ICC Test Championship schedule

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On the 12th of October in Dubai, ICC’s chief executive David Richardson announced the pathway to ICC World Test Championship revealing the event brand logo.

The top four teams in the World Test Rankings on December 31st, 2016 will qualify for the three-match semi-finals to be held in 2017, provisionally scheduled in England.

Only time will tell if this championship turns out to be a hit or whether it actually happens.

Somehow it doesn’t seem to be a ‘worldly’ tournament with matches to be played only in England.

Here’s my take on how the tournament can be scheduled.

Phases

Divide this tournament into two phases.

1st Phase – To be played in India,Sri Lanka,Australia & New Zealand. 
2nd Phase – To be played in England.
*Venues for the next edition may/can be changed. The above venues are taken just as a reference giving example for a test championship format 1st edition.

Groups

Ten test playing nations to participate in two Groups.
Groups may be divided on alternate rankings as on a specific date.
Like for this example, current month ICC test rankings are taken.

Current ICC Rankings (As on 20th Dec’13) :

 

RankTeamMatchesPointsRating
1South Africa273531131
2India333920119
3England384407116
4Pakistan252538102
5Australia333318101
6West Indies25236695
7Sri Lanka26229588
8New Zealand30224375
9Zimbabwe1137234
10Bangladesh1628518

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Based on the rankings, teams to be divided into following groups :

Group A
Group B
South Africa (1)India (2)
England (3)Pakistan (4)
Australia (5)West Indies (6)
Sri Lanka (7)New Zealand (8)
Zimbabwe (9)Bangladesh (10)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In a group, each team plays the other team once.

Schedule

Below is a tailor-made schedule!

Matches scheduled in UAE for both groups to mark the headquarters of ICC. Countries like Australia, West Indies, Sri Lanka which do not organize the tournament as per the schedule created below, may organize the 2nd edition thereby which the tournament can be a held globally. 

*All the schedules are just for reference so as to understand the concept. Dates and venues can definitely be altered!

Phase I

Group A

Venue – South Africa, Zimbabwe, UAE

Match No.MatchDateVenue
1Australia v England1st to 5th NovCape Town
2England v Zimbabwe1st to 5th NovHarare
3South Africa v Sri Lanka9th to 13th NovDurban
4Australia v Zimbabwe9th to 13th NovHarare
5Sri Lanka v England17th to 21st NovPort Elizabeth
6South Africa v Zimbabwe17th to 21st NovCenturion
7Australia v Sri Lanka25th to 29th NovAbu Dhabi
8South Africa v England25th to 29th NovJohannesburg
9Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe3rd to 7th DecHarare
10Australia v England3rd to 7th DecDubai












Group B 

Venue – India, Bangladesh, UAE

 

 

 

Match No.MatchDateVenue
1India v Pakistan3rd to 7th NovMohali
2West Indies v New Zealand3rd to 7th NovBangalore
3Pakistan v Bangladesh11th to 15th NovDhaka
4India v West Indies11th to 15th NovChennai
5New Zealand v Bangladesh19th to 23rd NovDhaka
6Pakistan v West Indies19th to 23rd NovDubai
7India v New Zealand27th to 1st DecMumbai
8West Indies v Bangladesh27th to 1st DecMirpur
9Pakistan v New Zealand5th to 9th DecAbu Dhabi
10India v Bangladesh5th to 9th DecKolkata

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The top two teams from each group proceed into the Semi-finals.

 

Phase II – (Next calendar year)

 

Semi – finals

 

 Semi-final1st Test2nd Test3rd Test
Match 1Group A 1st v Group B 2nd5th to 9th June13th to 17th June23rd to 27th June
Venue LordsEdgbastonTaunton
Match 2Group A 2nd v Group B 1st4th to 8th June12th to 16th June23rd to 27th June
Venue OvalHeadinglyTrent Bridge

 







World Test Championship Finals

 

 MatchDateVenue
FinalSemi-final 1 winner v Semi-final 2 winner1st to 6th July (6 day match)Lords

 

 

 

 

By this, we can have a tournament played in the best of the test cricket stadiums around the world.

Scoring System

Match points

•    For an outright win after leading on the first innings: 6
•    For an outright win after a tie in the first innings: 6
•    For an outright win after being behind on the first innings: 6
•    For a tie where both teams have completed two innings (irrespective of the first innings result): 3
•    For a first innings lead (to be retained even if beaten outright): 2
•    For an outright loss after leading on the first innings: 2
•    For a tie on the first innings (and no outright result): 1 each
•    For an outright loss after a tie in the first innings: 1
•    For a loss on the first innings: 0
•    For an outright loss after being behind on the first innings: 0
•    Abandoned or drawn matches with no first innings result: 0

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