2019–21 ICC World Test Championship

2019–21 ICC World Test Championship
Dates July 2019–June 2021
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format Test cricket
Tournament format(s) League stage and final
Participants 9
Matches played 72

The 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship will be the inaugural edition of the ICC World Test Championship of Test cricket.[1] It will start in July 2019 and finish with a final, scheduled to take place in June 2021.[2] It will feature nine of the twelve Test playing nations.[3][4]

Format

The tournament will be played over a cycle of two years. Nine full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) will participate in the tournament. Each team will play six other opponents, three at home and three away. Each series will consist of at least two Test matches, but this can be expanded to five matches. At the end of the cycle the top two teams will play a final in England in June 2021.[5] Each match will be scheduled for a duration of 5 days. As the number of matches in a series can vary between 2 and 5, all participants will not play the same number of Tests, but will play the same number of series.

Points will be shared on an equal match basis, so that while each series will carry the same points to be won, each match will bear an equal number of points from the series, regardless of series length or whether that match would have been considered a dead rubber.[6] In a five match series, therefore, each match will be for 20% of the series points, while in a two match series, each match will account for 50% of the series points. Each series will carry a maximum of 120 points with points distributed as follows.

Distributions of points in ICC World Test Championship[6]
Matches in series Points for a win Points for a tie Points for a draw Points for a defeat
26030200
3402013.30
43015100
5241280

The Indian Premier League will prohibit any matches from being played in the months of April and May.

Participants

Since each team is scheduled to play only six of the eight possible opponents, the ICC has been able to announce that India and Pakistan will not play against each other in the first and second editions of the tournament. The three lowest ranked full members of the ICC, Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and Ireland, will not be a part of the league, but have been included in the ICC Future Tours Programme; they will play a number of Test matches over the period of the cycle against Championship participants and each other (12 each for Ireland and Afghanistan, 21 for Zimbabwe[7]) but these will have no bearing on the Championship.[8]

Schedule

The schedule for the Test Championship was announced by the ICC on 20 June 2018 as part of the 2018–2023 Future Tours Programme.[9]

Home \ Away Australia Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Cricket Board
Australia  — — — 4 matches 3 matches 2 matches — — —
Bangladesh  2 matches — — — 2 matches — — — 3 matches
England  5 matches — — — — 3 matches — — 3 matches
India  — 2 matches 5 matches — — — 3 matches — —
New Zealand  — — — 2 matches — 2 matches — — 3 matches
Pakistan  — 2 matches — — — — 2 matches 2 matches —
South Africa  2 matches — 4 matches — — — — 2 matches —
Sri Lanka  — 3 matches 2 matches — 2 matches — — — —
West Indies  — — — 2 matches — — 2 matches 2 matches —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League stage

2019

West Indies v India

July 2019
v
July 2019
v

Sri Lanka v New Zealand

England v Australia

14–18 August 2019
Scorecard
v
12–16 September 2019
Scorecard
v

2019/20

India v South Africa

Pakistan v Sri Lanka

Australia v Pakistan

India v Bangladesh

Australia v New Zealand

South Africa v England

Pakistan v Bangladesh

Bangladesh v Australia

New Zealand v India

Sri Lanka v England

2020

England v West Indies

England v Pakistan

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh

West Indies v South Africa

Bangladesh v New Zealand

2020/21

Australia v India

New Zealand v West Indies

New Zealand v Pakistan

Bangladesh v West Indies

India v England

Pakistan v South Africa

South Africa v Sri Lanka

South Africa v Australia

West Indies v Sri Lanka

Final

June 2021
1st Place
v
2nd Place
TBD

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Test, ODI leagues approved by ICC Board". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  2. ↑ "How will the Test championship be played?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Schedule for inaugural World Test Championship announced".
  4. ↑ "Australia's new schedule features Afghanistan Test".
  5. ↑ Association, Press (2017-10-13). "ICC approves Test world championship and trial of four-day and matches". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  6. 1 2 "World Test Championship points system values match wins over series triumphs".
  7. ↑ Ireland, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, like the nine Championship participants will be able to add further fixtures outside the FTP including Test matches.
  8. ↑ Netherlands have also been included on the FTP as a one-day and T20 playing nation only.
  9. ↑ "Men's Future Tour Programme 2018-2023 released". International Cricket Council. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
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