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The WTC 2021–23 cycle began in August 2021 with Pataudi Trophy (5 matches series between India and England). [21] The International Cricket Council officially announced the full programme with a new points system. [22] Australia qualified for the final by winning the 3rd Test Match of the 2022–23 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. [23]
However, in the early days of Test cricket, matches were played for three or four days. England hosted Ireland at Lord's on 1st June 2023 for a four-day test. [23] There were also frequent six-day tests until the 1970s. [24] Four-day Test matches were last played in 1973, between New Zealand and Pakistan. [25]
The final of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship, a Test cricket match, was played from 7 to 11 June 2023 at The Oval, London, between Australia and India. [1] Australia won the match by 209 runs to win the second edition of the ICC World Test Championship. This marked Australia's maiden win of the Championship.
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The five-match series was a part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship, [3] the venues being Edgbaston, Lord's, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval. [ 4 ] The result was a 2–2 draw, with Australia retaining the Ashes (having won in 2021–22 ).
It was the first triple hundred in Tests. Sandham was 39 years and 275 days old, and playing his last Test match: he is Test cricket's oldest triple-centurion. He had also scored 50 in the second innings, for a match total of 375 which remained a record until 1974 (GS Chappell, 247* and 133).
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.
26 September - The BBC shows live coverage of a women's international match for the first time since the 1993 World Cup final. [43] 2021. 5 February – The first live coverage of a test match on terrestrial television for more than 15 years is broadcast on Channel 4 when the channel begins showing England’s test series against India. [44]