The fourth edition of the ICC World Test Championship will begin on June 17, where Sri Lanka takes on Bangladesh at home for a two-match Test series. We will go through the Complete WTC 2025-27 Schedule.
The tournament will run as it has in the past three cycles; nine Test-nation teams are participating in these two years. As in the previous cycles, each team played only six of the other eight, rather than being a full round-robin tournament in which everyone played everyone else equally. The boards of the competing teams will decide the venues and the dates of these series.
South Africa are the current holders of the tournament, winning the final against Australia by five wickets to claim their maiden title. It was also their first major ICC title since winning the inaugural Champions Trophy in 1998.
The complete schedule was announced for the 2023–2027 Future Tours Programme on 17 August 2022. We will go through the schedule and will also see who are Pakistan playing this time.
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Complete WTC 2025-27 Schedule
The table below will show the scheduled games for all nine teams, including the number of matches each team will play, who they are playing Home and Away and the games which are not scheduled for them in this cycle.
| Teams | Scheduled Match | Not scheduled to play against | ||
| Total Matches | Home | Away | ||
| Australia | 22 | England (5) New Zealand (4) Bangladesh (2) | West Indies (3) South Africa (3) India (5) | Pakistan Sri Lanka |
| Bangladesh | 12 | Pakistan (2) West Indies (2) England (2) | Sri Lanka (2) South Africa (2) Australia (2) | India New Zealand |
| England | 21 | India (5) New Zealand (3) Pakistan (3) | Australia (5) South Africa (3) Bangladesh (2) | Sri Lanka West Indies |
| India | 18 | West Indies (2) South Africa (2) Australia (5) | England (5) Sri Lanka (2) New Zealand (2) | Bangladesh Pakistan |
| New Zealand | 16 | West Indies (3) India (2) Sri Lanka (2) | England (3) Australia (4) Pakistan (2) | Bangladesh South Africa |
| Pakistan | 13 | South Africa (2) Sri Lanka (2) New Zealand (2) | Bangladesh (2) West Indies (2) England (3) | Australia India |
| South Africa | 14 | Australia (3) Bangladesh (2) England (3) | Pakistan (2) India (2) Sri Lanka (2) | New Zealand West Indies |
| Sri Lanka | 12 | Bangladesh (2) India (2) South Africa (2) | West Indies (2) Pakistan (2) New Zealand (2) | Australia England |
| West Indies | 14 | Australia (3) Sri Lanka (2) Pakistan (2) | India (2) New Zealand (3) Bangladesh (2) | England South Africa |
Australia and England will play the most number of games in this cycle, with 22 and 21 matches respectively. This is followed up with India (18) and New Zealand (16) as the teams with more than 15 matches scheduled. These four teams combined have 77 matches as compared to the rest five teams with less than 15 matches scheduled, who will collectively play just 65 games.
Points and Tie-breaking criteria
Points:
- A win is worth twelve points.
- A draw is worth four points.
- A tie is worth six points.
Tie-Breaker:
- Points Percentage in all matches;
- Number of Series wins;
- Points Percentage in away matches.
- ICC Test Rankings on 30 April 2027
Scheduled Matches
| Dates | Series | Number of Matches | |
| Home | Visitors | ||
| 17-29 June, 2025 | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | 2 |
| 20 Jun – 4 Aug, 2025 | England | India | 5 |
| 25 Jun – 16 Jul, 2025 | West Indies | Australia | 3 |
| October, 2025 | Pakistan | South Africa | 2 |
| 2-14 October, 2025 | India | West Indies | 2 |
| 14-26 November, 2026 | India | South Africa | 2 |
| 21 Nov, 2025 – 8 Jan, 2026 | The Ashes (Australia v England) | 5 | |
| November, 2025 | New Zealand | West Indies | 3 |
| March, 2026 | Pakistan | Bangladesh | 2 |
| June 2026 | England | New Zealand | 3 |
| June 2026 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | 3 |
| Jul-Aug, 2026 | Pakistan | West Indies | 2 |
| August, 2026 | Sri lanka | India | 2 |
| August, 2026 | Australia | Bangladesh | 2 |
| Aug-Sept, 2026 | Pakistan | England | 3 |
| Sept-Oct, 2026 | South Africa | Australia | 3 |
| October, 2026 | Bangladesh | West Indies | 2 |
| Oct-Nov, 2026 | New Zealand | India | 2 |
| November 2026 | South Africa | Bangladesh | 2 |
| November 2026 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| Dec, 2026 – Jan, 2027 | Australia | New Zealand | 4 |
| December 2026 | South Africa | England | 3 |
| January 2027 | New Zealand | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| Jan-Feb, 2027 | India | Australia | 5 |
| February, 2027 | Bangladesh | England | 2 |
| Feb-Mar, 2027 | Sri Lanka | South Africa | 2 |
| March, 2027 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 2 |
| June, 2027 | TBD | TBD | 1 |
Pakistan’s Complete WTC 2025-27 Schedule
In the past three cycles, Pakistan have failed to qualify for the final. They have finished outside of top five positions. They have not won more than five games in a single cycle. Their Test cricket has not been up to the mark, as they have won just two series against the SENA + WI since 2019.
This year, they will be facing South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand at home while they will face Bangladesh, West Indies and England in an away series. Once again, they will not face India in the Test Championship cycle as the government tension remains intact, in particular, the recent Pahalgam attack. Both countries have not played a Test series against each other since 2007.
Pakistan will play a total of 13 matches, one less than what they have played in the previous two cycles, but the same number of matches they played in the first cycle.
Here’s Pakistan’s Schedule:
| Dates | Series | Number of Matches | |
| Home | Visitors | ||
| October, 2025 | Pakistan | South Africa | 2 |
| March, 2026 | Bangladesh | Pakistan | 2 |
| Jul-Aug, 2026 | West Indies | Pakistan | 2 |
| Aug-Sept, 2026 | England | Pakistan | 3 |
| November 2026 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 2 |
| March, 2027 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 2 |
Pakistan have ended 6th (in 2019-2021 cycle), 7th (in 2021-2023 cycle), and dead last (in 2023-2025 cycle). While some may consider this cycle an easier cycle to compete for the final, Pakistan’s recent performances in Test cricket may prevent that, as they are still lacking improvements in certain departments.
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