Days after South Africa lifted the World Test Championship (WTC) mace after beating Australia at Lord’s, the next cycle of the WTC is set to begin.
The 2025-27 WTC cycle will kickstart with Sri Lanka hosting Bangladesh in two Test matches. The upcoming championship retains its format of each team playing six series in total—three at home and three away—of varying lengths. To adjust for the unequal number of matches played by each team over the course of two years, the standings are based on PCT (percentage of points won).
A total of nine teams will take part in the competition, with the final two locking horns in the summit clash—to be held in 2027. Though Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe are also Test-playing nations and will feature in a number of Tests between 2025 and 2027, they will not compete in the 2025-27 WTC.
England will play the most number of matches (21) in the upcoming WTC cycle, followed by Australia (20) and India (18).
Here is the full list of fixtures for WTC 2025-27:
WTC 2025-27 SCHEDULE
SRI LANKA
2 Tests vs Bangladesh (Home) – June 2025
2 Tests vs West Indies (Away) – June 2026
2 Tests vs India (Home) – August 2026
2 Tests vs Pakistan (Away) – November 2026
2 Tests vs New Zealand (Away) – January 2027
2 Tests vs South Africa (Home) – February 2027
BANGLADESH
2 Tests vs Sri Lanka (Away) – June 2025
2 Tests vs Pakistan (Home) – March 2026
2 Tests vs West Indies (Home) – October 2026
2 Tests vs South Africa (Away) – November 2026
2 Tests vs England (Home) – February 2027
2 Tests vs Australia (Away) – March 2027
AUSTRALIA
2 Tests vs West Indies (Away) – June 2025
5 Tests vs England (Home) – November 2025
3 Tests vs South Africa (Away) – September 2026
3 Tests vs New Zealand (Home) – December 2026
5 Tests vs India (Away) – January 2027
2 Tests vs Bangladesh (Home) – March 2027
WEST INDIES
2 Tests vs Australia (Home) – June 2025
2 Tests vs India (Away) – October 2025
2 Tests vs New Zealand (Away) – November 2025
2 Tests vs Sri Lanka (Home) – June 2026
2 Tests vs Pakistan (Home) – July 2026
2 Tests vs Bangladesh (Away) – October 2026
ENGLAND
5 Tests vs India (Home) – June 2025
5 Tests vs Australia (Away) – November 2025
3 Tests vs New Zealand (Home) – June 2026
3 Tests vs Pakistan (Home) – August 2026
3 Tests vs South Africa (Away) – December 2026
2 Tests vs Bangladesh (Away) – February 2027
INDIA
5 Tests vs England (Away) – June 2025
2 Tests vs West Indies (Home) – October 2026
2 Tests vs South Africa (Home) – November 2026
2 Tests vs Sri Lanka (Away) – August 2026
2 Tests vs New Zealand (Away) – October 2026
5 Tests vs Australia (Home) – January 2027
SOUTH AFRICA
2 Tests vs Pakistan (Away) – October 2025
2 Tests vs India (Away) – November 2025
3 Tests vs Australia (Home) – September 2026
2 Tests vs Bangladesh (Home) – November 2026
3 Tests vs England (Home) – December 2026
2 Tests vs Sri Lanka (Away) – February 2027
NEW ZEALAND
2 Tests vs West Indies (Home) – November 2025
3 Tests vs England (Away) – June 2026
2 Tests vs India (Home) – October 2026
3 Tests vs Australia (Away) – December 2026
2 Tests vs Sri Lanka (Home) – January 2027
2 Tests vs Pakistan (Away) – March 2027
PAKISTAN
2 Tests vs South Africa (Home) – October 2025
2 Tests vs Bangladesh (Away) – March 2026
2 Tests vs West Indies (Away) – July 2026
3 Tests vs England (Away) – August 2026
2 Tests vs Sri Lanka (Home) – November 2026
2 Tests vs New Zealand (Home) – March 2027