The 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship is the second edition of the

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. It started on 4 August 2021 and is scheduled to finish on 31 March 2023. The venue for the final is yet to be announced. The five-match

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between

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and

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started 4 August 2021 began the second cycle of the World Test Championship. That series along with the Ashes, in December 2021, will be the only two series comprising five Tests in the second WTC cycle.

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are the defending champions.

Format

The tournament will be played over two years, with 69 matches over 27 series scheduled for the league stage from which the top two teams will advance to a final. Each team is scheduled 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.

Points system

The points system was changed from the previous edition. In this edition, 12 points would be available each match regardless of how many matches there are in a series. 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 was behind the required

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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 percentage of total points won out of total points contested.

Participants

The nine full members of the ICC who will participate are: * * * * * * * * * The three full members of the ICC who are not eligible to participate: * * *

Schedule

The schedule for the World Test Championship was announced by the

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(ICC) on 20 June 2018, as part of the 2018–2023 Future Tours Programme. Rather than being a full

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in which everyone played everyone else equally, each team played only six of the other eight as in the previous cycle.

League stage

League table

* *Ongoing series * Denotes teams in the position to qualify for the

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2021

Pataudi Trophy (England v India)

West Indies v Pakistan

2021–22

Sobers–Tissera Trophy (Sri Lanka v West Indies)

India v New Zealand

Bangladesh v Pakistan

The Ashes (Australia v England)

Freedom Trophy (South Africa v India)

New Zealand v Bangladesh

New Zealand v South Africa

India v Sri Lanka

Pakistan v Australia

Richards–Botham Trophy (West Indies v England)

South Africa v Bangladesh

2022

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

West Indies v Bangladesh

Sangakkara-Ponting Trophy (Sri Lanka v Australia)

England v New Zealand

Sri Lanka v Pakistan

Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England v South Africa)

2022–23

Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (South Africa v West Indies)

Pakistan v England

Border–Gavaskar Trophy (India v Australia)

Ganguly–Durjoy Trophy (Bangladesh v India)

Pakistan v New Zealand

Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia v West Indies)

New Zealand v Sri Lanka

Australia v South Africa

Statistics

Individual statistics

The top 5 players in each category are listed.

Most runs

Most wickets

Highest individual score

Best bowling figures in an innings

Best bowling figures in a match

Team statistics

Highest team totals

Lowest team totals

Notes

References

External links

Official website

Tournament home on ESPNcricinfo
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