The winners of the first ICC World Test Championship final will return home richer by $1.6 million (₹ 11.71 crore approx). The International Cricket Council today (Monday) announced the prize money details for the inaugural ICC World Test Championship final.
The winners of the much-awaited ICC World Test Championship Final between India and New Zealand will take home $ 1.6 million along with the ICC Test Championship Mace, the global governing body for cricket has confirmed.
The other finalist will get $ 800,000 (₹ 5.85 cr approx) for finishing second in the nine-team competition, which was played over a near two-year cycle. The ICC WTC has added a context to Test cricket and to crown the first official world champions in the longest format of the game, ICC stated in a Press release.
The prize money for the team finishing third in the ICC World Test Championship Standings is $ 450,000. The team fourth on the table will be awarded $ 350,000, the one that finishes fifth gets $ 200,000 while the remaining four teams will get $ 100,000 each.
The Test Mace, previously given to teams topping the MRF Tyres 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 TEST MACE
The Mace, designed by English luxury brand Thomas Lyte, is based around the global nature of Test cricket and the competing nations.
The focal point of the Mace is the cricket ball since it is at the core of the game whether being bowled, hit or fielded. Encircling the ball is the globe, referencing the global reach of Test cricket and one can see the silver gilt cricket ball through the oceans of the map.
The countries of the world are supported on the longitude lines you see on a globe – this allows for an interesting interplay of light on the different surfaces, especially as the mace is moved and catches that light. The world is surrounded by a central belt carrying the insignia of all 12 competing Test nations, with space to add others in the future.
A silver gilt laurel band spirals up the shaft of the mace – the shaft itself styled as a stump – a reference to the all-important wicket.
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