The 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship was the third edition of the

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. It started in June 2023 with

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, which was contested between

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and

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, and finished in June 2025 with the

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played between Australia and

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. In the final, South Africa defeated Australia by 5 wickets to win their maiden championship. This was also their second ICC trophy after

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Format

The tournament consisted of 69 matches played between nine teams across 27 series in the league stage. The top two teams in the points table at the end of the league stage competed at the final at

, London. 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 remained largely unchanged from the previous edition. Teams failing to meet the required

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got one point deducted for each over they were behind at the end of a match, except in cases where they bowled their opponents out in 80 overs in an innings, or 160 overs over the course of the match. As in the previous edition, the teams are ranked in the league table based on percentage of total points won out of contested points.

Participants

Nine of the 12 full members of the

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(ICC) participated in the championship: * * * * * * * * * The three full members of the ICC who did not participate were

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and

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Schedule

The ICC announced the 2023–2027 Future Tours Programme on 17 August 2022, which identified the series that were part of the World Test Championship. According to the schedule, each team played six of the other eight teams, and the dates and venues of each series were decided by the boards of the competing teams.

League table

*Sources:

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* The top two teams advanced to the

* A win is worth 12 points. A draw is worth 4 points. A tie is worth 6 points. * Points deductions:

League stage

2023

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(England v Australia)

West Indies v India

Sri Lanka v Pakistan

2023–24

Bangladesh v New Zealand

Benaud–Qadir Trophy (Australia v Pakistan)

Freedom Trophy (South Africa v India)

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(Australia v West Indies)

Anthony de Mello Trophy (India v England)

Tangiwai Shield (New Zealand v South Africa)

Trans–Tasman Trophy (New Zealand v Australia)

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

2024

Richards–Botham Trophy (England v West Indies)

Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (West Indies v South Africa)

Pakistan v Bangladesh

England v Sri Lanka

2024–25

Sri Lanka v New Zealand

Ganguly–Durjoy Trophy (India v Bangladesh)

Pakistan v England

India v New Zealand

Bangladesh v South Africa

Border–Gavaskar Trophy (Australia v India)

West Indies v Bangladesh

South Africa v Sri Lanka

Crowe–Thorpe Trophy (New Zealand v England)

South Africa v Pakistan

Pakistan v West Indies

Warne–Muralitharan Trophy The Warne–Muralidaran Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Australia national cricket team, Australia–Sri Lanka national cricket team, Sri Lanka Test cricket series from 2007–08 season onwards. The trophy is named after the two leading ...
(Sri Lanka v Australia)

Final

Statistics

Individual statistics

The top 5 players of each category are listed.

Most Runs

Most Wickets

Highest Individual Score

Most dismissals for a wicket-keeper

Most catches for a player

Best bowling figures in an innings

Best bowling figures in a match

Best batting averages

Best bowling averages

Team statistics

Highest team totals

Lowest team totals

Final standings

Source: ESPNcricinf

ICC Website

Notes

References

External links

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