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On 8 June 2021, the ICC appointed the match officials for the final, with Michael Gough and Richard Illingworth named as the on-field umpires. [20] Prior to the final, the Indian team played a four-day intra-squad practice match between Captain Virat Kohli XI and Captain KL Rahul XI at the Rose Bowl. [21]
The WTC league games are organized by the host nation's cricketing board, whereas the WTC finals is organized directly by the ICC. The inaugural ICC World Test Championship started with the 2019 Ashes series and finished with New Zealand lifting the trophy after defeating India in the final in June 2021.
It started on 1 August 2019 with the first Test of the 2019 Ashes series, [2] and finished with the Final at the Rose Bowl, Southampton in June 2021. It came nearly a decade after the International Cricket Council (ICC) first approved the idea for a World Test Championship in 2010, and following two cancelled attempts to hold the inaugural ...
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The five-match Pataudi Trophy between England and India, started 4 August 2021, started the second cycle of the World Test Championship. [6] [7] [8] That series, along with the Ashes in December 2021, were the only two series comprising five Tests in the second WTC cycle. [9] [10] [11] New Zealand were the defending champions.
Prior to the introduction of the World Test Championship (WTC) Final, the mace was awarded to the team at the top of the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Since the inception of the WTC Final, the mace has been awarded to the winning team, with the New Zealand team being the first recipient under this new system.
Score Team Opponent Venue Date 823/7d (150.0 overs) England Pakistan: Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan, Pakistan: 7 October 2024 659/6d (158.5 overs) New Zealand: Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand: 3 January 2021 657 (101.0 overs) England: Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan: 1 December 2022 654/6d (154.0 overs) Australia Sri Lanka
Australia made their first-ever appearance in the WTC final, whereas India had previously suffered a defeat against New Zealand in the 2021 final. [9] Their most recent test series, the 2022-23 Border-Gavaskar Trophy , was the last encounter between the two teams. [ 9 ]