Ind vs aus

Now for the Ashes. Australia secured the first and biggest (physically) of the two trophies they hope to bring home with them from England by wrapping up victory against India in the India arrived for the final day in search of a miracle. To pull off what would have been a world-record run chase, or even to cling on for the draw that would have led to them sharing the trophy, they needed Virat Kohli to pull a rabbit out of the hat – and to do it extremely slowly. He lasted just half an hour. Read more Scott Boland looks an unlikely sporting hero. He has the build of a farmyard labourer, as if he might be as good at shifting bales of hay as he turns out to be at shifting batters. After each delivery he walks back to his mark in the manner of someone who is not at all keen on actually getting there. There is not so much a spring in his step as a winter, deep and dark and foreboding. He bowled the first over of the day, a crowd still full of optimism cheering even the dot balls, and there were six of them. Pat Cummins took the second, as India slowly felt their way into their work. Ajinkya Rahane hit to point for a couple, Kohli running forwards for the first and jogging backwards for the second, eye always on the ball. If he wasn’t wearing spikes he would probably have been moonwalking. “Kohli, Kohli, Kohli,” they chanted. Nathan Lyon celebrates after taking the wicket of India’s Mohammed Siraj to win the World Test Championship final with his Australia teammates. Photograph...

The Australian team celebrate as captain Pat Cummins holds the winners trophy during the victory ceremony for the ICC World Test Championship Final at The Oval cricket ground in London, Sunday, June 11, 2023. Australian defeated India on the last day of the test. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) India vs Australia Day 5 Highlights, WTC Final 2023: From start to finish, Australia have led this Test and are rightly crowned the best red ball team in the world. They have dfeated India by 209 runs to win the World Test Championship. Australia becomes the first team in the history of the game to win all the major ICC events. This is the ninth time Australia have taken an ICC Trophy. India lost their last seven wickets for 55 runs. There weren’t any demons in the pitch and India looked untroubled in the first half an hour. "Yeah, it was difficult. We have seen that we keep fighting no matter how far we are as per the situation. We have fought and made comebacks in the past. We gave a good fight in two days. We needed a brilliant, exceptional performance. Obviously, they had the upper hand, and then gave away the wicket. It can happen. It was not a 469 runs wicket. I feel the runs we have leaked at the tail-order that is a thing. We knew what line and length we had to bowl, we didn't bowl the right line. We gave away room to Travis Head who capitalised. I feel, in that stage, we went behind. Maybe, in the second innings, we could have been careful while playing a few shots. "We made...

LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) - Australia were all out for 469 in their first innings on day two of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India at The Oval on Thursday. Travis Head (163) and Steve Smith (121) forged a 285-run partnership to provide the bedrock of the Australia innings after being put into bat. Mohammed Siraj (4-108) was the pick of the Indian bowlers, while Mohammed Shami and Shardul Thakur claimed two wickets apiece for the 2021 runners-up.