Australia's Nathan Lyon celebrates after taking the wicket of India's Mohammed Siraj to win the World Test Championship final
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Australia vs India ICC WTC Final Day 5 Boland sparks India collapse as Australia win WTC final
Scott Boland sparked a dramatic collapse as Australia hammered India by 209 runs to win the World Test Championship final at The Oval on Sunday.
India, set a record 444 to win, resumed on 164-3.
But they collapsed to 234 all out, losing seven wickets for 70 runs inside 24 overs before lunch on the fifth day.
Boland did the initial damage with two wickets in an over, including the prize scalp of Virat Kohli, on his way to figures of 3-46 in 16 overs.
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon (4-41) then polished off the tail.
Australia captured the one major men's cricket title that had previously eluded them, with Pat Cummins's side now heading into next week's first Ashes Test against England in buoyant mood.
But this result left India, defeated by New Zealand in the inaugural 2021 WTC final in Southampton, still searching for the first piece of global silverware in a decade.
All cricket logic was against India, with a target of 444 way in excess of the highest score made by any side to win in the fourth innings in 146 years of Test history -- the West Indies' 418-7 against Australia at St John's in 2003.
Match Summary
Australia (1st innings): 469 (121.3)
India (1st innings): 296 (69.4)
Australia (2nd innings): 270-8d (84.3)
Fall of wickets: 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)
India 2nd innings: 164-3 (40)
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 (Kona Srikar Bharat - 61.5 ov), 10-234 (Mohammed Siraj - 63.3 ov)
Playing XIs
Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(WK), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins(C), Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland
India: Rohit Sharma(C), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Kona Srikar Bharat(WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
Match Details
Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2023 10:30
Venue: Kennington Oval, London
Toss: India elected to bowl
Officials Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) Richard Illingworth (England) Richard Kettleborough (England TV)
Match Referee: Richie Richardson (West Indies)
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