World test championship final 2022

Summary • Dominant Australia close on 327-3 • Head 146* and Smith 95* • Pair put on unbeaten stand of 251 • Warner caught for 43, Khawaja removed for duck & Labuschagne bowled for 26 • Use audio icon at top of the page to listen to Test Match Special commentary • Get in touch with us via #bbccricket, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or via text to 81111 (UK only - texts charged at standard message rate) Video caption: Best shots of Head's 100 Best shots of Head's 100 That's all from us after day one of the World Test Championship final. We'll be back tomorrow from 10:00 BST, with commentary on India need quick wickets with the second new ball and they are already up against it to avoid another WTC final defeat. Join us again tomorrow! It's not as many as they have liked after choosing to bowl but India did manage to take three wickets on day one. Usman Khawaja was caught behind off Mohammed Siraj for a duck, David Warner was strangled down leg off Shardul Thakur and Mohammed Shami then bowled Marnus Labuschagne after lunch. It all seemed to be going quite well for them at that stage...

WTC Final RACE – Australia beat SA Highlights: Australia has beaten South Africa in MCG Test to almost secure entry in FINAL of World Test Championships. They will now only have to draw the 3rd test in Sydney or win 1 of the TEST vs India in forthcoming 4 match TEST SERIES to go through the FINALS of WTC. India now is firmly saddled in 2nd Position. Check what India & South Africa needs to do to Qualify for WTC FINALS. No other team now remains in contention for place in FINAL: Follow WTC Final RACE & Indian Cricket Team LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN WTC Final RACE: Australia almost through to FINALS of World Test Championship, Check what India needs to do to QUALIFY? Follow LIVE UPDATES How India can qualify for WTC FINAL? South Africa’s loss to Australia in the first Test in Brisbane & now at MCG has helped India’s cause. India with 2-0 series win over Bangladesh themselves have supported their chances to QUALIFY for FINALS. India is now NO. 2 and South Africa have fallen to 4th SPOT. SriLanka has taken NO. 3 spot now but have little chance to topple India. WTC Final RACE – Latest WTC Points TABLE Where do India STAND? India began the Bangladesh series with 52. 08% percentage points (PCT) while South Africa were on 60%. India’s two wins helped them garner 24 points and took their percentage points to 58. SA’s TWIN loss have plummeted their percentage points to 50%. SriLanka meanwhile has 53.33% Australia with 132 points and percentage points of 78.57% are all but thro...

Babar said the fact that Pakistan has played in the finals of the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup was a boost for the side although a number of players were different in the Test squad. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES Babar said the fact that Pakistan has played in the finals of the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup was a boost for the side although a number of players were different in the Test squad. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Wednesday said the upcoming Test series against England at home will give his team its best shot to grab a final spot in the second edition of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC). Pakistan has won four, lost three and drawn two matches in its WTC campaign to be placed at the fifth position in the overall standings. “It is a very important series for us because England plays a Test series in Pakistan after 17 years and also because we want to play in the World Test (Championship) final,” Babar said. Pakistan will play three Tests against England, starting here on Thursday. PAK vs ENG: Ben Stokes among several England players to fall ill Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi is undergoing rehabilitation following an injury to his knee but Babar didn’t agree that his absence will leav its bowling attack depleted. “Our bowling has been our source of strength for a while now whether it is red-ball or white-ball formats. The bowlers have always come good for us,” he said. Pakistan has included three pacers in its Test squad - Haris R...

The Oval could be the venue for the 2023 World Test Championship final and it is likely to feature Australia and South Africa. Photograph: Ben Hoskins/Getty Images for Surrey CCC The Oval could be the venue for the 2023 World Test Championship final and it is likely to feature Australia and South Africa. Photograph: Ben Hoskins/Getty Images for Surrey CCC Read more While As the birthplace of the Ashes in 1880, the Oval is not short on history and Surrey’s chief executive, Steve Elworthy, has a strong record in this field. The former South Africa international has overseen the staging of seven global events in his previous roles with the ICC and ECB, including the 2019 World Cup. The start date for the 2023 World Test Championship is still to be decided – it will begin on either 6 or 8 June – with Australia and South Africa occupying the top two places in the league table. South Africa will remain second even if they lose the third Test with England that starts on Thursday tomorrow but that would open up the field to others. Should Australia make the final, it would mean they would head straight into their defence of the Ashes that is expected to start at Edgbaston on 16 June. Though not confirmed, the series is likely to then follow the same pattern as 2019, with Tests at Lord’s (from 28 June), Headingley (6 July), Old Trafford (19 July) and the Oval (27 July).

India to back spinners or quicks India have a critical call to make on whether to take one, two or perhaps even three spinners into the WTC final in the typically swing and seam-friendly conditions in England. Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel have all been included in the squad after each played a pivotal role in the recent 2-1 Test series victory over Australia on home soil, and will hope to have done enough to seal their spots at The Oval. It will be difficult to discount the spin twins Ashwin and Jadeja that demoralised Australia with a combined 47 wickets in India during the Border-Gavaskar series before the WTC final, but a green-top may well make the decision for India. Axar (three wickets at 62 in series against Australia) was by no means as prolific, though put together 264 runs at 88 in the series, and would provide insurance from a batting point of view. Ravi Shastri joins Sanjana Ganesan on The ICC Review and reveals how highly he rates Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja among India's best ever spinners Left-arm pacer a left-field option While India will miss Jasprit Bumrah as he continues his rehabilitation from a back injury, India still have a plethora of quick-bowling options. Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Umesh Yadav have been selected as the leading pacers with Shardul Thakur and Jaydev Unadkat the likely back ups. Shami was the pick of the India quicks in the series against Australia with nine wickets, and has the experience o...