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All you need to know about ICC World Test Championship

By Saurabh Sharma July 29, 2019 • 13:49 PM View: 1667

Birmingham, July 29: The International Cricket Council on Monday officially launched the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC).

Getting underway on August 1 with the first Ashes Test in Birmingham, the WTC will see the top nine Test teams in the world -- Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies -- compete in 71 Test matches across 27 series, played over two years; with the top two teams contesting the WTC Final in June 2021 (to be played in the UK) and the winners crowned ICC World Test Champions.

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