Experience of playing in subcontinent came in handy in WTC: Aussie coach

London. They may not have been able to conquer the ‘last fort’ on the last tour of India but Australia head coach Andrew McDonald believes that playing in the subcontinent paid off for them in the World Test Championship final. Australia, who missed out on the final in the previous cycle, won the World Test Championship final by defeating India by 209 runs. McDonald told reporters, “We played Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India all in the subcontinent. This time the World Test Championship cycle was tricky and we benefited from the victory in the subcontinent. Australia beat Pakistan 1 in the three Test series. beat by 0.

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This was followed by the series in Sri Lanka. Played a draw from 1. The series against India even if 1. Lost 0 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, “Our focus will be on the first Ashes Test in the next 24 hours. We have celebrated winning the WTC final and now all focus is on the first Test from Friday.