The winners of the World Test Championship final between Australia and South Africa at Lord’s from 11-15 June will take home $3.6-million (R65-million).

That’s more than double of what New Zealand (2021) and Australia (2023) earned after winning the previous two finals.

The losing finalists too will earn more than the earlier top prize money, assured of more than $2.1-million (R38-million) this time.

The winners of the previous two editions won $1.6-million (R29-million) while the losing finalists got $800,000 (R14-million).

The increase in prize money exhibits the ICC’s efforts to prioritise Test cricket as it looks to build on the momentum of the first three cycles of the nine-team competition.

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The third edition saw South Africa finish on a high with 2-0 home series wins over Sri Lanka and Pakistan, ending with 69.44 percentage points.

Defending champions Australia finished with 67.54 points while India finished with 50.00 after leading the table for much of the time.

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