ICC announces WTC 3 full schedule, India get tough draw

International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the third edition of the World Test Championship (WTC). The third cycle of WTC will officially commence with the Australia vs England five-match Ashes series starting Friday. 

ICC announced a detailed schedule of Test-playing nations that will take in the next cycle of the WTC between 2023 and 2025.

India’s two-Test tour of the West Indies is also part of the third edition of the WTC. India will take on West Indies in Dominica and Trinidad next month. India will host New Zealand for a three-match series, England for five Tests and Bangladesh for two matches. India will tour Australia (five Tests) and South Africa (two Tests) in the third WTC cycle.

The structure of the nine-team WTC remains the same with each team playing three home and three away series over a two-year period culminating in the final of a one-off Test. The points percentage system used in the previous edition will determine the leader board with teams getting 12 points for a win, six for a tie and four for a draw.