World Test Championship: England to host next three finals

England volition signifier the adjacent 3 editions of the World Test Championship finals successful 2027, 2029 and 2031, the International Cricket Council has announced.

All 3 WTC finals truthful acold person been held successful England, with South Africa beating Australia successful the 2025 showpiece astatine Lord's past month.

And astatine its yearly league successful Singapore, the ICC said it awarded hosting rights for the adjacent 3 to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) "following a palmy way grounds successful hosting caller finals".

India had reportedly hoped to signifier the adjacent last successful 2027., external

Chief enforcement Richard Gould said the ECB was "absolutely delighted" to person been chosen again.

The archetypal WTC last successful 2021 was held successful biosecure conditions successful Southampton, with New Zealand beating India.

The 2023 last astatine The Oval, wherever Australia bushed India, was sold out, portion the archetypal 4 days astatine Lord's this twelvemonth were besides sold out, with South Africa securing triumph connected time four.

England person yet to scope the WTC last and finished 5th successful the 2023-25 cycle.

Gould said being awarded the adjacent 3 finals was a "testament to the passionateness that fans successful this state person for this treasured format of the crippled and the willingness of supporters from astir the satellite to question present for these games."

He added: "Hosting these finals is simply a privilege, and we look guardant to moving with the ICC to physique connected the occurrence of the erstwhile editions."

The ICC said its committee besides received an update connected the enactment for Afghanistan women's cricketers.

In April, the governing assemblage announced a dedicated taskforce to enactment displaced pistillate cricketers from Afghanistan, with the assistance of the ECB, Cricket Australia and the Board of Control for Cricket successful India.

Many of the Afghanistan's starring players fled pursuing the Taliban's instrumentality to powerfulness successful 2021, with pistillate information successful athletics efficaciously outlawed.

The ICC said: "The programme aims to present structured enactment done high-performance initiatives, home playing opportunities, and engagement astatine cardinal ICC planetary events, including the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 successful India and the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 successful England."