Protesters stopped traffic near The Oval on Monday and had to be cleared by police before the Australian team could reach the venue for training

India batting great Sachin Tendulkar reckons the spin-friendly Oval pitch will make India a confident side and their tweakers could become doubly dangerous if they are able to get “that drift” and make the ball talk in the air

Australia's Ricky Ponting, India's Ravi Shastri, Pakistan's Wasim Akram, England's Ian Bell and New Zealand's Ross Taylor sat down ahead of the showpiece Final in London to speak about the one-off Test

The WTC final and Ashes series are taking place amid fears the future of the long-format game could be threatened by the growth of global franchise Twenty20 cricket, with top players set to be offered year-round contracts across multiple leagues

It remains unusual that a schedule has not been announced for the 50-over showpiece event expected to be held in October-November

"We're optimistic with what Dave's got left, we’ve picked him in the squad and we feel he’ll play a really big part in the Ashes and the World Test Championship," McDonald told Australian radio station SEN

Cricket Australia have announced the international fixtures for their men's and women's teams for the 2023-24 home summer.

Rahul was ruled out of the rest of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season and the WTC final after tearing a tendon in his right leg while fielding for the Lucknow Super Giants

The annual update of the official rankings dropped the results from the 2019-20 season and reflects all series completed since May 2020

Indian selectors named a 15-man squad led by skipper Rohit Sharma for the title clash at The Oval on June 7-11

Veteran opener Warner is fighting to save his career after a lean run with the bat that had some questioning whether his time was over

The hosts won the series 2-1 and the world's two top-ranked teams will do battle again on June 7-11 at The Oval in the World Test Championship final

India also confirmed their place in the World Test Championship final against Australia in June following Sri Lanka's two-wicket loss to New Zealand in Christchurch earlier in the day

The West Indies were bowled out for 106 after being set to make 391 to win

India could take matters out of Sri Lankan hands with a win in its fourth Test against Australia next week but Silverwood said the team would be determined to take advantage of any slip up to raise the spirits of an embattled nation

England's mathematical chance of making the final were snuffed out after India hammered Australia inside three days in Nagpur earlier this month.