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Australia have won the World Test Championship Final against India at The Oval by 209 runs.
Travis Head's career-defining 163-run first innings set up the win and earned him man of the match honours. Steve Smith added 121 runs and formed a damaging partnership with Head which led the Aussies to a first innings score of 469 runs, immediately putting India on the back foot.
India were let down by their top order in the first innings as their first four batters combined for a total of 56 runs, but the middle and lower order carried them to a total of 296 to keep things interesting.
Australia declared at 8/270 in their second innings led by Alex Carey's 66 runs leaving India the difficult but not impossible task of chasing down 444 runs in the fourth innings. India's final innings started off well, but they lost their last 6 wickets for just 55 runs and fell short by 210 runs as the Aussie bowlers led by Nathan Lyon took command of the match.
Lyon took 4/41 to lead an extremely balanced bowling attack for the Aussies, giving him a total of five wickets for the match. Scott Boland also took five, Mitch Starc and Pat Cummins took four each and all-rounder Cam Green took two, both in the first innings.
A detailed look at Australia's 20-match path to World Test Championship glory including results and statistics.
AUSTRALIA'S 20-MATCH PATH TO WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP GLORY.
DECEMBER 2021
Australia beat England by nine wickets at the Gabba
Australia beat England by 275 runs at Adelaide Oval
Australia beat England by an innings and 146 runs at the MCG
JANUARY 2022
Australia drew with England at the SCG
Australia beat England by 146 runs at Blundstone Arena
MARCH 2022
Australia drew with Pakistan at Rawalpindi
Australia drew with Pakistan at Karachi
Australia beat Pakistan by 115 runs at Lahore
JUNE 2022
Australia beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets at Galle
Sri Lanka lost to Sri Lanka by an innings and 39 runs at Galle
NOVEMBER 2022
Australia beat West Indies by 164 runs at Optus Stadium
DECEMBER 2022
Australia beat West Indies by 419 runs at Adelaide Oval
Australia beat South Africa by six wickets at the Gabba
Australia beat South Africa by an innings and 182 runs at the MCG
JANUARY 2023
Australia drew with South Africa at the SCG
FEBRUARY 2023
Australia lost to India by an innings and 132 runs at Nagpur
Australia lost to India by six wickets Dehli
MARCH 2023
Australia beat India by nine wickets at Indore
Australia drew with India at Ahmedabad
JUNE 2023 (FINAL)
Australia beat India by 209 runs at The Oval
LEADING RUN-SCORERS
Usman Khawaja: 1621 runs at an average of 64.84
Marnus Labuschagne: 1576 runs at 52.53
Steve Smith: 1407 runs at 52.11
Travis Head: 1389 runs at 55.56
LEADING WICKET-TAKERS
Nathan Lyon: 88 wickets at an average of 26.12
Pat Cummins: 57 wickets at 22.15
Mitchell Starc: 55 wickets at 27.98
Scott Boland: 33 wickets at 14.57
PLAYERS USED: Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins, Cameron Green, Peter Handscomb, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Michael Neser, Matt Renshaw, Jhye Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.
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