Cricket
11th Jun 2025
ICC Test Championship Prize Money
ICC Test Championship 2025 Prize Money Fund Distribution:
ICC announced massive hike in Prize Money fund of 2025 Test Championship where the final will take place between South Africa and Australia starting from 11th June 2025. Where a total of $12 million is allocated as prize money fund which will be distributed among top 9 test playing nations. The eventual winners will take home $3.6 million which is more then double that of $1.6 million offered in 2021 and 2023 editions. The runners-up will take home $2.16 million.
*Below is the official breakdown of $12 million prize money fund and it will be distributed how the teams finish in the Test rankings between 2023 to 2025. The winners will get $3.6 million. While the ninth place team will take home as much as $480,000.
| POSITION | TEAM | PRIZE MONEY |
| Winners | South Africa | $3.6 Million |
| Runners-up | Australia | $2.16 Million |
| Third | India | $1.44 Million |
| Fourth | New Zealand | $1.2 Million |
| Fifth | England | $960,000 |
| Sixth | Sri Lanka | $840,000 |
| Seventh | Bangladesh | $720,000 |
| Eighth | West Indies | $600,000 |
| Ninth | Pakistan | $480,000 |
ICC Test Championship Rankings 2024/25:
ICC takes into account Test ranking points gained over the last 24 months and top two teams ranked no.1 and no.2 in test rankings during that time get to play the final. Pakistani finished 9th with only 27.98 PCT which is the lowest putting them behind the likes of West Indies (28.21) and Bangladesh (31.25). South Africa top the ranking with massive 69.44 PCT while Australia finished second with 67.54 PCT.
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