Back Wêreldtoetskampioenskap Afrikaans আইসিসি বিশ্ব টেস্ট চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ Bengali/Bangla ICC World Test Championship German आईसीसी विश्व टेस्ट चैम्पियनशिप Hindi ICC World Test Championship Italian ICCワールドテストチャンピオンシップ Japanese ಐಸಿಸಿ ವಿಶ್ವ ಟೆಸ್ಟ್ ಚಾಂಪಿಯನ್ಶಿಪ್ Kannada ഐ.സി.സി. ലോക ടെസ്റ്റ് ചാമ്പ്യൻഷിപ്പ് Malayalam आयसीसी विश्व कसोटी अजिंक्यपद स्पर्धा Marathi आईसीसी विश्व टेस्ट च्याम्पियनसिप Nepali
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| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
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| Format | Test cricket |
| First edition | 2019–2021 |
| Latest edition | 2023–2025 |
| Next edition | 2025–2027 |
| Tournament format | League stage and Final |
| Number of teams | 9 |
| Current champion |  Australia(1st title) |
| Most successful | Australia New Zealand(1 title each) |
| Most runs |  Joe Root (5,543) |
| Most wickets | Nathan Lyon (209) |
 2023–2025 | |
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The ICC World Test Championship (WTC) is a biennial cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It is played over two years and is the premier championship for Test cricket.[1] Australia are the current champions, having defeated India in the 2023 final. They will face South Africa in the 2025 final at Lord's.
WTC league games are organized by the host nation's cricket board, whereas the final is organized directly by the ICC. The inaugural ICC World Test Championship started with the 2019 Ashes series and finished with New Zealand lifting the trophy after defeating India in the final in June 2021. The second ICC World Test Championship started on 4 August 2021 with the England–India series[2] and finished with Australia lifting the trophy after defeating India in the final in June 2023. The third ICC World Test Championship started on 16 June 2023 with the 2023 Ashes series and will conclude with the final in the northern hemisphere summer of 2025.
- ^ "Test Championship to replace Champions Trophy". Cricinfo. 29 June 2013.
- ^ "England vs India to kick off the second World Test Championship". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2021.