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WTC Continues To Invigorate Test Cricket: Jay Shah On Start Of 2025-27 Championship Cycle

By IANS News June 17, 2025 • 11:46 AM View: 534

ICC Chair Jay Shah: After the culmination of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle with South Africa lifting the mace at iconic Lord's last week, ICC Chair Jay Shah is looking forward to the next instalment of the WTC and wished players all the best ahead of the new cycle.

The next cycle begins in earnest with a string of high-profile series kicking off proceedings. Sri Lanka’s two-Test series at home against Bangladesh, which begins on 17 June, is the first contest of the 2025-27 cycle and soon overlaps with a five-Test showdown between England and India.

Indian and Eng;and will go head-to-head at Headingley, Edgbaston, Lord’s, Old Trafford and The Oval in the coming weeks.

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