Kangaroos benefited from these tours including India in winning the WTC, big disclosure of the coach himself

New Delhi: They may not have been able to conquer the ‘last fort’ on the last tour of India but Australia head coach Andrew McDonald believes playing in the subcontinent paid them off in the World Test Championship final. Australia, who missed out on a final in the previous cycle, beat India by 209 runs to win the World Test Championship final. “We played Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India all over the subcontinent,” McDonald told reporters. This time the World Test Championship cycle was tricky and we benefited from the win in the subcontinent. Australia defeated Pakistan 1-0 in the three-Test series. After this, the series was drawn 1-1 in Sri Lanka. India may have lost the series 2-1 but won the third Test in Indore by nine wickets.

McDonald said, ‘We are very strong in Australia and people expect us to win Tests in Australia but it was important for us to win Tests in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and then Indore. With this we made it to the WTC finals. Now the focus is on the Ashes series in which they will try to wash away the stigma of not winning in England for 22 years. The coach said, ‘In the next 24 hours, our focus will be on the first Ashes Test. We have celebrated winning the WTC final and now all focus is on the first Test from Friday.

ashes series schedule

First Test, 16 to 20 June, Edgbaston

Second Test, 28 June to 2 July, Lord’s

Third Test, 6 to 10 July, Headingley

Fourth Test, July 19 to 23, Manchester

Fifth Test, 27 to 31 July. the oval

Australia’s squad for the Ashes

Pat Cummins (c), David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Matt Renshaw, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey, Jimmy Peirson, Josh Inglis, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon , Scott Boland, Todd Murphy.
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