2 vs South Africa + 2 vs Cricket West Indies) Pakistan and  Sri Lanka
 New Zealand147 (2 vs Australia + 3 vs England + 2 vs South Africa)7 (2 vs Bangladesh + 3 vs India + 2 vs Sri Lanka) Pakistan and  West Indies
 Pakistan147 (2 vs Bangladesh + 3 vs England + 2 vs Cricket West Indies)7 (3 vs Australia + 2 vs South Africa + 2 vs Sri Lanka) India and  New Zealand
 South Africa126 (2 vs India + 2 vs Pakistan + 2 vs Sri Lanka)6 (2 vs Bangladesh + 2 vs New Zealand + 2 vs Cricket West Indies) Australia and  England
 Sri Lanka126 (2 vs Australia + 2 vs New Zealand + 2 vs Pakistan)6 (2 vs Bangladesh + 2 vs England + 2 vs South Africa) India and  West Indies
 West Indies136 (2 vs Bangladesh + 2 vs India + 2 vs South Africa)7 (2 vs Australia + 3 vs England + 2 vs Pakistan) New Zealand and  Sri Lanka

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
P W L D P W L D T
1 Australia0000000000000.00.0
2 Bangladesh0000000000000.00.0
3 England0000000000000.00.0
4 India0000000000000.00.0
5 New Zealand0000000000000.00.0
6 Pakistan0000000000000.00.0
7 South Africa0000000000000.00.0
8 Sri Lanka0000000000000.00.0
9 West Indies0000000000000.00.0
  • (E) Eliminated
  •   Teams in position to qualify for the Final

League stage

2023

The Ashes (England v Australia)

16–20 June 2023
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28 June–2 July 2023
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6–10 July 2023
Scorecard
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27–31 July 2023
Scorecard
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Sri Lanka v Pakistan

July 2023
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July 2023
v

West Indies v India

July/August 2023
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July/August 2023
v

2023–24

Bangladesh v New Zealand

November 2023
v
December 2023
v

Benaud-Qadir Trophy (Australia v Pakistan)

14-18 December 2023
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26-30 December 2023
v
3-7 January 2024
v

Freedom Trophy (South Africa v India)

December 2023
v
January 2024
v

Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia v West Indies)

17-21 January 2024
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25-29 January 2024
v

Anthony de Mello Trophy (India v England)

January 2024
v
January 2024
v
February 2024
v
February 2024
v
February 2024
v

New Zealand v South Africa

February 2024
v
February 2024
v

Trans-Tasman Trophy (New Zealand v Australia)

February 2024
v
March 2024
v

Pakistan v West Indies

February/March 2024
v
February/March 2024
v

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

February/March 2024
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March 2024
v

2024

Richards-Botham Trophy (England v West Indies)

July 2024
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July 2024
v
July 2024
v

Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (West Indies v South Africa)

August 2024
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August 2024
v

Pakistan v Bangladesh

August 2024
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September 2024
v

England v Sri Lanka

August 2024
v
September 2024
v

India v Bangladesh

September/October 2024
v
September/October 2024
v

Sri Lanka v New Zealand

September/October 2024
v
September/October 2024
v

Pakistan v England

October 2024
v
October 2024
v
October 2024
v

India v New Zealand

October 2024
v
October 2024
v
November 2024
v

Bangladesh v South Africa

October 2024
v
November 2024
v

Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia v India)

November 2024
v
December 2024
v
December 2024
v
December 2024
v
January 2025
v

West Indies v Bangladesh

November/December 2024
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November/December 2024
v

New Zealand v England

November/December 2024
v
December 2024
v
December 2024
v

South Africa v Sri Lanka

November 2024
v
December 2024
v

South Africa v Pakistan

December 2024
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January 2025
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Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka v Australia)

January 2025
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February 2025
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Final

TBD
TBD
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TBD

References

  1. "Lord's to host next two WTC finals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  2. "ICC World Test Championship 2 FAQs". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. "Everything you need to know about World Test Championship 2021–23". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  4. "More men's international cricket in 2023–27 FTP cycle". International Cricket Council. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  5. "Men's Future Tours Program" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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