2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship

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2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship
Dates4 August 2021 – 31 March 2023
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTest cricket
Tournament format(s)League and Final
Participants9
Official websiteICC WTC
2023–2025 →

The 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship is the second edition of the ICC World Test Championship of Test cricket.[1][2][3] It started on 4 August 2021 and is scheduled to finish on 31 March 2023.[4] The venue for the final is yet to be announced.

The five-match Pataudi Trophy between England and India started 4 August 2021 began the second cycle of the World Test Championship.[5][6][7] That series along with the Ashes, in December 2021, will be the only two series comprising five Tests in the second WTC cycle.[8][9][10] New Zealand are the defending champions.[11][12]

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.[13] 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.[14] 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 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 percentage of total points won out of total points contested.[15][16][17]

Points system[18][13]
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[18][13]
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:[18]

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 International Cricket Council (ICC) on 20 June 2018, as part of the 2018–2023 Future Tours Programme.[19] 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 cycle.[20]

Home \ Away Australia Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka Cricket West Indies
Australia  5 matches 3 matches ��� 2 matches
Bangladesh  2 matches 0–2 [2] 2 matches
England  5 matches 3 matches 3 matches
India  4 matches 1–0 [2] 2 matches
New Zealand  2 matches 2 matches 2 matches
Pakistan  3 matches 3 matches 2 matches
South Africa  2 matches 3 matches 2 matches
Sri Lanka  2 matches 2 matches 2–0 [2]
West Indies  2 matches 3 matches 1–1 [2]
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2021. Source: The numbers in square brackets are the numbers of matches in the series.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Team Scheduled matches Was not scheduled to play against
Total Home Away
 Australia 19 10 9  Bangladesh and  New Zealand
 Bangladesh 12 6 6  Australia and  England
 England 22 11 11  Bangladesh and  Sri Lanka
 India 18 8 10  Pakistan and  West Indies
 New Zealand 13 6 7  Australia and  West Indies
 Pakistan 14 8 6  India and  South Africa
 South Africa 15 7 8  Pakistan and  Sri Lanka
 Sri Lanka 12 6 6  England and  South Africa
 West Indies 13 7 6  India and  New Zealand

League stage[]

League table[]

Pos Team Series Matches PC Points Ded PCT RpW Ratio
P W L D P W L D T
1  Australia 1* 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 36 36 0 100.00% 1.935
2  Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 24 24 0 100.00% 1.761
3  Pakistan 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 48 36 0 75.00% 1.666
4  India 2* 1 0 0 6 3 1 2 0 72 42 2[a] 58.33% 1.287
5  West Indies 2 0 1 1 4 1 3 0 0 48 12 0 25.00% 0.666
6  New Zealand 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 24 4 0 16.66% 0.510
7  England 2* 0 1 0 7 1 5 1 0 84 6 10[b][c] 7.14% 0.742
8  Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 24 0 0 0.00% 0.395
9  South Africa
Source: International Cricket Council,[23] ESPNcricinfo[24] Last updated: 28 December 2021
  1. ^ India were deducted 2 points for a slow over-rate in the first Test against England on 4 August 2021.[21]
  2. ^ England were deducted 2 points for a slow over-rate in the first Test against India on 4 August 2021.[21]
  3. ^ England were deducted 8 points for a slow over rate in the first test against Australia on 11 December 2021.[22]
  • *Ongoing series
  • The top two teams will advance to the final.
  •   Team qualified for final

2021[]

Pataudi Trophy (England v India)[]

4–8 August 2021
Scorecard
England 
183 (65.4 overs)
&
303 (85.5 overs)
v
 India
278 (84.5 overs)
&
52/1 (14 overs)
Match drawn
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Points: England 2, India 2.[21]
12–16 August 2021
Scorecard
India 
364 (126.1 overs)
&
298/8d (109.3 overs)
v
 England
391 (128 overs)
&
120 (51.5 overs)
India won by 151 runs
Lord's, London
Points: India 12, England 0.
25–29 August 2021
Scorecard
India 
78 (40.4 overs)
&
278 (99.3 overs)
v
 England
432 (132.2 overs)
England won by an innings and 76 runs
Headingley, Leeds
Points: England 12, India 0.
2–6 September 2021
Scorecard
India 
191 (61.3 overs)
&
466 (148.2 overs)
v
 England
290 (84 overs)
&
210 (92.2 overs)
India won by 157 runs
The Oval, London
Points: India 12, England 0.
1–5 July 2022[n 1]
v

West Indies v Pakistan[]

12–16 August 2021
Scorecard
Pakistan 
217 (70.3 overs)
&
203 (83.4 overs)
v
 West Indies
253 (89.4 overs)
&
168/9 (56.5 overs)
West Indies won by 1 wicket
Sabina Park, Jamaica
Points: West Indies 12, Pakistan 0.
20–24 August 2021
Scorecard
Pakistan 
302/9d (110 overs)
&
176/6d (27.2 overs)
v
 West Indies
150 (51.3 overs)
&
219 (83.2 overs)
Pakistan won by 109 runs
Sabina Park, Jamaica
Points: Pakistan 12, West Indies 0.

2021–22[]

Sobers–Tissera Trophy (Sri Lanka v West Indies)[]

21–25 November 2021
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
386 (133.5 overs)
&
191/4d (40.5 overs)
v
 West Indies
230 (85.5 overs)
&
160 (79 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 187 runs
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Points: Sri Lanka 12, West Indies 0.
29 November – 3 December 2021
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
204 (61.3 overs)
&
345/9d (121.4 overs)
v
 West Indies
253 (104.2 overs)
&
132 (56.1 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 164 runs
Galle International Stadium, Galle
Points: Sri Lanka 12, West Indies 0.

India v New Zealand[]

25–29 November 2021
Scorecard
India 
345 (111.1 overs)
&
234/7d (81 overs)
v
 New Zealand
296 (142.3 overs)
&
165/9 (98 overs)
Match drawn
Green Park Stadium, Kanpur
Points: India 4, New Zealand 4.
3–7 December 2021
Scorecard
India 
325 (109.5 overs)
&
276/7d (70 overs)
v
 New Zealand
62 (28.1 overs)
&
167 (56.3 overs)
India won by 372 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Points: India 12, New Zealand 0.

Bangladesh v Pakistan[]

26–30 November 2021
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
330 (114.4 overs)
&
157 (56.2 overs)
v
 Pakistan
286 (115.4 overs)
&
203/2 (58.3 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong
Points: Pakistan 12, Bangladesh 0.
4–8 December 2021
Scorecard
Pakistan 
300/4d (98.3 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
87 (32 overs)
&
205 (84.4 overs) (f/o)

The Ashes (Australia v England)[]

8–12 December 2021
Scorecard
England 
147 (50.1 overs)
&
297 (103 overs)
v
 Australia
425 (104.3 overs)
&
1/20 (5.1 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
The Gabba, Brisbane
Points: Australia 12, England –8.[22]
16–20 December 2021 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
9/473d (150.4 overs)
&
9/230d (61 overs)
v
 England
236 (84.1 overs)
&
192 (113.1 overs)
Australia won by 275 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Points: Australia 12, England 0.
26–30 December 2021
Scorecard
England 
185 (65.1 overs)
&
68 (27.4 overs)
v
 Australia
267 (87.5 overs)
14–18 January 2022 (D/N)
Scorecard
v

Freedom Trophy (South Africa v India)[]

26–30 December 2021
Scorecard
India 
327 (105.3 overs)
&
16/1 (6 overs)
v
 South Africa
197 (62.3 overs)

New Zealand v Bangladesh[]

1–5 January 2022
Scorecard
v

New Zealand v South Africa[]

25 February–1 March 2022
Scorecard
v

India v Sri Lanka[]

25 February–1 March 2022
Scorecard
v

Pakistan v Australia[]

21–25 March 2022
Scorecard
v

Richards–Botham Trophy (West Indies v England)[]

South Africa v Bangladesh[]

30 March – 3 April 2022
Scorecard
v
7–11 April 2022
Scorecard
v

2022[]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka[]

May 2022
v
May 2022
v

West Indies v Bangladesh[]

June 2022
v
June 2022
v

Warne–Muralitharan Trophy (Sri Lanka v Australia)[]

June 2022
v
June 2022
v

England v New Zealand[]

2–6 June 2022
Scorecard
v
23–27 June 2022
Scorecard
v

Sri Lanka v Pakistan[]

July 2022
v
July 2022
v

Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (England v South Africa)[]

17–21 August 2022
Scorecard
v
8–12 September 2022
Scorecard
v

2022–23[]

Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (South Africa v West Indies)[]

October 2022
v
October 2022
v

Pakistan v England[]

October 2022
v
October 2022
v
October 2022
v

Border–Gavaskar Trophy (India v Australia)[]

October/November 2022
v
October/November 2022
v
October/November 2022
v
October/November 2022
v

Ganguly–Durjoy Trophy (Bangladesh v India)[]

November 2022
v
November 2022
v

Pakistan v New Zealand[]

November 2022
v
November 2022
v

Frank Worrell Trophy (Australia v West Indies)[]

November 2022
v
December 2022
v

New Zealand v Sri Lanka[]

November 2022
v
December 2022
v

Australia v South Africa[]

December 2022
v
January 2023
v
January 2023
v

Statistics[]

Individual statistics[]

The top 5 players in each category are listed.

Most runs[]

Runs Player Mat Inns NO Avg HS 100s 50s
817 England Joe Root 7 13 1 68.08 180* 3 4
368 India Rohit Sharma 4 8 1 52.57 127 1 2
336 Pakistan Abid Ali 4 7 0 53.93 133 1 1
322 India Cheteshwar Pujara 6 12 1 29.27 91 0 2
315 India KL Rahul 4 8 0 39.37 129 1 1
Last updated : 28 December 2021[25]

Most wickets[]

Wkts Player Mat Inns Runs Overs BBI BBM Avg 5WI 10WM
30 England Ollie Robinson 7 13 682 253.4 5/65 7/81 22.73 2 0
28 Pakistan Shaheen Afridi 4 8 339 134.3 6/51 10/94 12.10 2 1
22 England James Anderson 6 11 469 225.3 5/62 5/115 21.31 1 0
18 Sri Lanka Ramesh Mendis 2 4 275 107.2 6/70 11/136 15.27 2 1
India Jasprit Bumrah 4 7 370 151.0 5/64 9/110 20.83 1 0
Last updated : 28 December 2021[26]


See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The match was originally scheduled to be played from 10 to 14 September 2021 at Old Trafford, but was rescheduled due to COVID-19 cases in the Indian camp.

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