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ICC World Test Championship Similar script with a few pieces here and there resulted in a similar result with West Indies losing the second Test comfortably by 133 runs conceding the series to Australia with a game to go. It was again a case of West Indies letting the match slip away after they had their opponents in a tricky situation with both bat and ball. Australia opted to bat first again and it was a similar story with their top order not adding much once again as West Indies had them 110-5. The familiar foes  Beau Webster  and Alex Carey joined hands yet again on a tough pitch as the West Indies' pacers extracted abundant swing and bounce to trouble their opponents.  Both Carey and Webster applied themselves strongly to conjure up a 112-run partnership which pushed the total to 286 at the end of Day 1 with all the pacers amongst the wickets for the Windies. The young bowling line-up again proved themselves but the batting faltered yet again. Brandon King playin...

ICC World Test Championship It if wasn't for West Indies' poor catching form in both the innings and some absolutely pathetic umpiring, the match could have swung the other way last week. It was more of the same from  Pat Cummins '  men as the top order once again struggled on a spicy pitch where the fast bowlers made merry. Rescued by their middle and lower order otherwise, we would have been going into the second Test with a different score line.   West Indies' young fast bowlers bowled with great heart with the ball exploiting the conditions on offer after losing the toss. Australia handed a recall to the exciting young opener  Sam Konstas  as  Josh Inglis  replaced the injured  Steve Smith , who is confirmed to be back for the second Test.  Shamar Joseph  beautifully exploited Konstas ' weakness to the inswinging delivery getting him out lbw in the first and bowled in the second innings. Smith will be back at his preferred No 4...

ICC World Test Championship Here wo go again! The runners up from the last edition will start this new cycle on the Caribbean shores with a three-match series.  Pat Cummins '  team had a great chance of going back-to-back but a spirited and courageous South African team took away the honors chasing down a target of 282 in the fourth innings, something which has now become a norm in English conditions. Setting aside the heartbreak of the final, Australian team has been the best team of the World Test Championship thus far with a title victory and a runner-up medal in three editions so far.   They will be facing another consistent side on the other end. A side that has consistently finished one above the bottom in all three WTC editions. A side that has managed to achieve some unbelievable victories but still end up at the eighth spot every time. What's new for them this time? Well let's start with the newly appointed captain Roston Chase . This series will be his fir...