World test championship winners

Main article: Route to the final [ ] Round Opponent Result Opponent Result Series 1 Series 2 Series 3 Series 4 Series 5 Series 6 Pos Team P W L D PC Pts PCT 1 6 5 1 0 720 520 72.20 In reference to number of series played Final League standings Pos Team P W L D PC Pts PCT 2 5 3 1 1 600 420 70.00 In reference to number of series played 2021 ICC World Test Championship Final Squads [ ] • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • On 15 June 2021, New Zealand confirmed their squad of 15 players for the match. Match [ ] Match details and scorecard [ ] • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. • No play was possible on days 1 and 4 due to rain. • 33.2 overs were lost on day 2 due to bad light. • The planned reserve day was used to make up time lost earlier in the match. Match officials [ ] • On-field • • • Summary [ ] Day 1 [ ] The first day of play was scheduled to take place on Friday 18 June 2021. As had been forecast, there was heavy rain throughout the day which Day 2 [ ] The third day was another day of rain showers, and play was delayed slightly, beginning at 11am. Kohli fell in the third over of the day, lbw to Jamieson without adding to his overnight score of 44. In the third over after lunch, Jamieson took two wickets in two balls, dismissing Ishant Sharma with a ball which was caught at slip, followed by an Day 4 [ ] The fourth day of the Test was rained out and no play was possible. New Zealand remained at 101 for the loss of two wickets. Day 5 ...

ICC World Test Championship final, Hampshire Bowl (day six - reserve day) India 217 & 170: Pant 41, Southee 4-48, Boult 3-39, Jamieson 2-30 New Zealand 249 & 140-2 (Williamson 52*, Taylor 47*) New Zealand won by eight wickets Scorecard New Zealand were crowned the first Test world champions after completing a stunning eight-wicket win over India on a dramatic sixth day of the final in Southampton. India resumed 64-2, 32 ahead, only for Kyle Jamieson to remove captain Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara before their lead had passed 40. Rishabh Pant gave India hope with a counter-attacking 41 but skied a catch to Henry Nicholls, who clung on brilliantly running back from gully. Pant's wicket sparked the loss of the last four wickets for 14 runs and left India 40 short of what would have been a challenging target. New Zealand lost openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway with the finish line more than 100 runs away but captain Kane Williamson and the experienced Ross Taylor steered New Zealand home superbly. Williamson, who crucially overturned an lbw dismissal when on one, finished 52 not out and Taylor, put down on 27 by Pujara, unbeaten on 47 as New Zealand won with seven overs left. It saw New Zealand topple cricket's superpower India and claim the biggest win in their history - their first triumph in a major global cricket tournament. The action on the reserve day, needed because of all the time lost to the weather earlier in the match, also provided a fitting finale to the Wor...

Winners of World Test Championship final between Australia and India to earn close to £1.3m Australia and India meet in World Test Championship final at The Kia Oval from June 7-11 - live on Sky Sports - with the winners to earn close to £1.3m; England scoop around £284,000 after finishing fourth in standings; England face Australia in Ashes series in June and July England, who came fourth in the table following a resurgence under captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum, scooped around £284,000. All nine World Test Championship participants - the other sides involved were Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh - earned a share of the $3.8m (£3.076m) purse.