2025–2027 World Test Championship

2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship
Dates17 June 2025 – June 2027
AdministratorInternational Cricket Council
Cricket formatTest cricket
Tournament format(s)League and Final
Participants9
Matches71
Official websiteICC World Test Championship
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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 at Galle International Cricket Stadium, and it is scheduled to finish in June 2027 with the final match planned to be played at Lord's.[1][2]

Format

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 is unchanged from the previous edition. A win is worth all 12 points, a tie is worth 6 points each, a draw is worth 4 points each, and a loss is worth 0 points. A team that is behind the required over rate at the end of a match would have one point deducted for each over it was behind (over rate deduction doesn't applied when the team all out the opponent within 80 overs) . As in the previous edition, teams are ranked in the league table based on the percentage of total points won out of total points contested.

In the event that this percentage is tied between teams, a series of tiebreaker criteria are used to determine the standings of teams, starting with the number of series wins, followed by each team's percentage in away matches, and finally the ICC Test Rankings at the end of the league stage.[4]

Points system
Match resultPoints earnedPoints contestedPercentage of points won
Win1212100
Tie61250
Draw41233.33
Loss0120
Points available per series
Matches in seriesTotal points available
224
336
448
560

Participants

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. India and Pakistan haven't played a test series since 2007 due to political tensions between the two countries.

Schedule

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 \ AwayAUSBANENGINDNZPAKSASLWI
Australia 2 matches3–1* [5]4 matches
Bangladesh 2 matches2 matches2 matches
England 2–2 [5]3 matches3 matches
India 5 matches0–2 [2]2–0 [2]
New Zealand 2 matches2 matches2–0 [3]
Pakistan 2 matches1–1 [2]2 matches
South Africa 3 matches2 matches3 matches
Sri Lanka 1–0 [2]2 matches2 matches
West Indies 0–3 [3]2 matches2 matches
Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2025. 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.
TeamScheduled matchesNot scheduled to play against
TotalHomeAway
 Australia22 England (5)
 New Zealand (4)
 Bangladesh (2)
 West Indies (3)
 South Africa (3)
 India (5)
 Pakistan
 Sri Lanka
 Bangladesh12 Pakistan (2)
 West Indies (2)
 England (2)
 Sri Lanka (2)
 South Africa (2)
 Australia (2)
 India
 New Zealand
 England21 India (5)
 New Zealand (3)
 Pakistan (3)
 Australia (5)
 South Africa (3)
 Bangladesh (2)
 Sri Lanka
 West Indies
 India18 West Indies (2)
 South Africa (2)
 Australia (5)
 England (5)
 Sri Lanka (2)
 New Zealand (2)
 Bangladesh
 Pakistan
 New Zealand16 West Indies (3)
 India (2)
 Sri Lanka (2)
 England (3)
 Australia (4)
 Pakistan (2)
 Bangladesh
 South Africa
 Pakistan13 South Africa (2)
 Sri Lanka (2)
 New Zealand (2)
 Bangladesh (2)
 West Indies (2)
 England (3)
 Australia
 India
 South Africa 14 Australia (3)
 Bangladesh (2)
 England (3)
 Pakistan (2)
 India (2)
 Sri Lanka (2)
 New Zealand
 West Indies
 Sri Lanka12 Bangladesh (2)
 India (2)
 South Africa (2)
 West Indies (2)
 Pakistan (2)
 New Zealand (2)
 Australia
 England
 West Indies14 Australia (3)
 Sri Lanka (2)
 Pakistan (2)
 India (2)
 New Zealand (3)
 Bangladesh (2)
 England
 South Africa

League table

PosTeamPldWLDTDedConPtsPctQualification
1 Australia761000847285.712027 World Test Championship final
2 New Zealand320100362877.78
3 South Africa431000483675.00
4 Sri Lanka210100241666.67
5 Pakistan211000241250
6 India9441001085248.15
7 England9351021083835.19[a]
8 Bangladesh20110024416.67
9 West Indies8071009644.17
Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2025. Source: International Cricket Council,[8] ESPNcricinfo[9]
Notes:
  1. ^ England were deducted 2 points for a slow over-rate in the third Test against India.[7]
Tie-breaking criteria[4]
The ranking of teams in the league stage is determined as follows:
  1. Points Percentage in all matches;
  2. Number of Series wins;
  3. Points Percentage in away matches;
  4. ICC Test Rankings on 30 April 2027

League stage

2025

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh

17–21 June 2025
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
495 (153.4 overs)
&
285/6d (87 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
485 (131.2 overs)
&
72/4 (32 overs)
Match drawn
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Points: Sri Lanka 4, Bangladesh 4
25–29 June 2025
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
247 (79.3 overs)
&
133 (44.2 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
458 (116.5 overs)

Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy (England v India)

20–24 June 2025
Scorecard
India 
471 (113 overs)
&
364 (96 overs)
v
 England
465 (100.4 overs)
&
373/5 (82 overs)
England won by 5 wickets
Headingley, Leeds
Points: England 12, India 0
2–6 July 2025
Scorecard
India 
587 (151 overs)
&
427/6d (83 overs)
v
 England
407 (89.3 overs)
&
271 (68.1 overs)
India won by 336 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Points: India 12, England 0
10–14 July 2025
Scorecard
England 
387 (112.3 overs)
&
192 (62.1 overs)
v
 India
387 (119.2 overs)
&
170 (74.5 overs)
England won by 22 runs
Lord's, London
Points: England 10, India 0
23–27 July 2025
Scorecard
India 
358 (114.1 overs)
&
425/4 (143 overs)
v
 England
669 (157.1 overs)
Match drawn
Old Trafford, Manchester
Points: England 4, India 4
31 July–4 August 2025
Scorecard
India 
224 (69.4 overs)
&
396 (88 overs)
v
 England
247 (51.2 overs)
&
367 (85.1 overs)
India won by 6 runs
The Oval, London
Points: India 12, England 0

Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies v Australia)

25–29 June 2025
Scorecard
Australia 
180 (56.5 overs)
&
310 (81.5 overs)
v
 West Indies
190 (63.2 overs)
&
141 (33.4 overs)
Australia won by 159 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
Points: Australia 12, West Indies 0
3–6 July 2025
Scorecard
Australia 
286 (66.5 overs)
&
243 (71.3 overs)
v
 West Indies
253 (73.2 overs)
&
143 (34.3 overs)
12–14 July 2025 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
225 (70.3 overs)
&
121 (37 overs)
v
 West Indies
143 (52.1 overs)
&
27 (14.3 overs)
Australia won by 176 runs
Sabina Park, Kingston
Points: Australia 12, West Indies 0

2025–26

India v West Indies

2–6 October 2025
Scorecard
West Indies 
162 (44.1 overs)
&
146 (45.1 overs)
v
 India
448/5d (128 overs)
10–14 October 2025
Scorecard
India 
518/5d (134.2 overs)
&
124/3 (35.2 overs)
v
 West Indies
248 (81.5 overs)
&
390 (118.5 overs) (f/o)

Pakistan v South Africa

12–16 October 2025
Scorecard
Pakistan 
378 (110.4 overs)
&
167 (46.1 overs)
v
 South Africa
269 (84 overs)
&
183 (60.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 93 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Points: Pakistan 12, South Africa 0
20–24 October 2025
Scorecard
Pakistan 
333 (113.4 overs)
&
138 (49.3 overs)
v
 South Africa
404 (119.3 overs)
&
73/2 (12.3 overs)

Freedom Trophy (India v South Africa)

14–16 November 2025
Scorecard
South Africa 
159 (55 overs)
&
153 (54 overs)
v
 India
189 (62.2 overs)
&
93 (35 overs)
South Africa won by 30 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Points: South Africa 12, India 0
22–26 November 2025
Scorecard
South Africa 
489 (151.1 overs)
&
260/5d (78.3 overs)
v
 India
201 (83.5 overs)
&
140 (63.5 overs)

The Ashes (Australia v England)

21–22 November 2025
Scorecard
England 
172 (32.5 overs)
&
164 (34.4 overs)
v
 Australia
132 (45.2 overs)
&
2/205 (28.2 overs)
Australia won by 8 wickets
Perth Stadium, Perth
Points: Australia 12, England 0
4–7 December 2025 (D/N)
Scorecard
England 
334 (76.2 overs)
&
241 (75.2 overs)
v
 Australia
511 (117.3 overs)
&
2/69 (10 overs)
Australia won by 8 wickets
The Gabba, Brisbane
Points: Australia 12, England 0
17–21 December 2025
Scorecard
Australia 
371 (91.2 overs)
&
349 (84.4 overs)
v
 England
286 (87.2 overs)
&
352 (102.5 overs)
Australia won by 82 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Points: Australia 12, England 0
26–27 December 2025
Scorecard
Australia 
152 (45.2 overs)
&
132 (34.3 overs)
v
 England
110 (29.5 overs)
&
6/178 (32.2 overs)
4–8 January 2026
Scorecard
v

New Zealand v West Indies

2–6 December 2025
Scorecard
New Zealand 
231 (70.3 overs)
&
466/8d (109 overs)
v
 West Indies
167 (75.4 overs)
&
457/6 (163.3 overs)
Match drawn
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Points: New Zealand 4, West Indies 4
10–12 December 2025
Scorecard
West Indies 
205 (75 overs)
&
128 (46.2 overs)
v
 New Zealand
278/9d (74.4 overs)
&
57/1 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Points: New Zealand 12, West Indies 0
18–22 December 2025
Scorecard
New Zealand 
575/8d (155 overs)
&
306/2d (54 overs)
v
 West Indies
420 (128.2 overs)
&
138 (80.3 overs)
New Zealand won by 323 runs
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Points: New Zealand 12, West Indies 0

Bangladesh v Pakistan

March 2026
v
March 2026
v

2026

Crowe–Thorpe Trophy (England v New Zealand)

4–8 June 2026
Scorecard
v
17–21 June 2026
Scorecard
v
25–29 June 2026
Scorecard
v

Sobers–Tissera Trophy (West Indies v Sri Lanka)

June 2026
v
June 2026
v

West Indies v Pakistan

July 2026
v
August 2026
v

Sri Lanka v India

August 2026
v
August 2026
v

Australia v Bangladesh

August 2026
v

England v Pakistan

19–23 August 2026
Scorecard
v
27–31 August 2026
Scorecard
v
9–13 September 2026
Scorecard
v

2026–27

South Africa v Australia

September 2026
v
October 2026
v
October 2026
v

Bangladesh v West Indies

October 2026
v
October 2026
v

New Zealand v India

South Africa v Bangladesh

November 2026
v
November 2026
v

Pakistan v Sri Lanka

November 2026
v
November 2026
v

Trans–Tasman Trophy (Australia v New Zealand)

Source:[10]

December 2026
v
December 2026
v

Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa v England)

December 2026
v
December 2026
v
December 2026
v

New Zealand v Sri Lanka

January 2027
v
January 2027
v

Border–Gavaskar Trophy (India v Australia)

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

Bangladesh v England

February 2027
v
February 2027
v

Sri Lanka v South Africa

February 2027
v
March 2027
v

Pakistan v New Zealand

March 2027
v
March 2027
v

Final match

June 2027
TBD
v
TBD

Statistics

Individual statistics

Most Runs

RunsBatterMatInnsNOAvgHS100s50s
950India Shubman Gill814279.1626951
796India KL Rahul917149.7513733
771England Joe Root917251.4015041
725India Ravindra Jadeja915572.50107*26
713England Harry Brook917144.5615823
India Yashasvi Jaiswal917041.9417533
Source: ESPNcricinfo[11] | Last updated: 27 December 2025

Highest Individual Score

RunsBatterBalls4s6sOppositionVenueMatch date
269India Shubman Gill387303 EnglandEdgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham2 July 2025
227New Zealand Devon Conway367310 West IndiesBay Oval, Mount Maunganui18 December 2025
202*Cricket West Indies Justin Greaves388190 New ZealandHagley Oval, Christchurch2 December 2025
187Sri Lanka Pathum Nissanka256231 BangladeshGalle International Stadium, Galle17 June 2025
184*England Jamie Smith207214 IndiaEdgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham2 July 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo[12] | Last updated: 20 December 2025

Most Wickets

WicketsBowlerMatInnsRunsOversBBIAve5WI
41Australia Mitchell Starc714675177.27/5816.463
39India Mohammed Siraj9171,050283.36/7026.922
31England Josh Tongue510775183.25/4525.002
30South Africa Simon Harmer48429171.36/5014.302
England Ben Stokes815711213.35/2323.702
Source: ESPNcricinfo[13] | Last updated: 27 December 2025

Most dismissals for a wicket-keeper

DismissalsPlayerMatInnsCatchesStumpingMax disDis/Inn
34Australia Alex Carey7143315 (5ct & 0st)2.428
England Jamie Smith9183314 (4ct & 0st)1.888
15Cricket West Indies Shai Hope871504 (4ct & 0st)2.142
14Cricket West Indies Tevin Imlach481314 (4ct & 0st)1.750
South Africa Kyle Verreynne481133 (2ct & 1st)1.750
Source: ESPNcricinfo[14] | Last updated: 27 December 2025

Most catches for a player

CatchesPlayerMatInnsMax disDis/Inn
21England Harry Brook91841.166
16South Africa Aiden Markram4852.000
12Australia Steve Smith51031.200
11India KL Rahul91720.647
10England Zak Crawley91820.555
Source: ESPNcricinfo[15] | Last updated: 27 December 2025

Best bowling figures in an innings

FiguresBowlerOversMaidensEconOppositionVenueMatch date
7/58Australia Mitchell Starc12.544.51 EnglandPerth Stadium, Perth21 November 2025
7/102South Africa Keshav Maharaj42.452.39 PakistanRawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi20 October 2025
6/9Australia Mitchell Starc7.341.20 West IndiesSabina Park, Kingston12 July 2025
6/37South Africa Simon Harmer23.061.60 IndiaAssam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati22 November 2025
6/48South Africa Marco Jansen19.552.42
Source: ESPNcricinfo[16] | Last updated: 26 November 2025

Best bowling figures in a match

FiguresBowlerOversMaidensOppositionVenueMatch date
11/174South Africa Senuran Muthusamy49.07 PakistanGaddafi Stadium, Lahore12 October 2025
10/113Australia Mitchell Starc24.55 EnglandPerth Stadium, Perth21 November 2025
10/187India Akash Deep41.14Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham2 July 2025
10/191Pakistan Noman Ali63.07 South AfricaGaddafi Stadium, Lahore12 October 2025
9/101South Africa Simon Harmer50.012 IndiaAssam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati22 November 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo[17] | Last updated: 26 November 2025

Best batting averages

AverageBatterMatInnsRunsHSNO100s50s
79.16India Shubman Gill814950269251
72.50India Ravindra Jadeja915725107*526
51.40England Joe Root917771150241
49.75India KL Rahul917796137133
48.00India Rishabh Pant611528134023
Source: ESPNcricinfo[18] | Qualification: Minimum 10 innings | Last updated: 27 December 2025

Best bowling averages

AverageBowlerMatWktsRunsBallsBBIBBM
14.30South Africa Simon Harmer4304291,0296/379/101
14.95Cricket West Indies Shamar Joseph3223296205/879/133
15.43New Zealand Jacob Duffy3233559275/349/128
16.46Australia Mitchell Starc7416751,0647/5810/113
18.36Australia Scott Boland5224047444/336/36
Source: ESPNcricinfo[19] | Qualification: Minimum 500 deliveries bowled | Last updated: 27 December 2025

Team statistics

Highest team totals

ScoreTeamOversRRInnsOppositionVenueDate
669 England157.14.252 IndiaOld Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
23 July 2025
587 India151.03.881 EnglandEdgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
2 July 2025
575/8d New Zealand153.43.221 West IndiesBay Oval, Mount Maunganui
18 December 2025
518/5d India134.23.851Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi
10 October 2025
511 Australia117.34.342 EnglandThe Gabba, Brisbane
4 December 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo[20] | d=Declared | Last updated: 19 December 2025

Lowest team totals

ScoreTeamOversRRInnsOppositionVenueDate
27 West Indies14.31.864 AustraliaSabina Park, Kingston12 July 2025
93 India352.654 South AfricaEden Gardens, Kolkata14 November 2025
110 England29.53.682 AustraliaMelbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne26 December 2025
121 Australia37.03.273 West IndiesSabina Park, Kingston12 July 2025
128 West Indies46.22.763 New ZealandBasin Reserve, Wellington10 December 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo[21] | Last updated: 26 December 2025

Partnership statistics

Highest partnership by wicket

WktRunsBattersTeamOppositionVenueMatch date
1st323Tom LathamDevon Conway New Zealand West IndiesBay Oval, Mount Maunganui18 December 2025
2nd194Pathum NissankaDinesh Chandimal Sri Lanka BangladeshSinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo25 June 2025
3rd279Tom LathamRachin Ravindra New Zealand West IndiesHagley Oval, Christchurch2 December 2025
4th264Najmul Hossain ShantoMushfiqur Rahim Bangladesh Sri LankaGalle International Stadium, Galle17 June 2025
5th206Dhruv JurelRavindra Jadeja India West IndiesNarendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad2 October 2025
6th303Harry BrookJamie Smith England IndiaEdgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham2 July 2025
7th180*Justin GreavesKemar Roach West Indies New ZealandHagley Oval, Christchurch2 December 2025
8th97Senuran MuthusamyMarco Jansen South Africa IndiaAssam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati22 November 2025
9th106Ben StokesJofra Archer England AustraliaAdelaide Oval, Adelaide17 December 2025
10th98Senuran MuthusamyKagiso Rabada South Africa PakistanRawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi20 October 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo[22] | Last updated: 21 December 2025

Highest partnership by runs

RunsWktBattersTeamOppositionVenueMatch date
3231stTom LathamDevon Conway New Zealand West IndiesBay Oval, Mount Maunganui18 December 2025
3036thJamie SmithHarry Brook England IndiaEdgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham2 July 2025
2793rdTom LathamRachin Ravindra New Zealand West IndiesHagley Oval, Christchurch2 December 2025
2644thNajmul Hossain ShantoMushfiqur Rahim Bangladesh Sri LankaGalle International Stadium, Galle17 June 2025
209Shubman GillRishabh Pant India EnglandHeadingley Cricket Ground, Leeds20 June 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo[23] | Last updated: 18 December 2025

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