WTC winners to get USD 3.6 million in prize money
The prize money for the winners is more than double of what it was in the previous two editions
ESPNcricinfo staff
15-May-2025
Pat Cummins and Temba Bavuma will go head to head in the WTC final in June • Cricket Australia via Getty Images
The winners of the World Test Championship (WTC) final, to be played between South Africa and Australia at Lord's starting June 11, will secure a prize money of USD 3.6 million, more than double of the winners in the last two cycles. The runners-up, meanwhile, will bag more than USD 2.1 million, while the prize for the same in the previous editions was USD 800,000.
The winners in the last two cycles -- New Zealand and Australia -- had earned USD 1.6 million each.
"The increase in prize money exhibits the ICC's efforts to prioritize Test cricket as it looks to build on the momentum of the first three cycles of the nine-team competition," the ICC said in its release.
India, who finished third on the table, will receive over USD 1.4 million, while fourth-placed New Zealand get USD 1.2 million. Even the prize money for teams finishing fifth (USD 960000) and sixth (USD 840000) -- England and Sri Lanka -- is more than what it was for the runners-up in the previous editions.
South Africa topped the table in the 2023-25 edition with eight wins from 12 games, and were the first team to seal a final spot with a dramatic two-wicket win over Pakistan. Defending champions Australia got through by pipping India to the second spot after winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1 at home.
Both teams have named their squads for the final. The focus for South Africa will be on their pace spearhead Kagiso Rabada after his one-month ban for failing a drug test, while Cameron Green makes his return to Australia's Test side after undergoing a lower spine surgery last year.