World Test Championship Final: Dates, venue, how to watch, history & more

The third World Test Championship final will take place in June, with Australia facing South Africa and aiming to retain the title they won two years ago by beating India 209 runs at The Oval in England.

The inaugural WTC title was won by New Zealand back in 2021, when they also defeated India, this time by eight wickets at the Rose Bowl in Southampton.

Now Pat Cummins and co have a real chance to prove without a shadow of a doubt that they are the top Test team in world cricket, but the Proteas will be desperate to finally land a major international title and throw off their nearly-men tag.

World Test Championship final dates

The World Test Championship final takes place between Wednesday 11th and Monday 16th June, 2025.

World Test Championship final venue

The World Test Championship final is being played at Lord's in London, England, probably the most famous cricket ground in the world.

Lord's staged its first Test match way back in 1884, when England defeated Australia by an innings and five runs and a further 146 Test matches have been played at the Home of Cricket since then.

The Baggy Green have played a total of 40 Test matches at Lord's, winning 18, losing seven and drawing 15, and have lost only two of their last 24 dating all the way back to 1934.

World Test Championship final how to watch

The World Test Championship final between Australia and South Africa will be available to watch in Australia via Amazon Prime Video.

World Test Championship past winners

This is the third World Test Championship final and Australia are the reigning champions thanks to their 209-run win over India at The Oval in June 2023, with victory set up by first-innings centuries from Steve Smith and Travis Head.

The Aussie pace attack then limited the Indian batters twice, before star off-spinner Nathan Lyon finished things off with four second-innings wickets.

Two years earlier at the Rose Bowl India's batters failed to fire in a low-scoring clash with New Zealand, with Kyle Jamieson leading the way with seven wickets in the match for the Black Caps.

World Test Championship history

The World Test Championship had been a long time in the making before it was finally added to the international cricketing calendar, having been first floated as an idea back in the mid-1990s.

However, its introduction was delayed and delayed, with the competition being seen as a replacement for the ICC Champions Trophy, which went ahead in both 2013 and 2017 despite there being plans for its removal.

Finally the WTC programme was agreed and the 2019 Ashes series in England marked the start of the first two-year cycle.