New Delhi: Australian captain Pat Cummins announced that his team is playing XI for the ICC World Test Championship final against South Africa, which will start on Tuesday, June 11 at Lord’s, according to the ICC website.The former test dough of Marnus Labuschagne of No. 1 was promoted to open shifts along with Usman Khawaja. In the PACE department, Josh Hazlewood was preferred before Scott Boland and joins Mitchell Starc and Cummins after leading the fast load attack.All-Rounder Cameron Green returns to the test side for the first time, while Beau Webster retains its place in XI and offers other bowling options at its middle pace and part-time rotation.Cummins’ Australia will seek WTC MACE defense, which they secured last year after defeating India in the finals at Oval in June 2023.Australia enjoyed the dominant run in the current WTC cycle, the remaining in the test series in the last two years has remained undefeated in test series. During this period, they claimed victory in New Zealand and Sri Lanka, maintained ashes in England and registered the home victory against Pakistan and India, along with the drawn series against West India.This will be the second Australian consecutive performance in the WTC finals and will bring valuable experience to the competition with high betting. For South Africa, this means their debut in the WTC final and Proteas will eagerly hide the historical triumph in the cricket of the red ball.
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Australia playing 11: 1. Usman Khawaja, 2. Marnus Labuschagne, 3. Cameron Green, 4th Steve Smith, 5.Australia Full Squad for WTC Final: Usman Khawaja, Sam Constas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, Beau Webster, Pat Cummins (C), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon, Matt Kuhnemann. Travel reserve: Brendan Doggett.
