New Delhi
The Australian team are set to face India in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Ovals in London starting from June 7.
Australia topped the WTC points table in the 2021-23 cycle with 66.67 points per cent in 19 Tests, while India made its cut for the final with 58.8 per cent.
In the first WTC final, New Zealand became the champions of Test cricket after beating India at Southampton in 2021, as the WTC event has a two-year cycle.
Australia missed by a narrow margin entering the WTC final in 2021 due to a slow over rate penalty, but this time they played brilliantly and reached the final in England.
Australia qualified for the WTC final in the top spot. They played 19 matches and won 11 of them, while India earned 10 wins after playing 18 test matches.
Before the Aussies play to claim the Test Championship, let’s see the journey of Australia to reach the final against India.
Ashes (England vs Australia) – December 2021-January 2022 (won 4-0)
The Aussies outplayed England in the Ashes series held between December 2021 and January 2022. They won the series 4-0.
In the first test, they won comfortably by nine wickets. Pat Cummins’s clobbering bowling spell bundled the England side for just 147 runs in the first innings. Then, Travis Head played a blistering knock of 152, and David Warner’s 94 helped Australia post 425 in the first inning.
In the second innings, spinner Nathan Lyon did the job and restricted England to 297. Australia chased the 19-run target quickly.
