The 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship; the upcoming season is scheduled to be the 2nd edition of the ICC World Test Championship of Test cricket. However, World Test Championship 2021-23 Start Date is scheduled to run from 4th August 2021 to 31st March 2023. Similarly, unlike the first WTC edition, the nine nations competing will play 3 home and 3 away series. Where each team will play around two to five test matches in each series. Check out World Test Championship 2021-23 Schedule, Start Date, and Teams.
The five-match Pataudi Trophy between England and India will be starting from 4th August 2021 will kickstart the second cycle of the World Test Championship. However, the series along with the Ashes, in December 2021; will be the only two series include 5 Tests in the second WTC cycle. Whereas, England is set to play the highest amount of matches (i.e. 21 matches) in the 2nd edition of WTC. However, Bangladesh will be playing a minimal number of matches, i.e. 12. And also the defending champion New Zealand will also play just 13 games.
World Test Championship 2021-23 Schedule
England Vs India 2021
| Date | Match | Venue |
| 4–8 August 2021 | England vs India 1st Test | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| 12–16 August 2021 | England vs India 2nd Test | Lord’s, London |
| 25–29 August 2021 | England vs India 3rd Test | Headingley, Leeds |
| 2–6 September 2021 | England vs India 4th Test | Kennington Oval, London |
| 10–14 September 2021 | England vs India 5th Test | Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester |
West Indies Vs Pakistan 2021
| Date | Match | Venue |
| 12–16 August 2021 | West Indies v Pakistan 1st Test | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
| 20–24 August 2021 | West Indies v Pakistan 2nd Test | Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
India Vs New Zealand 2021
| Date | Match | Venue |
| November 2021 | India vs New Zealand 1st Test | India |
| November 2021 | India vs New Zealand 2nd Test | India |
Bangladesh Vs Pakistan 2021
| Date | Match | Venue |
| November 2021 | Bangladesh v Pakistan 1st Test | Bangladesh |
| November 2021 | Bangladesh v Pakistan 2nd Test | Bangladesh |
Bangladesh Vs Sri Lanka 2021
| Date | Match | Venue |
| December 2021 | Bangladesh v Sri Lanka 1st Test | Bangladesh |
| December 2021 | Bangladesh v Sri Lanka 2nd Test | Bangladesh |
The Ashes Australia Vs England
| Date | Match | Venue |
| 8–12 December 2021 | Australia v England 1st Test | The Gabba, Brisbane |
| 16–20 December 2021 | Australia v England 2nd Test | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
| 26–30 December 2021 | Australia v England 3rd Test | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |
| 5–9 January 2022 | Australia v England 4th Test | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney |
| 14–18 January 2022 | Australia v England 5th Test | Perth Stadium, Perth |
New Zealand Vs Bangladesh 2021-22
| Date | Match | Venue |
| December 2021 | New Zealand v Bangladesh 1st Test | New Zealand |
| January 2022 | New Zealand v Bangladesh 2nd Test | New Zealand |
South Africa Vs India 2021-22
| Date | Match | Venue |
| December 2021 | South Africa v India 1st Test | South Africa |
| December 2021 | South Africa v India 2nd Test | South Africa |
| January 2022 | South Africa v India 3rd Test | South Africa |
Pakistan Vs Australia 2022
| Date | Match | Venue |
| February 2022 | Pakistan v Australia 1st Test | Pakistan |
| March 2022 | Pakistan v Australia 2nd Test | Pakistan |
New Zealand Vs South Africa 2022
| Date | Match | Venue |
| February 2022 | New Zealand v South Africa 1st Test | New Zealand |
| February 2022 | New Zealand v South Africa 2nd Test | New Zealand |
India Vs Sri Lanka 2022
| Date | Match | Venue |
| February 2022 | India v Sri Lanka 1st Test | India |
| February 2022 | India v Sri Lanka 2nd Test | India |
| March 2022 | India v Sri Lanka 3rd Test | India |
Richards–Botham Trophy – West Indies Vs England 2022
| Date | Match | Venue |
| 8–12 March 2022 | West Indies v England 1st Test | West Indies |
| 16–20 March 2022 | West Indies v England 2nd Test | West Indies |
| 24–28 March 2022 | West Indies v England 3rd Test | West Indies |
South Africa Vs Bangladesh 2022
| Date | Match | Venue |
| March 2022 | South Africa v Bangladesh 1st Test | South Africa |
| April 2022 | South Africa v Bangladesh 2nd Test | South Africa |
West Indies Vs Bangladesh 2022
| Date | Match | Venue |
| June 2022 | West Indies v Bangladesh 1st Test | West Indies |
| June 2022 | West Indies v Bangladesh 2nd Test | West Indies |
Sri Lanka Vs Australia 2022
| Date | Match | Venue |
| June 2022 | Sri Lanka v Australia 1st Test | Sri Lanka |
| June 2022 | Sri Lanka v Australia Bangladesh v Pakistan 2nd Test | Sri Lanka |
England Vs New Zealand
| Date | Match | Venue |
| June 2022 | England v New Zealand 1st Test | England |
| June 2022 | England v New Zealand 2nd Test | England |
| June 2022 | England v New Zealand 3rd Test | England |
Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan 2022
| Date | Match | Venue |
| July 2022 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1st Test | Sri Lanka |
| July 2022 | Sri Lanka v Pakistan 2nd Test | Sri Lanka |
England Vs South Africa
| Date | Match | Venue |
| August 2022 | England v South Africa 1st Test | England |
| August 2022 | England v South Africa 2nd Test | England |
| August 2022 | England v South Africa 3rd Test | England |
2022–23
South Africa Vs West Indies
| Date | Match | Venue |
| October 2022 | South Africa v West Indies 1st Test | South Africa |
| October 2022 | South Africa v West Indies 2nd Test | South Africa |
Sri Lanka Vs West Indies
| Date | Match | Venue |
| October 2022 | Sri Lanka v West Indies 1st Test | Sri Lanka |
| October 2022 | Sri Lanka v West Indies 2nd Test | Sri Lanka |
Pakistan Vs England
| Date | Match | Venue |
| October 2022 | Pakistan v England 1st Test | Pakistan |
| October 2022 | Pakistan v England 2nd Test | Pakistan |
| October 2022 | Pakistan v England 3rd Test | Pakistan |
Border–Gavaskar Trophy – India Vs Australia
| Date | Match | Venue |
| October/November 2022 | India v Australia 1st Test | India |
| October/November 2022 | India v Australia 2nd Test | India |
| October/November 2022 | India v Australia 3rd Test | India |
| October/November 2022 | India v Australia 4th Test | India |
Ganguly–Durjoy Trophy – Bangladesh Vs India
| Date | Match | Venue |
| November 2022 | Bangladesh v India 1st Test | Bangladesh |
| November 2022 | Bangladesh v India 2nd Test | Bangladesh |
Pakistan Vs New Zealand
| Date | Match | Venue |
| November 2022 | Pakistan v New Zealand 1st Test | Pakistan |
| November 2022 | Pakistan v New Zealand 2nd Test | Pakistan |
Australia Vs West Indies 2022
| Date | Match | Venue |
| November 2022 | Australia v West Indies 1st Test | Australia |
| December 2022 | Australia v West Indies 2nd Test | Australia |
New Zealand Vs Sri Lanka
| Date | Match | Venue |
| November 2022 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka 1st Test | New Zealand |
| December 2022 | New Zealand v Sri Lanka 2nd Test | New Zealand |
Australia Vs South Africa 2022-23
| Date | Match | Venue |
| December 2022 | Australia v South Africa 1st Test | Australia |
| January 2023 | Australia v South Africa 2nd Test | Australia |
| January 2023 | Australia v South Africa 3rd Test | Australia |
However, Bangladesh will have hardly any number of matches in the World Test Championship 2021-23 schedule than West Indies and Sri Lanka, who are set to play 13 games each. Whereas, the defending champions New Zealand will play the 13 matches, Australia will play 18, while South Africa will play the 15 games. Pakistan is scheduled to play 14 Test matches in the WTC fixtures.
