The Ashes Series 2025-26: The second match of the ongoing 5-match 2025-26 Ashes series between Australia and England was played as a day-night test in Brisbane. Australia has taken a strong 2-0 lead in the series by defeating England by eight wickets in this match. After achieving a decisive victory in the Brisbane Test, Australia remains on top in the current rankings of the World Test Championship (WTC). At the same time, England’s problems have increased in this ranking.

Brisbane Test account

In the Brisbane Test, England won the toss and decided to bat first. England did not have a good start in the first innings and lost 2 wickets for just 5 runs. After this, thanks to the brilliant century of England’s legendary batsman Joe Root (138 runs) and half-century of Jack Crawley (76 runs), England was able to score 334 runs in its first innings. In reply, Australia managed to take a huge lead of 177 runs in the first innings with all its batsmen scoring double digit runs.

The England team was seen struggling in the second innings and lost six wickets for just 128 runs, but captain Ben Stokes (50 runs) and Will Jacques (41 runs) played a fighting innings. These two batsmen did not lose any wicket in the first session of the fourth day and made an important partnership of 96 runs for the seventh wicket, due to which Australia got the target of only 65 runs to win. Chasing this small target, Australia achieved it in just 10 overs, despite losing two wickets in the form of Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne. Steve Smith won this match brilliantly by hitting a six off Gus Atkinson.

Australia on top in WTC rankings

After a spectacular win in the day-night Test, Australia remains on top of the 2025-27 WTC standings with 100% percentage points (PCT), having won all five of its matches. At the same time, England has suffered a big loss due to the defeat in Brisbane Test and it has slipped from sixth position to seventh position. If we talk about Team India, it remains at 5th position in the current ranking of Test Championship (WTC).