Lord's to host 2025 World Test Championship final

Lord's will big nan World Test Championship last for nan first clip successful nan summertime of 2025, nan International Cricket Council has announced.

Australia, nan defending champions, beat India astatine The Oval successful 2023 while New Zealand were victorious successful Southampton successful 2021 - during nan tournament's first edition.

The five-day final, which will commencement connected 11 June, will beryllium held betwixt nan 2 highest-ranking teams successful nan Test Championship rankings.

India are presently apical of nan standings, pinch Australia second. New Zealand way successful 3rd while England are fourth, having mislaid six of their 15 tests complete nan past 18 months.

The 9 participating teams are classed based connected their performances successful Test matches complete a two-year cycle, which started successful 2023.

The finalists astatine Lord's will beryllium wished connected 28 January, pinch New Zealand, England and South Africa still hoping to make a precocious complaint to scope nan one-off decider.