Test championship 2023

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 fixtures for the next World Test Championship (WTC) cycle 2023-25 have been announced with India slated to host England, Bangladesh and New Zealand in the next cycle, which commences with the upcoming Ashes 2023 from 16 June. The WTC started in 2019 with the first cycle concluding with New Zealand’s 8-wicket win over India in the WTC final in 2021. India lost to Australia by 209 runs on Sunday in the second final. In the 2023-25 cycle, India will have to tour Australia, West Indies, and South Africa for their away games, including the next edition of the Border Gavaskar trophy. WTC Final 2023: Oil protest threat forces ICC to have two pitches WTC Final 2023: On day two, we planned to bowl only bouncers to Travis Head, says Mohammed Siraj The third WTC cycle will have England play the most number of games, 22 Tests. The present finalists Australia and India follow with 21 and 20 matches respectively. Australia topped the present cycle with India at the second position. Nine teams will participate in the third cycle and there won’t be any changes in the rules. A win is 12 points, a draw is four points and a tie is 6 points, with the percentage of points deciding the final standing as not all sides will have the same number of games. WTC Final Highlights, India vs Australia Day 2: Australia restrict India to 151/5 at stumps after posting 469 WTC Final 2023 IND vs AUS Highlights, Day 2 Match Updates: IND 151/5; Ajinkya Rahane remains unbeaten on 29 off 71 deliveries at clo...