England to host next three World Test Championship finals

The World Test Championship finals will be held in 2027, 2029, and 2031, according to the International Cricket Council.

South Africa defeated Australia in the 2025 showpiece at Lord’s last month, making it three WTC finals to date in England.

The ICC announced at its annual conference in Singapore that the ICC would be hosting the next three games “followed a successful track record in hosting recent finals” and that it would grant the EGB the hosting rights.

Apparently, India intended to stage the 2027 final.

In Southampton, New Zealand defeated India in the first WTC final in 2021, which took place in biostable conditions.

The 2023 final at The Oval, where Australia defeated India, was sold out, and the following four days at Lord’s this year were also sold out, with South Africa winning on day four.

England finished fifth overall in the 2023-2005 cycle despite not making it to the WTC final.

Being selected for the next three finals was a “testament to the passion that fans in this country have for this treasured format of the game and the willingness of supporters from all over the world to travel here for these games,” according to Gould.

He continued, “We look forward to working with the ICC to build on the success of the previous editions.” “Hosting these finals is a privilege.”

The ICC board received an update on Afghanistan’s women’s cricketers’ support, according to the ICC.

With the assistance of the ECB, Cricket Australia, and the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the governing body established a dedicated taskforce in April to assist displaced Afghan female cricketers.

Following the Taliban’s resurrected in 2021, many of Afghanistan’s top players emigrated, with female sports participation effectively prohibited.