# 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship

The 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship will be the fourth edition of the ICC World Test Championship. It will be played in Test format. It will start in June 2025 and it is scheduled to finish in June 2027 with the final match planned to be played at Lord's.

## 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.

### Points system

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.
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.

## 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. 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 | NZL | PAK | RSA | SRI | WIN |
| Australia | — | 2 matches | 5 matches | — | 4 matches | — | — | — | — |
| Bangladesh | — | — | 2 matches | — | — | 2 matches | — | — | 2 matches |
| England | — | — | — | 5 matches | 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 | — | 2 matches | — | 2 matches | — | — | 2 matches | — | — |
| West Indies | 3 matches | — | — | — | — | 2 matches | — | 2 matches | — |
| Team | Scheduled matches | Scheduled matches | Scheduled matches | Not scheduled to play against |
| Team | Total | Home | Away | Not scheduled to play against |
| 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 stage
### 2025
#### Pataudi Trophy (England v India)

* 20–24 June 2025 Scorecard
| England | v | India |
* Headingley, Leeds
* 2–6 July 2025 Scorecard
| England | v | India |
* Edgbaston, Birmingham
* 10–14 July 2025 Scorecard
| England | v | India |
* Lord's, London
* 23–27 July 2025 Scorecard
| England | v | India |
* Old Trafford, Manchester
* 31 July–4 August 2025 Scorecard
| England | v | India |
* The Oval, London

#### Sri Lanka v Bangladesh

* June 2025
| Sri Lanka | v | Bangladesh |
* June 2025
| Sri Lanka | v | Bangladesh |

#### Frank Worrell Trophy (West Indies v Australia)

* 25–29 June 2025
| West Indies | v | Australia |
* Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
* 3–7 July 2025
| West Indies | v | Australia |
* Grenada National Cricket Stadium, St. George's
* 12–16 July 2025
| West Indies | v | Australia |
* Sabina Park, Kingston

### 2025–26
#### Pakistan v South Africa

* October 2025
| Pakistan | v | South Africa |
* October 2025
| Pakistan | v | South Africa |

#### India v West Indies

* October 2025
| India | v | West Indies |
* October 2025
| India | v | West Indies |

#### Freedom Trophy (India v South Africa)

* November 2025
| India | v | South Africa |
* November 2025
| India | v | South Africa |

#### The Ashes (Australia v England)

* 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

* November 2025
| New Zealand | v | West Indies |
* Hagley Oval, Christchurch
* December 2025
| New Zealand | v | West Indies |
* Basin Reserve, Wellington
* December 2025
| New Zealand | v | West Indies |
* Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

#### Bangladesh v Pakistan

* March 2026
| Bangladesh | v | Pakistan |
* March 2026
| Bangladesh | v | Pakistan |

### 2026
#### Crowe–Thorpe Trophy (England v New Zealand)

* June 2026
| England | v | New Zealand |
* June 2026
| England | v | New Zealand |
* June 2026
| England | v | New Zealand |

#### Sobers–Tissera Trophy (Sri Lanka v West Indies)

* June 2026
| West Indies | v | Sri Lanka |
* June 2026
| West Indies | v | Sri Lanka |

#### Pakistan v West Indies

* July 2026
| West Indies | v | Pakistan |
* August 2026
| West Indies | v | Pakistan |

#### Sri Lanka v India

* August 2026
| Sri Lanka | v | India |
* August 2026
| Sri Lanka | v | India |

#### England v Pakistan

* August 2026
| England | v | Pakistan |
* September 2026
| England | v | Pakistan |
* September 2026
| England | v | Pakistan |

### 2026–27
#### South Africa v Australia

* September 2026
| South Africa | v | Australia |
* October 2026
| South Africa | v | Australia |
* October 2026
| South Africa | v | Australia |

#### Bangladesh v West Indies

* October 2026
| Bangladesh | v | West Indies |
* October 2026
| Bangladesh | v | West Indies |

#### New Zealand v India

* October 2026
| New Zealand | v | India |
* Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
* November 2026
| New Zealand | v | India |
* Basin Reserve, Wellington

#### South Africa v Bangladesh

* November 2026
| South Africa | v | Bangladesh |
* November 2026
| South Africa | v | Bangladesh |

#### Sri Lanka v Pakistan

* November 2026
| Pakistan | v | Sri Lanka |
* November 2026
| Pakistan | v | Sri Lanka |

#### Trans–Tasman Trophy (Australia v New Zealand)

Source:
* December 2026
| Australia | v | New Zealand |
* December 2026
| Australia | v | New Zealand |
* December 2026
| Australia | v | New Zealand |
* December 2026
| Australia | v | New Zealand |

#### Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa v England)

* December 2026
| South Africa | v | England |
* December 2026
| South Africa | v | England |
* December 2026
| South Africa | v | England |

#### Sri Lanka v New Zealand

* January 2027
| New Zealand | v | Sri Lanka |
* Hagley Oval, Christchurch
* January 2027
| New Zealand | v | Sri Lanka |
* Sky Stadium, Wellington

#### Border–Gavaskar Trophy (India v Australia)

* 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

* February 2027
| Bangladesh | v | England |
* February 2027
| Bangladesh | v | England |

#### Sri Lanka v South Africa

* February 2027
| Sri Lanka | v | South Africa |
* March 2027
| Sri Lanka | v | South Africa |

#### Australia v Bangladesh

* March 2027
| Australia | v | Bangladesh |
* March 2027
| Australia | v | Bangladesh |

#### New Zealand v Pakistan

* March 2027
| Pakistan | v | New Zealand |
* March 2027
| Pakistan | v | New Zealand |

## Final match

* June 2027
| TBA | v | TBA |
* Lords, London