ICC WTC 2025-27 Schedule: The WTC 2025 Final is over, and South Africa has ended their 27-year drought of winning a trophy by beating Australia in the final by 5 wickets. Now, the WTC 2025-27 cycle has begun, and a total of 9 teams will participate. All participating teams will play six bilateral series (three home and three away), and the top 2 teams will play the WTC 2027 final. To account for the unequal number of matches each team played over two years, the standings use PCT (percentage of points won) as the basis for ranking. Today, we will see the WTC 2025-27 schedule of all nine teams. So let’s start.
ICC WTC 2025-27 Schedule (All Teams)
Sri Lanka
The ICC WTC 2025-27 schedule begins with Sri Lanka hosting a two-match home series against Bangladesh in June 2025. Sri Lanka (SL) will play three away series against West Indies (WI), Pakistan (PAK), and New Zealand (NZ) in the WTC 2025-27 cycle. Their other two home series will be against India (IND) and South Africa (SA).
| Opponents | Home (H)/Away (A) | No. of Matches | Month and Year |
| BAN | H | 2 | Jun 2025 |
| WI | A | 2 | Jun 2026 |
| IND | H | 2 | Aug 2026 |
| PAK | A | 2 | Nov 2026 |
| NZ | A | 2 | Jan 2027 |
| SA | H | 2 | Feb 2027 |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh will play a total of 12 tests in the ICC WTC 2025-27 cycle. They will play three home series against PAK, WI, and ENG. SL, SA, and AUS are lined up in Bangladesh’s ICC WTC 2025-27 schedule away tours.
| Opponents | Home (H)/Away (A) | No. of Matches | Month and Year |
| SL | A | 2 | Jun 2025 |
| PAK | H | 2 | Mar 2026 |
| WI | H | 2 | Oct 2026 |
| SA | A | 2 | Nov 2026 |
| ENG | H | 2 | Feb 2027 |
| AUS | A | 2 | Mar 2027 |
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Australia’s ICC WTC 2025-27 Schedule
Australia will play 21 tests in the ICC WTC 2025-27 cycle. Their ICC WTC 2025-27 schedule consists of three home series against ENG, NZ, and BAN. They will play WI, SA, and IND away from home.
You can see the Ashes 2025 Full Schedule HERE
| Opponents | Home (H)/Away (A) | No. of Matches | Month and Year |
| WI | A | 3 | Jun 2025 |
| ENG | H | 5 | Nov 2025 |
| SA | A | 3 | Sep 2026 |
| NZ | H | 3 | Dec 2026 |
| IND | A | 5 | Jan 2027 |
| BAN | H | 2 | Mar 2027 |
West Indies
West Indies will play a total of 13 tests. They will host AUS, SL, and PAK at home. Their away tours are to IND, NZ, and BAN.
| Opponents | Home (H)/Away (A) | No. of Matches | Month and Year |
| AUS | H | 3 | Jun 2025 |
| IND | A | 2 | Oct 2025 |
| NZ | A | 2 | Nov 2025 |
| SL | H | 2 | Jun 2026 |
| PAK | H | 2 | Jul 2026 |
| BAN | A | 2 | Oct 2026 |
England
England will also play 21 tests (just like AUS) in the WTC 2025-27 cycle. They will play a home series against IND, NZ, and PAK.
| Opponents | Home (H)/Away (A) | No. of Matches | Month and Year |
| IND | H | 5 | Jun 2025 |
| AUS | A | 5 | Nov 2025 |
| NZ | H | 3 | Jun 2026 |
| PAK | H | 3 | Aug 2026 |
| SA | A | 3 | Dec 2026 |
| BAN | A | 2 | Feb 2027 |
India
India will start their WTC 2025-27 journey against England in an away series. They will play 5 tests against ENG and AUS as per the ICC WTC 2025-27 schedule.
You can see the IND vs ENG 2025 Test Series Full Schedule HERE
| Opponents | Home (H)/Away (A) | No. of Matches | Month and Year |
| ENG | A | 5 | Jun 2025 |
| WI | H | 2 | Oct 2025 |
| SA | H | 2 | Nov 2025 |
| SL | A | 2 | Aug 2026 |
| NZ | A | 2 | Oct 2026 |
| AUS | H | 5 | Jan 2027 |
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South Africa
The current WTC champions will not play any home series until September 2026. They will play two away series against PAK and IND, respectively.
| Opponents | Home (H)/Away (A) | No. of Matches | Month and Year |
| PAK | A | 2 | Oct 2025 |
| IND | A | 2 | Nov 2025 |
| AUS | H | 3 | Sep 2026 |
| BAN | H | 2 | Nov 2026 |
| ENG | H | 3 | Dec 2026 |
| SL | A | 2 | Feb 2027 |
New Zealand’s ICC WTC 2025-27 Schedule
New Zealand will play 14 tests in the WTC 2025-27 cycle. Their ICC WTC 2025-27 schedule consists of three home series against WI, IND, and SL. They will tour ENG, AUS, and PAK in this WTC cycle.
| Opponents | Home (H)/Away (A) | No. of Matches | Month and Year |
| WI | H | 2 | Nov 2025 |
| ENG | A | 3 | Jun 2026 |
| IND | H | 2 | Oct 2026 |
| AUS | A | 3 | Dec 2026 |
| SL | H | 2 | Jan 2027 |
| PAK | A | 2 | Mar 2027 |
Pakistan
Pakistan will start their WTC 2025-27 cycle against SA at home. They will also host SL and NZ at home in this cycle. PAK will tour BAN, WI, and ENG as per the ICC WTC 2025-27 schedule.
| Opponents | Home (H)/Away (A) | No. of Matches | Month and Year |
| SA | H | 2 | Oct 2025 |
| BAN | A | 2 | Mar 2026 |
| WI | A | 2 | Jul 2026 |
| ENG | A | 3 | Aug 2026 |
| SL | H | 2 | Nov 2026 |
| NZ | H | 2 | Mar 2027 |
Conclusion
So these are all nine teams’ schedules in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. As usual, India, England, and Australia will play the most tests, while the other teams play more of a 2-match or 3-match test series against each other. As of 2025, New Zealand (2021), Australia (2023), and South Africa (2025) have won the ICC World Test Championship titles. India has appeared in the ICC WTC 2021 and 2023 cycles. Australia were the runners-up in the ICC WTC 2025 final.
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FAQs:-
- Who won the Man of the Match award in the ICC WTC 2025 Final?
Aiden Markram won the Man of the Match award in the ICC WTC 2025 final.
- Who won the Man of the Match awards in the ICC WTC 2021 and 2023 finals?
Kyle Jamieson (NZ) and Travis Head (AUS) won the Man of the Match awards in the ICC WTC 2021 and 2023 finals, respectively.
- Which player has scored the most runs in the ICC World Test Championship (2019-2025)?
As of June 2025, Joe Root has scored the most runs in the WTC. Across three cycles, Root has scored 5624 runs in 119 innings (65 tests) at an average of 52.07 and a strike rate of 60.25. He has 18 hundreds and 22 fifties to his name in the WTC.
