World test championship 2023

The winners of the World Test Championship final will receive £1.29m in prize money and the losers £644,000 World Test Championship final: Australia v India Venue: The Oval Date: 7-11 June (reserve day on 12 June) Time: 10:30 BST Coverage: Live commentary on Test Match Special through BBC Sounds and Radio 5 Sports Extra, live text commentary with in-play clips on the BBC Sport website "It's the pinnacle of Test cricket." The latter may be in its infancy but for both Australia and India, the prospect of being crowned world Test champions is one to savour. For Australia, the final is the first of six Tests in eight weeks in what could be a defining period for Pat Cummins' side - a challenge he is embracing despite the tight schedule. "It's a World Cup final so we wouldn't change too much about it," the Australia captain told BBC Sport. "We've been playing brilliant cricket the last two years but it seems like every Ashes tour you start afresh and get judged on that. "We're pumped and feel in as good a position as we can be so we'll give it a good crack." • Pick your combined Australia-India XI • Is Rahane ready to relaunch his Test career? • Question marks surround India for World Test final Meanwhile, after they were beaten by New Zealand in the inaugural final in 2021, India are back and victory at The Oval would end a 10-year wait for an ICC trophy for the powerhouse of world cricket. "The players know when India won and when they didn't," said India skipper Rohit Sharma....

Main article: League table [ ] Pos. Team Matches Ded. Con. Pts. Pct. P W L D 1 19 11 3 5 0 228 152 66.7 2 18 10 5 3 5 216 127 58.8 3 15 8 6 1 0 180 100 55.6 4 22 10 8 4 12 264 124 47 5 12 5 6 1 0 144 64 44.44 6 13 4 6 3 0 156 60 38.46 7 14 4 6 4 0 168 64 38.1 8 13 4 7 2 2 156 54 34.6 9 12 1 10 1 0 144 16 11.1 Source: Last updated: 20 March 2023 Results [ ] Round Opponent Result Opponent Result Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 Series 4 Series 5 Series 6 Source: Squads [ ] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Changes [ ] • On 5 May 2023, • On 4 June 2023, Match [ ] Match details and scorecard [ ] • India won the toss and elected to field. • • • • • With this victory, Australia became the first team to win all ICC titles. Match officials [ ] • On-field • • • Summary [ ] Day 1 [ ] Australian opener Day 2 [ ] On the second day of the match, Smith also reached the milestone of scoring a century for the thirty-first time in Test cricket. It was then time for the Indian openers, Day 3 [ ] At the beginning of the third day, Bharat fell swiftly to Australia's second innings commenced with an early setback, as Warner was caught behind off Siraj's bowling. By tea, Australia had reached 23/1. However, in the post-tea session, Khawaja also fell victim to a catch behind off Day 4 [ ] On the fourth day's commencement, Labuschagne was caught in the With a target of 444 runs, India faced the task of chasing down what would have been a record-breaking chase in Test crick...

The two venues in London will succeed Southampton, which hosted the inaugural final between New Zealand and India in 2021. New Zealand emerged as the victors in the first edition of the World Test Championship. The Oval will host the final in June 2023, with the top two teams from the World Test Championship standings making the cut. The Oval has previously hosted the finals of the 2004 and the 2017 editions of the ICC Men's Champions Trophy. Australia and South Africa are currently the top two teams in the standings, with a host of teams on their trail, hoping to surpass them on the table. Australia have a points percentage of 70, followed by South Africa on 60%. Australia and South Africa will also clash against each other in a three-match series in the current cycle in December-January, which could have a big bearing on the final points table. Sri Lanka (53.33%), India (52.08%) and Pakistan (51.85%) round up the top five of the standings. With many series still to go in the current cycle, there could be many twists and turns in the points table before the two finalists are decided. The next edition's Final will take place at Lord's in London, an iconic venue, which has hosted several high profile ICC matches, including the epic 2019 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup final. “We are delighted to be hosting next year’s ICC World Test Championship Final at The Oval which has such a rich legacy and an amazing atmosphere, which is ideal for such an important fixture on the calendar...

Australia have defeated India by 209 runs to win their first-ever WTC mace and become the only men's team to win all ICC men's trophies The Aussies set the tone right off the first ball, going at India's bowling lineup on a pitch which wasn't deemed to be high scoring to put up a total of 469 runs in the first innings. Thereon, the bowlers took over, with Boland and co. dismantling India's batting lineup across both innings. It was an all-around collective effort from Australia, which paid off the hard work and dedication they have shown over the last two years. India will be disappointed by the fact that their 10-year winless streak in ICC trophies continues. However, what will be more disappointing for them would be their performance across the whole match. Barring Rahane, no one else really showed their very best, and Ashwin's omission from the lineup will be on the back of many people's minds for sometime. A lot to work on for Dravid and Rohit, however, this could prove to be a turning point for the better for India in the long run. MORE: Australia lift 2023 WTC Mace The first team to win all the ICC Men's titles 👏 Australia vs India WTC Final 2023: Day 5 scorecard IND 2nd Innings: 234/10 after 63.4 overs (AUS win by 209 runs) IND Batting Batsman Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike Rate Rohit Sharma lbw b Lyon 33 41 5 1 80.49 Shubman Gill c Green b Boland 18 19 2 0 94.74 Cheteshwar Pujara c Carey b Cummins 27 47 5 0 57.45 Virat Kohli c Smit b Boland 49 78 7 0 62.82 Ajinkya Rahane ...

All the Test cricket attention this winter is justifiably fixated on the upcoming Ashes, but before Australia does battle with England for the urn, there's the small matter of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) World Test Championship final in London. Australia will meet India at The Oval in the second-ever final, the biennial conclusion to find the world's best Test team. And, although situated conveniently as a warm up ahead of the five Ashes series, there is silverware up for grabs in this match, which could elevate its importance. You can follow all the action from The Oval in the ABC Sport live blog from Wednesday, June 7 from 7:00pm AEST, or listen to live commentary from 7:15pm AEST on the ABC Listen App via the dedicated red cricket button. Here's everything you need to know. What is the ICC World Test Championship? New Zealand were the inaugural World Test Championship winners. ( Getty Images: Alex Davidson) The ICC introduced the World Test Championship in 2019 in an attempt to breathe some desperately needed life into the format. Outside of England, Australia and India, Test cricket was — and plenty would say still is — slowly dying, losing relevance amidst changing societal preferences, exacerbated by the rise of T20 franchise cricket. Essentially, the ICC proposed a league-style format over a two-year period where each Test played was worth points. At the end of the two-year period, during which a team must play three home series and three away series, ...