Five Test wins in a row, made up of away victories over West Indies in Guyana in August, two in Bangladesh in October and two more over Sri Lanka, means South Africa top the table of Test results over the last two-year cycle and are within touching distance of a place in the final at Lord’s from June 11-15.
Australia will head into the Ashes series with their batters occupying the top three spots in the men's Test rankings.
India have been fined 100 percent and Australia 80 percent of their match fees for slow over rates in the World Test Championship final, the International Cricket Council said Monday.
India opener Shubman Gill will be fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct after the cricketer criticised the umpire over his dismissal.
Former Indian cricketers including Sunil Gavaskar also slammed India's batting after a disappointing show in their loss to Australia in Sunday's World Test Championship final.
Cummins's men succeeded inaugural WTC champions New Zealand as international cricket's premier red-ball team with a 209-run rout of India at The Oval
Former cricketers including Sunil Gavaskar slammed India's batting after a disappointing show in their loss to Australia in Sunday's World Test Championship final.
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 at The Oval on Sunday.
"At the time, I definitely thought I caught it," Green, who also pulled off a blinder of a catch at gully during India's first innings to dismiss Ajinkya Rahane, told reporters
Five Test wins in a row, made up of away victories over West Indies in Guyana in August, two in Bangladesh in October and two more over Sri Lanka, means South Africa top the table of Test results over the last two-year cycle and are within touching distance of a place in the final at Lord’s from June 11-15.
Australia will head into the Ashes series with their batters occupying the top three spots in the men's Test rankings.
India have been fined 100 percent and Australia 80 percent of their match fees for slow over rates in the World Test Championship final, the International Cricket Council said Monday.
India opener Shubman Gill will be fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct after the cricketer criticised the umpire over his dismissal.
Former Indian cricketers including Sunil Gavaskar also slammed India's batting after a disappointing show in their loss to Australia in Sunday's World Test Championship final.
Cummins's men succeeded inaugural WTC champions New Zealand as international cricket's premier red-ball team with a 209-run rout of India at The Oval
Former cricketers including Sunil Gavaskar slammed India's batting after a disappointing show in their loss to Australia in Sunday's World Test Championship final.
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 at The Oval on Sunday.
"At the time, I definitely thought I caught it," Green, who also pulled off a blinder of a catch at gully during India's first innings to dismiss Ajinkya Rahane, told reporters
Ajinkya Rahane came agonisingly close to marking his return from Test wilderness with a century in the World Test Championship (WTC) final on Friday.
