Plans put forward to the ICC for a nine team Test championship and 13-team ODI league have been approved by cricket's world governing body.
Nine test-playing nations will play six series over two years, before a world Test championship final.
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| Australia won the most recent World Cup, in 2015 |
The 13 team ODI league, to start in 2021 will be the basis of qualification for the world cup.
Also approved were plans to trial four-day test matches in a view to improving the future of Test cricket.
The Test competition, which will begin after the World Cup in 2019, is designed to try and increase interest in the longest form of the game.
There will be a minimum of two matches in each series and the top two teams will compete in a play-off in April 2021, with a final to be held in England two months later.
Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and Ireland would initially be excluded but four-day series would give them more Test experience.
The current process for qualifying for the World Cup sees the top seven ranked sides automatically into the tournament, with a further qualifying tournament for the teams ranked eighth and below.
The new league would see the top-13 teams play eight series lasting three matches over a three year period.
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