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Australia vs England Boxing Day Test ended in just 2 days. On the first day, Australia’s first innings was reduced to 152 runs, although England’s performance was worse than the hosts. England’s first innings was limited to 110 runs. The condition of Australia remained the same in the second innings also, the entire team could score only 132 runs. England achieved the target of 175 to win in the third session and won by 4 wickets. This is Australia’s first defeat in the ICC World Test Championship 2025-2027 cycle, which has also given some benefit to the Indian team.
England had decided to bowl first after winning the toss in the Melbourne Test. Josh Tong took 5 wickets in the first innings for England, the host team was all out for 152 runs. Then Australian bowlers Michael Neser and Scott Bowland created havoc, Michael took 4 wickets and Scott took 3 wickets. Mitchell Starc made 2 batsmen his victims.
In Australia’s second innings, 8 batsmen could not even touch double figures. Travis Head scored 46 and Steve Smith scored 24 runs. Chasing the target, Jack Crowley (37) and Ben Duckett (34) made a good start for England, after which Jacob Bethel scored 40 runs. This is England’s third win in the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle.
Australia’s first defeat in the WTC 2025-27 cycle
Australia cricket team has already won the 5-match test series against England. This is Australia’s first defeat in the ICC World Test Championship 2025-2027 cycle, although despite this defeat, the team remains at number one in the points table. However, due to this defeat, Australia’s winning percentage has reduced from 100 to 85.71. The team has 72 points.
New Zealand team is at second place. New Zealand has won 2 out of 3 matches. Along with New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have benefited the most from this defeat of Australia. India also has an advantage in this. The Indian team has won 4 matches out of 9 Tests and lost the same number, one match has been drawn. Team India is at sixth position in the table with 48.15 win percentage.
WTC 2025-27 Points Table
- Australia- 6 wins out of 7, 1 loss
- New Zealand- 2 wins out of 3, 1 draw
- South Africa- 3 wins out of 4, 1 loss
- Sri Lanka- 1 win out of 2, 1 draw
- Pakistan- 1 win, 1 loss out of 2
- India- 4 wins, 4 losses, 1 draw out of 9
- England- 3 wins, 5 losses, 1 draw out of 9
- Bangladesh- 1 loss, 1 draw out of 2
- West Indies- 7 defeats out of 8, 1 draw