The 2027–2029 ICC World Test Championship will be the fifth edition of the ICC World Test Championship.

Format The tournament consists of 9 teams playing in the league stage. The top two teams in the points table advance to the final. Each team plays six series, three at home and three away, with each series containing two to five Test matches.

The points system is unchanged from the previous edition. 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 is behind the required over rate at the end of a match would have one point deducted for each over it was behind (over rate deduction doesn't applied when the team all out the opponent within 80 overs) . As in the previous edition, teams are ranked in the league table based on the percentage of total points won out of total points contested.

In the event that this percentage is tied between teams, a series of tiebreaker criteria are used to determine the standings of teams, starting with the number of series wins, followed by each team's percentage in away matches, and finally the ICC Test Rankings at the end of the league stage.

+Points system 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 seriesMatches in seriesTotal points available 2 24 3 36 4 48 5 60

Participants The nine full members of the ICC who will participate are:

The three full members of the ICC who may or may not participate are Afghanistan, Ireland, and Zimbabwe.

Schedule

TeamScheduled matches Not scheduled to play against Total Home Away 15* (3) (2) (5) (5) – 10* (5) (5) 10* (5) (5) – (TBD) 3* (3) – (TBD) 2* (2) –

Test series statistics Team Test Series 1 – – – – 2 – – – – 3 – – – – 4 – – – – 5 – – – – 6 – – – – 7 – – – – 8 – – – – 9 – – – –

League table

The ranking of teams in the league stage is determined as follows: Points Percentage in all matches; Number of Series wins; Points Percentage in away matches; ICC Test Rankings

League stage

2027

The Ashes (England v Australia)

2027-28

Benaud–Qadir Trophy (Australia vs Pakistan)

Freedom Trophy (South Africa v India)

2028

Warne–Muralidaran Trophy (Australia vs Sri Lanka)

Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy (India v England)

2028-29

Border–Gavaskar Trophy (Australia v India)

Final match

Statistics

References