Kohli exposed as Australia beat India to win World Test Championship final

11.06.2023 - 13:07 theguardian.com

Now for the Ashes. Australia secured the first and biggest (physically) of the two trophies they hope to bring home with them from England by wrapping up victory over India in the World Test Championship final, winning in the end by an emphatic 209 runs after a performance that, for all the penultimate-day catch-related micro-controversy, demonstrated unarguable superiority.

For India there would be no miracle. For them to have pulled off what would have been a world-record run chase, or even for them to cling on for the draw that would have seen them share the trophy, they needed Virat Kohli to pull a rabbit out of the hat – and to do it very slowly.

He lasted exactly half an hour. Sign up to The Spin Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week’s action after newsletter promotion Scott Boland looks an unlikely sporting hero.

He has the build of a farmyard labourer, as if he might be as good at shifting bales of hay as he turns out to be at shifting batters.

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LONDON: Scott Boland sparked a dramatic collapse as a dominant Australia hammered India by 209 runs to win the World Test Championship final at The Oval on Sunday.

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Pat Cummins said he was preparing for an “era-defining” few weeks after leading his Australia side to victory in the World Test Championship final just five days before the Ashes get under way at Edgbaston. “We’ve seen it as one big tour with two huge titles to play for,” he said. “It’s good to tick the first one off.”

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Australia swiftly ended any hopes of a record-breaking India win to seal victory by 209 runs in the World Test Championship final at The Oval on Sunday.