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'Flawed' Test Championship Reveals World Cricket's Underlying Problems

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'Flawed' Test Championship Reveals World Cricket's Underlying Problems

By AFP News June 10, 2025 • 12:49 PM View: 582

Reigning champions Australia face South Africa in the World Test Championship final at Lord's from Wednesday amid a chorus of criticism over the competition's format.

Wisden, cricket's 'bible', was scathing in its assessment, with editor Lawrence Booth writing in this year's edition that the WTC is a "shambles masquerading as a showpiece".

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