Following Australia's World Test Championship final defeat to South Africa, captain Pat Cummins hints at potential batting order changes. Usman Khawaja's form is under scrutiny, while experiments with Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Green at the top failed.

South Africa played just 12 Tests in the recent cycle, with none of those games against England or Australia. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Day two of the ICC World Test Championship Final at Lord’s saw Australia seize the upper hand, thanks to fast bowling by captain Pat Cummins. Cummins became just the eighth Australian to reach 300 Test wickets.

Australia took the upper hand in the World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord’s, ending day two on 144-8 in their second innings with a lead of 218 runs after wickets tumbled freely again on Thursday.

A heartwarming video of South African captain Temba Bavuma celebrating his World Test Championship (WTC) victory with his son surfaced on social media. The right-handed batter not only gave the coveted mace to his son but also his Test cap as he thanked fans for their unbridled support at the Lord's Cricket Ground.

We are, of course, referring to India's intra-squad warm-up match ahead of the first Test against England. What did you think we meant? Oh sure, the World Test Championship final was going on, too. That looked like fun and all.

Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen took centre stage and lauded South Africa's star opener Aiden Markram for his exceptional knock against Australia in the World Test Championship final, where the Proteas won their first ICC title since 1998.

Smith went straight to hospital after leaving the field and had the wound cleaned, stitched and the finger placed in a splint in a race to be fit to face the West Indies