The winners of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final between India and New Zealand will take home a purse of US $1.6m along with the ICC Test Championship Mace, the International Cricket Council announced yesterday.
The losing team will receive US $800,000 for finishing second in the nine-team competition, which was played over a near two-year cycle, adding context to Test cricket and to crown the first official world champions in the longest format of the game.
The prize money for the team finishing third in the ICC World Test Championship Standings is US $450,000.
The team fourth on the table will be awarded US $350,000, the team that finishes fifth receives US $200,000 while the remaining four teams will receive US $100,000 each.
The Test Mace, previously given to teams topping the ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings will now be given to the WTC winners. In case the final ends in a draw or a tie, the finalists will split the prize money for the first and second places and share possession of the Mace during the time they remain champions. (ICC)
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