2025–2027 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 it is scheduled to finish in June 2027 with the final match planned to be played at Lord's.^[1][2]

2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship

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
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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. 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 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

The nine full members of the ICC who will participate are:

•  Australia
•  Bangladesh
•  England
•  India
•  New Zealand
•  Pakistan
•  South Africa
•  Sri Lanka
•  West Indies

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 \ Away	AUS	BAN	ENG	IND	NZ	PAK	SA	SL	WI
Australia	—	2 matches	5 matches	—	4 matches	—	—	—	—
Bangladesh	—	—	2 matches	—	—	2 matches	—	—	2 matches
England	—	—	—	2–1* [5]	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	—	1–0 [2]	—	2 matches	—	—	2 matches	—	—
West Indies	0–3 [3]	—	—	—	—	2 matches	—	2 matches	—

Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 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.

Team	Scheduled matches			Not scheduled to play against
	Total	Home	Away
Australia	22	England (5)  New Zealand (4)  Bangladesh (2)	West Indies (3)  South Africa (3)  India (5)	Pakistan  Sri Lanka
Bangladesh	12	Pakistan (2)  West Indies (2)  England (2)	Sri Lanka (2)  South Africa (2)  Australia (2)	India  New Zealand
England	21	India (5)  New Zealand (3)  Pakistan (3)	Australia (5)  South Africa (3)  Bangladesh (2)	Sri Lanka  West Indies
India	18	West Indies (2)  South Africa (2)  Australia (5)	England (5)  Sri Lanka (2)  New Zealand (2)	Bangladesh  Pakistan
New Zealand	16	West Indies (3)  India (2)  Sri Lanka (2)	England (3)  Australia (4)  Pakistan (2)	Bangladesh  South Africa
Pakistan	13	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 Lanka	12	Bangladesh (2)  India (2)  South Africa (2)	West Indies (2)  Pakistan (2)  New Zealand (2)	Australia  England
West Indies	14	Australia (3)  Sri Lanka (2)  Pakistan (2)	India (2)  New Zealand (3)  Bangladesh (2)	England  South Africa

League table

Pos.	Team	Matches					Ded.	Con.	Pts.	Pct.
		P	W	L	D	T
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	0	0	36	36	100.00
2	Sri Lanka	2	1	0	1	0	0	24	16	66.67
3	England	4	2	1	1	0	2[a]	48	26	54.17
4	India	4	1	2	1	0	0	48	16	33.33
5	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1	0	0	24	4	16.66
6	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	West Indies	3	0	3	0	0	0	36	0	0.00

• Last updated: 27 July 2025
• Sources: International Cricket Council,^[8] ESPNcricinfo^[9]
•   The top two teams advance to the final.
• A win is worth twelve points. A draw is worth four points. A tie is worth six points.
• Points deductions: Points are deducted for slow over rates.

1. England were deducted a total of 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: Points Percentage in all matches; Number of Series wins; Points Percentage in away matches; ICC Test Rankings on 30 April 2027

League stage

For matches played in Australia, scores are listed in the Australian format of wickets/runs.

2025

Main article: International cricket in 2025

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh

Main article: Bangladeshi cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2025

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)

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)

Main article: Indian cricket team in England in 2025

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

England

v

India

The Oval, London

Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies v Australia)

Main article: Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2025

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)

Australia won by 133 runs Grenada National Cricket Stadium, St. George's Points: Australia 12, West Indies 0

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

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Pakistan v South Africa

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October 2025

Pakistan

v

South Africa

October 2025

Pakistan

v

South Africa

India v West Indies

Main article: West Indian cricket team in India in 2025–26

2–6 October 2025 Scorecard

India

v

West Indies

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

10–14 October 2025 Scorecard

India

v

West Indies

Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, New Delhi

Freedom Trophy (India v South Africa)

Main article: South African cricket team in India in 2025–26

14–18 November 2025 Scorecard

India

v

South Africa

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

22–26 November 2025 Scorecard

India

v

South Africa

Assam Cricket Association Stadium, Guwahati

The Ashes (Australia v England)

Main article: 2025–26 Ashes series

21–25 November 2025 Scorecard

Australia

v

England

Perth Stadium, Perth

4–8 December 2025 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia

v

England

The Gabba, Brisbane

17–21 December 2025 Scorecard

Australia

v

England

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

26–30 December 2025 Scorecard

Australia

v

England

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

4–8 January 2026 Scorecard

Australia

v

England

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

New Zealand v West Indies

Main article: West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2025–26

2–6 December 2025 Scorecard

New Zealand

v

West Indies

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

10–14 December 2025 Scorecard

New Zealand

v

West Indies

Basin Reserve, Wellington

18–22 December 2025 Scorecard

New Zealand

v

West Indies

Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

Bangladesh v Pakistan

Main article: Pakistani cricket team in Bangladesh in 2025–26

March 2026

Bangladesh

v

Pakistan

March 2026

Bangladesh

v

Pakistan

2026

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Crowe–Thorpe Trophy (England v New Zealand)

Main article: New Zealand cricket team in England in 2026

4–8 June 2026 Scorecard

England

v

New Zealand

Lord's, London

17–21 June 2026 Scorecard

England

v

New Zealand

The Oval, London

25–29 June 2026 Scorecard

England

v

New Zealand

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Sobers–Tissera Trophy (West Indies v Sri Lanka)

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June 2026

West Indies

v

Sri Lanka

June 2026

West Indies

v

Sri Lanka

West Indies v Pakistan

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July 2026

West Indies

v

Pakistan

August 2026

West Indies

v

Pakistan

Sri Lanka v India

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August 2026

Sri Lanka

v

India

August 2026

Sri Lanka

v

India

Australia v Bangladesh

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August 2026

Australia

v

Bangladesh

August 2026

Australia

v

Bangladesh

England v Pakistan

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19–23 August 2026 Scorecard

England

v

Pakistan

Headingley, Leeds

27–31 August 2026 Scorecard

England

v

Pakistan

Lord's, London

9–13 September 2026 Scorecard

England

v

Pakistan

Edgbaston, Birmingham

2026–27

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South Africa v Australia

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September 2026

South Africa

v

Australia

October 2026

South Africa

v

Australia

October 2026

South Africa

v

Australia

Bangladesh v West Indies

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October 2026

Bangladesh

v

West Indies

October 2026

Bangladesh

v

West Indies

New Zealand v India

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October 2026

New Zealand

v

India

November 2026

New Zealand

v

India

South Africa v Bangladesh

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November 2026

South Africa

v

Bangladesh

November 2026

South Africa

v

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka v Pakistan

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November 2026

Pakistan

v

Sri Lanka

November 2026

Pakistan

v

Sri Lanka

Trans–Tasman Trophy (Australia v New Zealand)

Source:^[10]

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December 2026

Australia

v

New Zealand

December 2026

Australia

v

New Zealand

December 2026

Australia

v

New Zealand

January 2027

Australia

v

New Zealand

Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa v England)

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December 2026

South Africa

v

England

December 2026

South Africa

v

England

December 2026

South Africa

v

England

New Zealand v Sri Lanka

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January 2027

New Zealand

v

Sri Lanka

January 2027

New Zealand

v

Sri Lanka

Border–Gavaskar Trophy (India v Australia)

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January 2027

India

v

Australia

January 2027

India

v

Australia

February 2027

India

v

Australia

February 2027

India

v

Australia

February 2027

India

v

Australia

Bangladesh v England (Ashraful-Flintoff Trophy)

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February 2027

Bangladesh

v

England

February 2027

Bangladesh

v

England

Sri Lanka v South Africa

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February 2027

Sri Lanka

v

South Africa

March 2027

Sri Lanka

v

South Africa

Pakistan v New Zealand

Main article: New Zealand cricket team in Pakistan in 2026–27

March 2027

Pakistan

v

New Zealand

March 2027

Pakistan

v

New Zealand

Final match

June 2027

TBD

v

TBD

Lord's, London

Statistics

The top 5 stats of each category are listed. (Except highest partnership by wicket)

Individual statistics

Most Runs

Runs	Batter	Mat	Inns	NO	Average	HS	100s	50s
722	Shubman Gill	4	8	0	90.25	269	4	0
511	KL Rahul	4	8	0	63.87	137	2	2
479	Rishabh Pant	4	7	0	68.42	134	2	3
454	Ravindra Jadeja	4	8	4	113.50	107*	1	4
424	Jamie Smith	4	7	2	84.80	184*	1	2
Source: ESPNcricinfo[11] | Last updated: 27 July 2025

Highest Individual Score

Runs	Batter	Balls	4s	6s	Opposition	Venue	Match date
269	Shubman Gill	387	30	3	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	2 July 2025
187	Pathum Nisanka	256	23	1	Bangladesh	Galle International Stadium, Galle	17 June 2025
184*	Jamie Smith	207	21	4	India	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	2 July 2025
163	Mushfiqur Rahim	350	9	0	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle	17 June 2025
161	Shubman Gill	162	13	8	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	2 July 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo[12] | Last updated: 27 July 2025

Most Wickets

Wtks	Bowler	Mat	Inns	Runs	Overs	BBI	Ave	5WI
22	Shamar Joseph	3	6	329	103.2	5/87	14.95	1
17	Ben Stokes	4	8	429	140.0	5/72	25.23	1
15	Mitchell Starc	3	6	222	65.3	6/9	14.80	1
14	Josh Hazlewood	3	6	202	79.2	5/43	14.42	1
	Jasprit Bumrah	3	5	364	119.4	5/74	26.00	2
	Mohammed Siraj	4	7	556	139	6/70	39.71	1
Source: ESPNcricinfo[13] | Last updated: 27 July 2025

Most dismissals for a wicket-keeper

Dismissals	Player	Mat	Inns	Catches	Stumping	Max dis	Dis/Inn
17	Jamie Smith	4	8	16	1	4 (4ct & 0st)	2.125
13	Shai Hope	3	6	13	0	4 (4ct & 0st)	2.166
11	Alex Carey	3	6	11	0	4 (4ct & 0st)	1.833
10	Kusal Mendis	2	4	8	2	4 (4ct & 0st)	2.500
7	Rishabh Pant	4	7	7	0	2(2ct & 0st)	1.000
Source: ESPNcricinfo[14] | Last updated: 27 July 2025

Most catches for a player

Catches	Player	Mat	Inns	Max dis	Dis/Inn
9	Harry Brook	4	8	4	1.125
5	Roston Chase	3	6	1	0.833
	Zak Crawley	4	8	2	0.625
4	4 players
Source: ESPNcricinfo[15] | Last updated: 27 July 2025

Best bowling figures in an innings

Figures	Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Economy	Opposition	Venue	Match date
6/9	Mitchell Starc	7.3	4	1.20	West Indies	Sabina Park, Kingston	12 July 2025
6/70	Mohammed Siraj	19.3	3	3.58	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	2 July 2025
6/99	Akash Deep	21.1	2	4.67
5/27	Alzarri Joseph	12.0	2	2.25	Australia	Sabina Park, Kingston	12 July 2025
5/43	Josh Hazlewood	12.0	3	3.58	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	25 June 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo[16] | Last updated: 14 July 2025

Best bowling figures in a match

Figures	Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Opposition	Venue	Match date
10/187	Akash Deep	41.1	4	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	2 July 2025
9/133	Shamar Joseph	41.5	8	Australia	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	25 June 2025
8/67		30.3	8	Australia	Sabina Park, Kingston	12 July 2025
7/41	Mitchell Starc	20.3	7	West Indies
7/84	Josh Hazlewood	30.0	6	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	25 June 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo[17] | Last updated: 14 July 2025

Team statistics

Highest team totals

Score	Team	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Venue	Date
669	England	157.1	4.25	2	India	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester	23 July 2025
587	India	151.0	3.88	1	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	2 July 2025
495	Bangladesh	153.4	3.22	1	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle	17 June 2025
485	Sri Lanka	131.2	3.69	2	Bangladesh
471	India	113.0	4.16	1	England	Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds	20 June 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo[18] | Last updated: 27 July 2025

Lowest team totals

Score	Team	Overs	RR	Inns	Opposition	Venue	Date
27	West Indies	14.3	1.86	4	Australia	Sabina Park, Kingston	12 July 2025
121	Australia	37.0	3.27	3	West Indies
133	Bangladesh	44.2	3.00	3	Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo	25 June 2025
141	West Indies	33.4	4.18	4	Australia	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
143		52.1	2.74	2		Sabina Park, Kingston	12 July 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo[19] | Last updated: 14 July 2025

Partnership statistics

Highest partnership by wicket

Wkt	Runs	Batters		Team	Opposition	Venue	Match date
1st	188	Ben Duckett	Zak Crawley	England	India	Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds	20 June 2025
2nd	194	Pathum Nissanka	Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Sinhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo	25 June 2025
3rd	188	KL Rahul	Shubman Gill	India	England	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester	23 July 2025
4th	264	Najmul Hossain Shanto	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	Sri Lanka	Galle International Stadium, Galle	17 June 2025
5th	203*	Washington Sundar	Ravindra Jadeja	India	England	Old Trafford, Manchester	23 July 2025
6th	303	Harry Brook	Jamie Smith	England	India	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	2 July 2025
7th	144	Washington Sundar	Shubman Gill	India	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	2 July 2025
8th	84	Jamie Smith	Brydon Carse	England	India	Lord's, London	10 July 2025
9th	95	Ben Stokes	Brydon Carse	England	India	Old Trafford, Manchester	23 July 2025
10th	25	Shoaib Bashir	Brydon Carse	England	India	Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham	2 July 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo[20] | Last updated: 27 July 2025

Notes