Pakistan eye WTC push as Shaheen brushes aside 2024 defeat to Bangladesh
Pakistan will begin their away Test series against Bangladesh hoping to improve their position in the current ICC World Test Championship standings.
Pakistan will begin their away Test series against Bangladesh hoping to improve their position in the current ICC World Test Championship standings.
Australia, the 2023 World Test Championship winners have enjoyed a flawless start, sweeping West Indies away in the Caribbean before retaining the Ashes in emphatic fashion.
Latham and Conway put on a commanding 323-run stand for the first wicket during the third Test against the West Indies at Mount Maunganui, surpassing the previous benchmark of 317 set by Rohit and Mayank against South Africa in Visakhapatnam in 2019
Two days after they made history by beating Australia, South Africa's victorious ICC World Test Championship squad returned to the scene of their famous triumph on Monday when they descended on Lord's for more celebrations
Australia have suffered a huge blow when premier batter Steve Smith was sent for X-ray at a nearby hospital after suffering a compound dislocation in his right little finger during Day Three’s play in the ICC World Test Championship final against South Africa at the Lord’s here on Friday.
But Kane Williamson has refused to look too far ahead to the WTC final next year saying that he'd rather focus on the present.
Changes in rules of Test Championship were made to determine the nine teams' standings on the points table after the pandemic cancelled several series.
India continue to lead the table with 360 points from four series. India and Australia are next slated to take on each other in the four-Test Border Gavaskar Trophy
"Women's cricket is as much affected as men's cricket. The planning is going ahead for the event and the situation is being monitored."
The World Test Championship has nine of the 12 Test-playing nations that clash swords in a two-year cycle.
