A fired-up Australia wasted little time in crushing Indian hopes of staging a final-day miracle as they romped to a 209-run victory in the World Test Championship (WTC) final on Sunday.
by crushing India by 209 runs on the fifth morning of the final at the Oval on Sunday.
Everyone hit the ground running, some after months out; Warner toughed out 43 in the first innings; and Green and Boland starred in a bowling unit which relentlessly hit the right lines and lengths to bustle out India twice.“Everyone was switched on,” proud Australia captain Pat Cummins said. “At times we weren’t our slickest but for the most part we were in control.
Kohli was on the cusp of a half-century. He was hustling towards the special innings demanded again from him, a test century he hasn’t scored overseas or in a fourth innings since 2018. Boland almost bagged a third wicket in the over when Srikar Bharat edged over the slips and 1.7-metre Warner couldn’t leap high enough.
Wicketkeeper Alex Carey also was key with scores of 48 and 66 not out, and seven catches in the final in which Australia posted 469 and 270-8 declared.Victory gave Cummins, Smith, Starc and Warner men’s world titles across cricket’s formats: Tests, one-day internationals, and Twenty20s. Choosing which one was more satisfying, Cummins said, was “like trying to pick your favourite kid”.
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