Australia v India Final

ICC World Test Championship - 2021 (2021-2023) · Kennington Oval, London · 7 June 2023

Australia won by 209 runs

Australia won by 209 runs. Travis Head top-scored with 163 for Australia. Nathan Lyon took 4/41.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: ICC World Test Championship - 2021 (2021-2023)
Ground: Kennington Oval, London
Dates: 7 June 2023 to 11 June 2023
Toss: India, chose to field
Result: Australia won by 209 runs
Player of the match: Travis Head
Captains: Pat Cummins (Australia), Rohit Sharma (India)
Umpires: CB Gaffaney and RK Illingworth
Match referee: RB Richardson

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to field.

Australia batted first and made 469 all out. Travis Head top-scored with 163 off 174 balls, and Steven Smith made 121. Mohammed Siraj took 4 for 108 for India. The innings was built on a 285-run stand for the fourth wicket between Steven Smith and Travis Head, 61% of the total.

India replied with 296 all out. Ajinkya Rahane top-scored with 89 off 129 balls, and Shardul Thakur made 51. Pat Cummins took 3 for 83 for Australia. The innings was built on a 109-run stand for the seventh wicket between Ajinkya Rahane and Shardul Thakur. Australia led by 173 on first innings.

Australia made 270 for 8 declared in their second innings. Alex Carey top-scored with 66 not out off 105 balls, and Marnus Labuschagne made 41. Ravindra Jadeja took 3 for 58 for India.

Set 444 to win, India made 234 all out. Virat Kohli top-scored with 49 off 78 balls, and Ajinkya Rahane made 46. Nathan Lyon took 4 for 41 for Australia.

Australia won by 209 runs.

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 469 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
David Warner	c Srikar Bharat b Shardul Thakur	43	60
Usman Khawaja	c Srikar Bharat b Mohammed Siraj	0	10
Marnus Labuschagne	b Mohammed Shami	26	62
Steven Smith	b Shardul Thakur	121	268
Travis Head	c Srikar Bharat b Mohammed Siraj	163	174
Cameron Green	c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Shami	6	7
Alex Carey	lbw b Ravindra Jadeja	48	69
Mitchell Starc	run out (Axar Patel)	5	20
Pat Cummins	c Ajinkya Rahane b Mohammed Siraj	9	34
Nathan Lyon	b Mohammed Siraj	9	25
Scott Boland	not out	1	7

Extras 38 · Total 469 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Mohammed Shami	29	4	122	2
Mohammed Siraj	28.3	4	108	4
Umesh Yadav	23	5	77	0
Shardul Thakur	23	4	83	2
Ravindra Jadeja	18	2	56	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-2 (Usman Khawaja, 3.4 ov), 2-71 (David Warner, 21.4 ov), 3-76 (Marnus Labuschagne, 24.1 ov), 4-361 (Travis Head, 91.1 ov), 5-376 (Cameron Green, 94.2 ov), 6-387 (Steven Smith, 98.1 ov), 7-402 (Mitchell Starc, 103.5 ov), 8-453 (Alex Carey, 114.4 ov), 9-468 (Nathan Lyon, 119.5 ov), 10-469 (Pat Cummins, 121.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Usman Khawaja (0) and David Warner (2)	2	22
second	David Warner (41) and Marnus Labuschagne (26)	69	108
third	Steven Smith (4) and Marnus Labuschagne (0)	5	15
fourth	Steven Smith (106) and Travis Head (163)	285	408
fifth	Steven Smith (9) and Cameron Green (6)	15	19
sixth	Steven Smith (2) and Alex Carey (8)	11	23
seventh	Mitchell Starc (5) and Alex Carey (6)	15	33
eighth	Alex Carey (34) and Pat Cummins (7)	51	66
ninth	Nathan Lyon (9) and Pat Cummins (2)	15	31
tenth	Scott Boland (1) and Pat Cummins (0)	1	10

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 296 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Rohit Sharma	lbw b Pat Cummins	15	26
Shubman Gill	b Scott Boland	13	15
Cheteshwar Pujara	b Cameron Green	14	25
Virat Kohli	c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc	14	31
Ajinkya Rahane	c Cameron Green b Pat Cummins	89	129
Ravindra Jadeja	c Steven Smith b Nathan Lyon	48	51
Srikar Bharat	b Scott Boland	5	15
Shardul Thakur	c Alex Carey b Cameron Green	51	109
Umesh Yadav	b Pat Cummins	5	11
Mohammed Shami	c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	13	11
Mohammed Siraj	not out	0	3

Extras 29 · Total 296 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	13.4	0	71	2
Pat Cummins	20	2	83	3
Scott Boland	20	6	59	2
Cameron Green	12	1	44	2
Nathan Lyon	4	0	19	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-30 (Rohit Sharma, 5.6 ov), 2-30 (Shubman Gill, 6.4 ov), 3-50 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 13.5 ov), 4-71 (Virat Kohli, 18.2 ov), 5-142 (Ravindra Jadeja, 34.3 ov), 6-152 (Srikar Bharat, 38.2 ov), 7-261 (Ajinkya Rahane, 61.6 ov), 8-271 (Umesh Yadav, 65.5 ov), 9-294 (Shardul Thakur, 68.3 ov), 10-296 (Mohammed Shami, 69.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rohit Sharma (15) and Shubman Gill (13)	30	37
second	Cheteshwar Pujara (0) and Shubman Gill (0)	0	4
third	Cheteshwar Pujara (14) and Virat Kohli (6)	20	43
fourth	Virat Kohli (8) and Ajinkya Rahane (12)	21	28
fifth	Ravindra Jadeja (48) and Ajinkya Rahane (15)	71	100
sixth	Ajinkya Rahane (3) and Srikar Bharat (5)	10	23
seventh	Ajinkya Rahane (59) and Shardul Thakur (37)	109	145
eighth	Umesh Yadav (5) and Shardul Thakur (3)	10	23
ninth	Shardul Thakur (11) and Mohammed Shami (11)	23	16
tenth	Mohammed Shami (2) and Mohammed Siraj (0)	2	7

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 270 FOR 8 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Usman Khawaja	c Srikar Bharat b Umesh Yadav	13	39
David Warner	c Srikar Bharat b Mohammed Siraj	1	8
Marnus Labuschagne	c Cheteshwar Pujara b Umesh Yadav	41	126
Steven Smith	c Shardul Thakur b Ravindra Jadeja	34	47
Travis Head	c & b Ravindra Jadeja	18	27
Cameron Green	b Ravindra Jadeja	25	95
Alex Carey	not out	66	105
Mitchell Starc	c Virat Kohli b Mohammed Shami	41	57
Pat Cummins	c Axar Patel b Mohammed Shami	5	5

Did not bat: Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland

Extras 26 · Total 270 for 8 declared

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Mohammed Shami	16.3	6	39	2
Mohammed Siraj	20	2	80	1
Shardul Thakur	8	1	21	0
Umesh Yadav	17	1	54	2
Ravindra Jadeja	23	4	58	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-2 (David Warner, 3.3 ov), 2-24 (Usman Khawaja, 14.1 ov), 3-86 (Steven Smith, 30.1 ov), 4-111 (Travis Head, 36.3 ov), 5-124 (Marnus Labuschagne, 46.4 ov), 6-167 (Cameron Green, 62.6 ov), 7-260 (Mitchell Starc, 82.6 ov), 8-270 (Pat Cummins, 84.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Usman Khawaja (1) and David Warner (1)	2	21
second	Usman Khawaja (12) and Marnus Labuschagne (8)	22	65
third	Steven Smith (34) and Marnus Labuschagne (27)	62	96
fourth	Travis Head (18) and Marnus Labuschagne (1)	25	39
fifth	Marnus Labuschagne (5) and Cameron Green (8)	13	61
sixth	Alex Carey (22) and Cameron Green (17)	43	98
seventh	Mitchell Starc (41) and Alex Carey (42)	93	120
eighth	Alex Carey (2) and Pat Cummins (5)	10	9

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 234 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Rohit Sharma	lbw b Nathan Lyon	43	60
Shubman Gill	c Cameron Green b Scott Boland	18	19
Cheteshwar Pujara	c Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	27	47
Virat Kohli	c Steven Smith b Scott Boland	49	78
Ajinkya Rahane	c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	46	108
Ravindra Jadeja	c Alex Carey b Scott Boland	0	2
Srikar Bharat	c & b Nathan Lyon	23	41
Shardul Thakur	lbw b Nathan Lyon	0	5
Umesh Yadav	c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	1	12
Mohammed Shami	not out	13	8
Mohammed Siraj	c Scott Boland b Nathan Lyon	1	6

Extras 13 · Total 234 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Pat Cummins	13	1	55	1
Scott Boland	16	2	46	3
Mitchell Starc	14	1	77	2
Cameron Green	5	0	13	0
Nathan Lyon	15.3	2	41	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-41 (Shubman Gill, 7.1 ov), 2-92 (Rohit Sharma, 19.5 ov), 3-93 (Cheteshwar Pujara, 20.4 ov), 4-179 (Virat Kohli, 46.3 ov), 5-179 (Ravindra Jadeja, 46.5 ov), 6-212 (Ajinkya Rahane, 56.2 ov), 7-213 (Shardul Thakur, 57.4 ov), 8-220 (Umesh Yadav, 60.2 ov), 9-224 (Srikar Bharat, 61.5 ov), 10-234 (Mohammed Siraj, 63.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rohit Sharma (22) and Shubman Gill (18)	41	44
second	Cheteshwar Pujara (27) and Rohit Sharma (21)	51	77
third	Cheteshwar Pujara (0) and Virat Kohli (0)	1	6
fourth	Virat Kohli (49) and Ajinkya Rahane (30)	86	157
fifth	Ravindra Jadeja (0) and Ajinkya Rahane (0)	0	2
sixth	Ajinkya Rahane (16) and Srikar Bharat (16)	33	57
seventh	Shardul Thakur (0) and Srikar Bharat (1)	1	8
eighth	Umesh Yadav (1) and Srikar Bharat (6)	7	16
ninth	Mohammed Shami (4) and Srikar Bharat (0)	4	9
tenth	Mohammed Shami (9) and Mohammed Siraj (1)	10	10

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