Steve Smith: WTC final against India at Oval is going to be a great match

Australia’s stand-in captain Steve Smith is trying ahead to the ICC World Test Championship last at The Oval in June.

While Australia had made it to the coveted last after successful the third Test in Indore, India needed to wait until Monday afternoon to e book a berth. Despite the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ending in a draw, India was by way of to the ultimate, following New Zealand’s nervy-win towards Sri Lanka in Christchurch.

To make it to the WTC last, Sri Lanka wanted a 2-0 win over New Zealand, however because the Islanders went right down to the Kiwis regardless of an exciting contest, India surged forward, using on its factors proportion (PCT) benefit (60.25).

“The guys are really pumped by it, really excited. We saw India when they came back out on the field just after New Zealand had won in what looked like a pretty cool Test match. It’s going to be great coming up against India in the final,” Smith stated after Australia conceded the Test collection 1-2.

The situations within the UK might be totally different, however the Aussies are up for the problem. “The Oval, the wicket there can take spin at times particularly as the game wears on. So, it could be interesting in terms of what sort of wicket we get. It’s a great place to play cricket, there’s usually reasonable pace and bounce for an English wicket. It’s probably as close as you get to Australia in terms of pace and bounce. It’s going to be a great Test match and the guys are looking forward to it,” Smith stated.

Though Australia received the third Test in Indore, Smith admitted that the defeat within the second Test in New Delhi did harm it. “We really hurt after that game in Delhi,” Smith stated. “Guys were pretty upset with the way we went away from our methods in that game. It was disappointing, but obviously, at that point, we knew there was plenty to still play for in the series and the guys responded really well. And, as a group, we are proud of the way we bounced back and played some good cricket in the last couple of Test matches.”