WTC 2023 Final: Australia become first team to win ICC world titles in all 3 formats
Australia scripted history on Sunday, June 11 as they became the first men’s team in world cricket to win an International Cricket Council (ICC) world title in all three formats.
Australia achieved the feat when they decimated India in the final of the World Test Championship 2021-23 at The Oval on Sunday to become the new world champions of the longest format of the game.
Australia missed qualifying to the final of the World Test Championship final by a whisker in the inaugural cycle in 2019-21, but the Baggy Greens made it to the final in the second edition by topping the table ahead of India.
Australia may have lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1 earlier this year in India but the world champions came out all guns blazing in the final at The Oval to outclass India by 209 runs. It was a complete performance from Pat Cummins-led Australia as they dominated all 5 days of the contest in London.
Australia won the first-ever 50-over World Cup in 1987 and went on to win 4 more titles, becoming the most successful side in 50-over World Cups.
Australia also won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2006, beating the West Indies in the final.
Australia were not able to find success in the T20 format of the game, but the elusive title came in 2021 when they rallied against odds and won the T20 World Cup in 2021. Under Aaron Finch, Australia sprung a surprise, ending a lean patch in the format.
AUSTRALIA’S ICC TITLES (MEN’S CRICKET)
50-over World Cups: 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015
Champions Trophy: 2006, 2009
T20 World Cup – 2021
World Test Championship – 2021-23