World Test Championship (2025-2027)

[Ball Blazer]

All teams' home and away fixtures in the 2025–2027 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle:

Australia​

Home:

• England – 5 Tests (Nov 2025 – Jan 2026)
• Bangladesh – 2 Tests (Aug 2026)
• New Zealand – 4 Tests (Dec 2026 – Jan 2027)

Away:

• West Indies – 3 Tests (Jun–Jul 2025)
• South Africa – 3 Tests (Sep–Oct 2026)
• India – 5 Tests (Jan–Feb 2027)

Bangladesh​

Home:

• Pakistan – 2 Tests (Mar–Apr 2026)
• West Indies – 2 Tests (Oct 2026)
• England – 2 Tests (Feb 2027)

Away:

• Sri Lanka – 2 Tests (Jun 2025)
• Australia – 2 Tests (Aug 2026)
• South Africa – 2 Tests (Nov 2026)

England​

Home:

• India – 5 Tests (Jun–Jul 2025)
• New Zealand – 3 Tests (Jun 2026)
• Pakistan – 3 Tests (Aug–Sep 2026)

Away:

• Australia – 5 Tests (Nov 2025 – Jan 2026)
• South Africa – 3 Tests (Dec 2026 – Jan 2027)
• Bangladesh – 2 Tests (Feb 2027)

India​

Home:

• West Indies – 2 Tests (Oct 2025)
• South Africa – 2 Tests (Nov 2025)
• Australia – 5 Tests (Jan–Feb 2027)

Away:

• England – 5 Tests (Jun–Jul 2025)
• Sri Lanka – 2 Tests (Aug 2026)
• New Zealand – 2 Tests (Oct–Nov 2026)

New Zealand​

Home:

• West Indies – 2 Tests (Nov–Dec 2025)
• India – 2 Tests (Oct–Nov 2026)
• Sri Lanka – 2 Tests (Jan–Feb 2027)

Away:

• England – 3 Tests (Jun 2026)
• Australia – 4 Tests (Dec 2026 – Jan 2027)
• Pakistan – 2 Tests (Mar 2027)

Pakistan​

Home:

• South Africa – 2 Tests (Oct–Nov 2025)
• Sri Lanka – 2 Tests (Nov 2026)
• New Zealand – 2 Tests (Mar 2027)

Away:

• Bangladesh – 2 Tests (Mar–Apr 2026)
• West Indies – 2 Tests (Jul–Aug 2026)
• England – 3 Tests (Aug–Sep 2026

South Africa​

Home:

• Australia – 3 Tests (Sep–Oct 2026)
• Bangladesh – 2 Tests (Nov 2026)
• England – 3 Tests (Dec 2026 – Jan 2027)

Away:

• Pakistan – 2 Tests (Oct–Nov 2025)
• India – 2 Tests (Nov 2025)
• Sri Lanka – 2 Tests (Feb–Mar 2027)

Sri Lanka​

Home:

• Bangladesh – 2 Tests (Jun 2025)
• India – 2 Tests (Aug 2026)
• South Africa – 2 Tests (Feb–Mar 2027)

Away:

• West Indies – 2 Tests (Jun 2026)
• Pakistan – 2 Tests (Nov 2026)
• New Zealand – 2 Tests (Jan–Feb 2027)

West Indies​

Home:

• Australia – 3 Tests (Jun–Jul 2025)
• Sri Lanka – 2 Tests (Jun 2026)
• Pakistan – 2 Tests (Jul–Aug 2026)

Away:

• India – 2 Tests (Oct 2025)
• New Zealand – 2 Tests (Nov–Dec 2025)
• Bangladesh – 2 Tests (Oct 2026)

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[Barragan]

Pak have great chance of qualifying for the final

 

[Vikram1989]

Seems sa and eng are in a tough spot .they both have tough opponents home and away .India's young team will decide their chances and its shows how well they are coming up.Aus may find going tough after retirements in next ashes.they have tough away tours of sa and India.pak have easy route but not sure how much appetite they have.All thr touring teams have good spinners so industrial fans technology may not be good this time.nz have 4 matches in aus .it's very tough for this time .

 

[BouncerGuy]

World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle commences with Sri Lanka-Bangladesh and England-India series

Fresh from South Africa becoming ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 winners, the next cycle begins in earnest with a string of high-profile series kicking off proceedings.

Sri Lanka’s two-Test series at home against Bangladesh, which begins on 17 June, is the first contest of the 2025-27 cycle and soon overlaps with a five-Test showdown between England and India.

The two teams will go head-to-head at Headingley, Edgbaston, Lord’s, Old Trafford and The Oval in the coming weeks.

Beaten finalists Australia begin their bid to regain their WTC crown in the Caribbean as they take on West Indies in a three-Test series for the right to lift the Frank Worrell Trophy.

As per the previous cycles, nine teams will contest the WTC and each nation will play six other sides – three home and three away – over the course of the two-year period.

Australia play 11 matches at home – including an Ashes series against England later this year and four Tests against New Zealand – and the same number away.

England play 11 Tests on their own turf and 10 on the road, visiting beaten WTC Final 2025 finalists South Africa for a three-Test tour in December 2026.

India will play 18 matches in this cycle, split evenly home and away, with 2021 champions New Zealand playing in 16.

The points percentage system used in the previous two editions will determine the leaderboard with teams getting 12 points for a win, six for a tie and four for a draw.

ICC Chair, Mr. Jay Shah, is looking forward to the next instalment of the WTC and wished players all the best ahead of the new cycle.

Mr. Shah said: “The third edition of the World Test Championship came to a fantastic conclusion at Lord’s as Australia and South Africa played out a classic encounter and we now look forward to the next instalment.

“This Championship continues to invigorate Test match cricket, and four of the nine competing nations have now reached a Final over the first three cycles.

“Bringing context for players and fans, as well as a high level of competitiveness, is key and the big turnout out at Lord’s – as well as the viewership levels across the globe – for the Final is testimony to the continued popularity of Test cricket.

“I would like to thank the Member Boards for their continued support of this exciting concept and wish the players all the very best as they begin their journey towards the next Final in 2027.”

 

[sweep_shot]

New WTC begins. First series is BD vs SL.

Last WTC was very good in terms of quality. I enjoyed it.

 

[U$ofA]

So, Ind play 5 tests in Eng. Then Eng play 5 tests in Aus. Then Aus play 5 tests in Ind. That takes care of everything.

These 3 and the ICC could not care less about the rest. The rest are left to their 2 test "series". Unless one of the aforementioned 3 are involved.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

So, Ind play 5 tests in Eng. Then Eng play 5 tests in Aus. Then Aus play 5 tests in Ind. That takes care of everything.

These 3 and the ICC could not care less about the rest. The rest are left to their 2 test "series". Unless one of the aforementioned 3 are involved.

It seems fine.

I don't look at any of those series and think of I wish this was 5 tests.

Perhaps Australia and South Africa but even that is with past nostalgia.

 

[Ball Blazer]

No. of matches for each team in WTC 2025-27 cycle

 

[mominsaigol]

No. of matches for each team in WTC 2025-27 cycle

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Pakistan has such an easy route but will botch it.

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

Pakistan has such an easy route but will botch it.

Bro i have a good feeling about this wtc for pakistan i know people are saying spin pitches are lottery if you have to bat second on spinning pitch you are done but i think this is pakistan best chance to do pakistan still is a better team of spin than sena teams we all know how harry brook and joe root got exposed by sajid and noman pakistan has to take this gamble and be prepared for spinning pitches this is their best bet how they beat england after loosing the first test and won the series with spinning pitches was remarkable.

 

[sweep_shot]

I expect to see South Africa in the final again.

They have a top quality Test team currently.

 

[mominsaigol]

Bro i have a good feeling about this wtc for pakistan i know people are saying spin pitches are lottery if you have to bat second on spinning pitch you are done but i think this is pakistan best chance to do pakistan still is a better team of spin than sena teams we all know how harry brook and joe root got exposed by sajid and noman pakistan has to take this gamble and be prepared for spinning pitches this is their best bet how they beat england after loosing the first test and won the series with spinning pitches was remarkable.

Joe root is > any Pakistani test batsmen in history with only Younis Khan and Javed Miandad being superior.

However Root is literally 10 good test matches Vs india and Australia away from reaching and even surpassing Sachin and Steve Smith tier.

Root's main issue is a poor record in Aus, A poor conversion rate and an avg hovering at 50.

A good series vs Eng and Aus can easily raise his avg, improve his conversion rate and fix that record vs Aus.

You dont become a Test Atg if you are poor against spin. Those doctored pitches would have butchered Sachin, Steve smith and frankly anyone.

Pakistan outperformed root because saqib is a god awful spinner and England didnt prepare actual spinners. Even a spinner like satner would run day lights against someone like viv, Ponting, Lara, sachin etc etc on those pitches.

It's extremely naive to think that pakistan current crop are > Joe root when it comes to playing spin in test cricket.

Root is literally 10 matches away from becoming possibly the greatest test match batsmen post Bradman. Even if he has a poor series, he will still be a tier 3 test batter aka 2 tier below sachin and Steve smith and 1 tier below Ponting, Dravid, Younis and a few others.

But he will still be massively > the likes of inzimam, Sehwag, Sangakara, Williamson, Hayden etc etc.

Pakistan current crop aren't even Tier 20 batsmen atm including overrated Saud who is decent in asia but a bunny in any country not named Sri Lanka and pakistan.

 

[sweep_shot]

Updated table after Eng-Ind 1st Test:

 

[BouncerGuy]

Wow,..... bangladesh on number 2...

 

[BouncerGuy]

Updated points table after Sri Lanka's win against Bangladesh in the 2nd Test match and Australia's win against the West Indies in the 1st Test match:

 

[Ball Blazer]

Australia now hold the record for the most wins in World Test Championship history.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Updated points after England vs India Lord's Test
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[mominsaigol]

Updated points after England vs India Lord's Test
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England vs Pakistan WTC Final .

Joking, but it'll be hilarious if Pakistan somehow beat England in England.

Ik a brutal whitewashing awaits but itll be so funny. Will give me the license to unleash the beast.