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.

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.

Ahead of the high-octane England-India series, an unpleasant incident broke out during the live broadcast of the post-match analysis of the WTC final when Hayden dragged in Rabada and forced Pietersen change topic.

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.

The weight of history bearing down.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,

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

In the WTC Final Markram scored 136 runs, hitting 14 fours. He partnered with South African captain Temba Bavuma to add 147 runs for the third wicket, with Bavuma contributing 66 runs off 134 balls.