Australia beat India by six wickets on the third day in Sydney to clinch a primary sequence win over their opponents since 2015 and ebook their spot on this summer season’s World Check Championship last.
The Saggy Greens secured a 3-1 victory after reaching their goal of 162 within the fifth and last Check, recovering from 58-3 as Travis Head (34no) and Beau Webster (39no) led the hosts dwelling and see them regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Earlier, India had been solely ready so as to add 16 runs to their in a single day 141-6 with Australia seamer Scott Boland bagging 6-45 for his maiden 10-wicket haul in Exams, having taken 4-31 within the first innings.
India fast Jasprit Bumrah didn’t bowl on Sunday as a consequence of a again harm however the vacationers nonetheless gave Australia a scare on the SCG as the house aspect slipped from 39-0 to 58-3.
Prasidh Krishna eliminated Sam Konstas for a sprightly 22 from 17 balls earlier than dismissing Marnus Labuschagne (6) and Steve Smith (4) cheaply, leaving Smith one run shy of 10,000 in Exams.
Nevertheless, Usman Khawaja (41) placed on 46 with Head earlier than the latter and Webster added an unbroken 58, with Webster hitting the profitable runs off Washington Sundar.
Australia – who return to Check motion in Sri Lanka in January – will meet South Africa at Lord’s from June 11, reside on Sky Sports activities, as they appear to defend the World Check Championship title they received by beating India at The Kia Oval in 2023.
India’s hopes of reaching a 3rd consecutive last are over and their subsequent Check can be towards England at Headingley from June 20, the primary sport in a five-match sequence.
Cummins praises Australia’s sequence comeback
Australia captain Pat Cummins, whose aspect misplaced the primary Check in Perth by 295 runs, earlier than victories in Adelaide and Melbourne sandwiched a rain-affected attract Brisbane, stated: “It felt it was seesawing throughout the whole series so to finish it 3-1, to hold the trophy, is an amazing feeling.
“I feel the additional layer is securing a spot within the World Check Championship last, which was all the time an enormous objective for us on this cycle and we have completed it. We’re actually happy.
“One of the things I love most about Test cricket is it challenges you in so many different ways.
“You want greater than 11 gamers, you want an incredible squad, you want wonderful help workers to have the ability to win in all places on the earth.
“So I think that consistency over a few years to do that with a very similar squad has been massive.”
