The 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship; the upcoming season is scheduled to be the 2nd edition of the ICC World Test Championship of Test cricket. However, World Test Championship 2021-23 Start Date is scheduled to run from 4th August 2021 to 31st March 2023. Similarly, unlike the first WTC edition, the nine nations competing will play 3 home and 3 away series. Where each team will play around two to five test matches in each series. Check out World Test Championship 2021-23 Schedule, Start Date, and Teams.
The five-match Pataudi Trophy between England and India will be starting from 4th August 2021 will kickstart the second cycle of the World Test Championship. However, the series along with the Ashes, in December 2021; will be the only two series include 5 Tests in the second WTC cycle. Whereas, England is set to play the highest amount of matches (i.e. 21 matches) in the 2nd edition of WTC. However, Bangladesh will be playing a minimal number of matches, i.e. 12. And also the defending champion New Zealand will also play just 13 games.
Richards–Botham Trophy – West Indies Vs England 2022
Date
Match
Venue
8–12 March 2022
West Indies v England 1st Test
West Indies
16–20 March 2022
West Indies v England 2nd Test
West Indies
24–28 March 2022
West Indies v England 3rd Test
West Indies
South Africa Vs Bangladesh 2022
Date
Match
Venue
March 2022
South Africa v Bangladesh 1st Test
South Africa
April 2022
South Africa v Bangladesh 2nd Test
South Africa
West Indies Vs Bangladesh 2022
Date
Match
Venue
June 2022
West Indies v Bangladesh 1st Test
West Indies
June 2022
West Indies v Bangladesh 2nd Test
West Indies
Sri Lanka Vs Australia 2022
Date
Match
Venue
June 2022
Sri Lanka v Australia 1st Test
Sri Lanka
June 2022
Sri Lanka v Australia Bangladesh v Pakistan 2nd Test
Sri Lanka
England Vs New Zealand
Date
Match
Venue
June 2022
England v New Zealand 1st Test
England
June 2022
England v New Zealand 2nd Test
England
June 2022
England v New Zealand 3rd Test
England
Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan 2022
Date
Match
Venue
July 2022
Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1st Test
Sri Lanka
July 2022
Sri Lanka v Pakistan 2nd Test
Sri Lanka
England Vs South Africa
Date
Match
Venue
August 2022
England v South Africa 1st Test
England
August 2022
England v South Africa 2nd Test
England
August 2022
England v South Africa 3rd Test
England
2022–23
South Africa Vs West Indies
Date
Match
Venue
October 2022
South Africa v West Indies 1st Test
South Africa
October 2022
South Africa v West Indies 2nd Test
South Africa
Sri Lanka Vs West Indies
Date
Match
Venue
October 2022
Sri Lanka v West Indies 1st Test
Sri Lanka
October 2022
Sri Lanka v West Indies 2nd Test
Sri Lanka
Pakistan Vs England
Date
Match
Venue
October 2022
Pakistan v England 1st Test
Pakistan
October 2022
Pakistan v England 2nd Test
Pakistan
October 2022
Pakistan v England 3rd Test
Pakistan
Border–Gavaskar Trophy – India Vs Australia
Date
Match
Venue
October/November 2022
India v Australia 1st Test
India
October/November 2022
India v Australia 2nd Test
India
October/November 2022
India v Australia 3rd Test
India
October/November 2022
India v Australia 4th Test
India
Ganguly–Durjoy Trophy – Bangladesh Vs India
Date
Match
Venue
November 2022
Bangladesh v India 1st Test
Bangladesh
November 2022
Bangladesh v India 2nd Test
Bangladesh
Pakistan Vs New Zealand
Date
Match
Venue
November 2022
Pakistan v New Zealand 1st Test
Pakistan
November 2022
Pakistan v New Zealand 2nd Test
Pakistan
Australia Vs West Indies 2022
Date
Match
Venue
November 2022
Australia v West Indies 1st Test
Australia
December 2022
Australia v West Indies 2nd Test
Australia
New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka
Date
Match
Venue
November 2022
New Zealand v Sri Lanka 1st Test
New Zealand
December 2022
New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2nd Test
New Zealand
Australia Vs South Africa 2022-23
Date
Match
Venue
December 2022
Australia v South Africa 1st Test
Australia
January 2023
Australia v South Africa 2nd Test
Australia
January 2023
Australia v South Africa 3rd Test
Australia
However, Bangladesh will have hardly any number of matches in the World Test Championship 2021-23 schedule than West Indies and Sri Lanka, who are set to play 13 games each. Whereas, the defending champions New Zealand will play the 13 matches, Australia will play 18, while South Africa will play the 15 games. Pakistan is scheduled to play 14 Test matches in the WTC fixtures.
