[1][2] The tournament consists of 27 series and 71 matches in the league stage.
The top two teams in the points table compete at the final.
A team that was behind the required over rate at the end of a match would have one point deducted for each over it was behind.
The nine full members of the ICC who are participating:[4] Full Members who are not participating in the ICC World Test Championship The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the 2023–2027 Future Tours Programme on 17 August 2022 and identified which series was a part of the World Test Championship.
The exact dates and the venues of these series will be decided by the boards of the competing teams.