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BCCI wins case against former Black Caps gunning for IPL team glory in WTC final NEW DELHI, JUNE 16: In what comes as a ma- NEW DELHI, JUNE have been prolific but jor boost for the Board of 16: The inaugural World Williamson has been elite - Control for in India Test Championship final be- - his tally of 9,899 interna- (BCCI), the Indian cricket gins in Southampton on Fri- tional runs eclipsed only by board has won a legal battle day, June 18, as an upbeat India's and against Deccan Chronicle take on a England's Joe Root. Holdings (DCHL) in the strong India side in a duel to Among -takers Bombay High Court. Speaking to ANI, a BCCI become 's first across all formats in that official in the know of devel- official world champions. period, seamer opments said it was a wel- The one-off match at the and his new-ball partner come decision. Rose Bowl marks the culmi- have been "We are extremely happy nation of a two-year cycle of massive influencers in the with the development. It the World Test Champi- team's fortunes.And the has vindicated our position onship, which was launched swinging Duke's ball could as we had always followed in 2019 to create Test have Boult and Southee in- what was in the agree- cricket's pinnacle event. fluence the route of the ment," the official said. The move was intended to WTC final.New Zealand The IPL Governing Coun- revive Test cricket and make finished runners-up at the cil had terminated Deccan the five day game more rel- last two 50-overs World Chargers in 2012 for finan- evant in the times of Cups -- they were particu- cial breaches, a move that cricket.And New larly unlucky in 2019 when the franchise had chal- Zealand Kane through.'New Zealand have tainted , England won the title via a lenged. Williamson reckons it has been unlucky to not have and Stephen now-scrapped boundary- They had approached the been done with success. won a major ICC tourna- Fleming to Brendan Mc- count rule after the final Bombay High Court and the 'I think we saw it at the ment despite a barrel of tal- Cullum and , to ended in a tie even after a process of arbitration end of the competition, ent in the teams that have the petit yet towering bats- . started with Justice (retd) 6046 crore plus interest board strongly believed it under the captaincy of teams trying to push their played since their first Test man , tal- The WTC final presents CK Thakar as the sole arbi- and charges as per reports. had a very good case. . case for qualifying which match against England in ent and intent have never the Black Caps with an- trator and BCCI was or- While reacting to the de- Deccan Chargers was one In 2017, the Kochi made way for a lot of excit- 1930. been lacking for the Black other opportunity to be- dered to shell out Rs 4800 velopment back in July of the eight original teams Tuskers Kerala team won a ing results,' Williamson said New Zealand vice-cap- Caps.Reuters noted that come world champions crore to DCHL in July 2020, a BCCI official had of the Indian Premier similar arbitration case over last week.'We saw in Aus- tain since the start of 2015, and if all falls into place, 2020. This after DCHL had made it clear that an appeal League and had also won its termination six years tralia, in New Zealand, a lot From to batsmen like Tom Latham nothing can stop them go claimed damages of Rs was on the cards as the the 2009 edition of the IPL, earlier. of teams had a chance to get and the and stalwart Ross Taylor for glory. How India and New Zealand reached WTC Final Australia leave out big names NEW DELHI, JUNE 16: For a long time, there had been attempts to bring additional context to Test for Windies tour cricket beyond the of NEW DELHI, JUNE Uncapped fast bowler individual series. 16: Australia will send an Wes Agar, the younger Other than a few riveting understrength squad to the brother of established rivalries-- that bring the Caribbean for the white- spinner , has best of the emotions from ball tour against the West been included in the 18- fans across the globe -- Test Indies, with Pat Cummins, man squad along with Ben cricket has struggled to find and Glenn McDermott, Dan Christian a context over the years. Maxwell opting out, and and Ashton Turner. One-Day Internationals Steve Smith injured. , Josh Hazle- have the World Cup. said wood, Moises Henriques, Twenty20 Internationals pace trio Jhye Richardson, and Mitchell have the World Twenty20 and Swepson return to the (now the T20 World Cup). , along with all- -captained Pinnacle tournaments that rounder , squad after missing out on irrefutably give us a Cham- had also opted out of the the New Zealand tour ear- pion in that particular for- tour for "various reasons". was nursing an elbow injury month and five Twenty20 lier this year due to a selec- mat until the next edition. Selector Trevor Hohns and was "disappointed" to matches in Bangladesh in tion clash with the Test Test cricket did not have said in a team release on miss out on the tour, Hohns August, subject to biosecu- side. any such tournament. Wednesday that while they said of the former captain. rity arrangements and gov- Squad: It's not that no attempts mooted in 2009 when the each of the three formats of in this tournament, were were disappointed not to Selectors telegraphed the ernment approvals. Aaron Finch (capt), Ash- were made to find the ICC met the MCC to discuss international cricket. as follows. have all their players avail- changes last week by Warner, Cummins and ton Agar, Wes Agar, Jason champion side in Test the subject. The ICC World Test The pandemic severely able the national selection adding six players to Aus- Smith were among Aus- Behrendorff, Alex Carey, cricket. New Zealand's Martin Championship (got under- affected the schedule, re- panel respected the deci- tralia's white-ball squads tralian players who com- Dan Christian, Josh Hazle- ICC Test rankings are in Crowe was one of the main way on August 1, 2019. sulting in some series to be sions of those who had amid reports some would peted in the Indian Premier wood, Moises Henriques, place for years and do ex- brains behind this proposal. It was decided that each postponed or cancelled. opted out of the tour. skip the West Indies and fol- League, which was sus- Mitchell Marsh, Riley actly that. After moving back and competing country would This resulted in the ac- "International tours in lowing tour to Bangladesh pended last month after a Meredith, Ben McDer- After every Test series, forth and dealing with a lot play in six series over that tual number of Tests the time of COVID-19 un- because of 'bubble fatigue'. number of players and team mott, , the two teams involved re- of things, the ICC decided time, three at home and played by each side being doubtedly present many Australia are scheduled to staff contracted COVID-19 Mitchell Starc, Mitchell ceive points based on a that the inaugural competi- three away, with all series reduced from what was ac- additional challenges for play five Twenty20 and despite the tournament's Swepson, Ashton Turner, mathematical formula in- tion would be held in 2013 being of a minimum two tually planned. The fol- athletes," Hohns added. three one-day internation- strict biosecurity proto- Andrew Tye, Matthew volving both teams' previ- replacing the Champions matches duration but able lowing series were af- Master batsman Smith als in West Indies next cols. Wade, Adam Zampa. ous rating and the result of Trophy.However, these to be expanded to as many fected: the series. plans were abandoned and as five to cater for encoun- The second Test match Each team's points total it was rescheduled for June ters such as the Ashes. of a two-match series in from matches over the last 2017, with the second Test The top nine ranked 2019-2020 between Pak- Euro: Pogba stars while Kante few years is divided by a fig- Championship scheduled in teams on the ICC Test team istan and Bangladesh was ure based on their total 2021.However, in 2014 the rankings as on 31 March postponed until the 2021- number of matches and se- 2017 World Test Champi- 2018 qualified for the WTC. 2022 season. ries played, to give a 'rating'. onship was cancelled and Australia, Bangladesh, For every series under knits France together The ratings undergo an the 2017 Champions Tro- England, India, New the WTC, there are 120 NEW DELHI, JUNE that looked short of cohe- like a world-beater. fielder, who said this week annual update that elimi- phy was reinstated. Zealand, Pakistan, South points available, distrib- 16: France midfielder Paul sion.But it was Chelsea's In the 28 games he has how much of an honour it nate results more than three In October 2017 it was de- Africa, Sri Lanka and the uted evenly over the num- Pogba earned the Star of Kante, who at the age of 30 started for France with was to play alongside years old, to make the rat- cided by the ICC that the West Indies made the cut. ber of Tests in the series. the Match award for his dis- appears to be elevating his Kante, Les Blues have won Kante. ings more 'current' and dis- first Test championship Afghanistan, Ireland and So, for example, in the play in the world champi- games to new levels, who 22, drawn six and lost none. Eight of France's starting allow teams the advantage comprising the game's top- Zimbabwe did not partici- Ashes, which is a five- ons' 1-0 win over Germany knitted it together. "Pogba was absolutely team against Germany of past results. nine teams would begin at pate. match series, there will be in their Euro 2020 Group F A few weeks after his immense tonight," France's played in the 2018 World The top ranked Test team the conclusion of the 2019 Each team played only six 24 points for each win. opener on Tuesday but masterful display helped Euro 2000 winner Robert Cup final win over Croatia was awarded the ICC Test World Cup. of the eight possible oppo- In a two-Test series knows how lucky he is to Chelsea overcome Pires told UEFA's website. and, while it was not a five- Championship mace. The top two teams at the nents. there will be 60 points for a play alongside N'Golo favourites Manchester City "We know all about his star display, they won with From 2003 to 2019, the end would compete in the All the series were mutu- win. A draw is worth one- Kante. in the Champions League technique. He's back to his something to spare as both mace was transferred ICC World Test Champi- ally agreed between the two third of the points for a Powerhouse Pogba's sub- final, Kante again showed best, physically." Benzema and Mbappe had whenever a new team onship Final in England in nations involved. win. A tie is worth half the lime pass in the 20th that he remains the beating France's Paul Pogba bat- goals ruled out for offside. moved to the top of the rat- June 2021 with the winner Some of the series already points for a win. minute unlocked Ger- heart of world champions tles for possession with Those looking for weak- ing list. crowned World Test Cham- committed in the previous Under the original rules, many's defence, allowing France. Germany's Antonio Ruedi- nesses were left disap- The team that was top of pions. Future Tour Plan were teams were ranked first by Lucas Hernandez to drive When required as a de- ger and Robin Gosens pointed as France's un- the ratings table on April 1 The idea was to have a played as part of the WTC points. in a cross that Germany's fensive shield in the second Pogba's words after the beaten , in competitive each year also won a cash Test 'winner' every two with each team playing If two teams were tied Mats Hummels turned into half, as Germany tried to game would have been mu- matches, reached 17. prize. years creating something against some higher-ranked on points, the team that his own net. build some momentum, sic to the ears of De- "We spent all night talk- Still, this system of decid- else to play for outside of the opposition and some lower- won more series was Pogba, 28, delivered sev- Kante was immense. schamps, as he attempts to ing about France's attack- ing the number one Test series result. ranked opposition. ranked higher. eral other moments of qual- Almost inevitably, Kante add the European crown to ing players, but again an- side did not cut much ice It was also hoped that it There were also the series If teams were still equal, ity as the link between was also in close proximity the World Cup his side won other clean sheet," former with many cricket pundits would increase interest in played outside the WTC the runs per wicket ratio France's midfield and the whenever France turned in Russia in 2018. Manchester United skipper and the fans across the all series within the WTC, which was part of the Fu- was used. dream attacking trident of over possession -- using the "We know we need to live Roy Keane told ITV Sport. globe as it's still just based regardless of who is playing, ture Tours Programme, This ranking system was Antoine Griezmann, Kylian ball efficiently and with no up to our tag as world "That's a defence that can on a rolling table, some- because it can have a knock- but not the Champi- amended in November Mbappe and Karim Ben- little vision. champions and come out win them the title. They are thing not everybody could on effect on other team's onship. 2020 due to the COVID-19 zema. Pogba's Manchester on to the pitch with humil- brilliant at the back." connect with, despite all the chances of reaching the fi- The total number of pandemic causing some Adrien Rabiot was also a United career has splut- ity," Pogba said. For Germany, a first de- awareness and promotion nal. matches scheduled for series to be cancelled, disciplined presence in Di- tered at times, yet when "When we need to suffer, feat in the opening match of from the ICC. This was also in line with each team, and the two meaning not all teams dier Deschamps's midfield playing for France, Kante's we do it together and when a European Championship The idea of a World Test the ICC's goal of having a countries that each side would compete for the same that was ultimately far too influence rubs off on him to we attack, we do it to- gives coach Joachim Loew Championship was first pinnacle tournament for were not scheduled to face number of points. crafty for a German side such an extent that he looks gether," added the mid- much to ponder.