Australia Crushed India and won WTC Final 2023 at the Oval on Sunday by 209 runs. There have been standout performers from the Australian side who shifted the momentum toward their team. In this article, you will find the top 3 performers for Australia who have performed well and kept Australia in the game at the WTC Final.
Top Performer For Australia at the WTC final
Travis Head
Travis Head is one of the most important batters for Australia. After Winning the toss, India picked up David Warner, Usman Khawaja, and Marnus Labuschagne. While Travis Head made a massive contribution for Australia and pushed India to the backfoot in the first innings. Head scored 163 runs in 174 balls in the first innings and smashed 25 fours and one sixes with a strike rate of 93.67. In the second innings, Travis scored 18 runs in 27 balls and hit two sixes. He got the Player of the Match award for his brilliant performance at the WTC final.
Steven Smith
Steven Smith is one of the most destructive batters in Australia. In Test Cricket, he shows his class and temperament very well. Smith scored 121 runs in 268 balls and smashed 19 fours with a strike rate of 45.14 in the first inning. Although in the second innings, he scored 34 runs in 47 balls and hit three fours. Smith and Head wrote history after 111 years with 285 runs partnership for the 4th wicket. Smith has a solid mindset and created a mark at the WTC Final.
Scott Boland
In the first innings, Boland took two wickets and was given 59 runs with an economy of 2.95. On day 5, Boland came out to bowl and put massive pressure on both Rahane and Virat. Boland set it up for Kohli on 46.2 balls, the ball was left alone outside of an excellent carry-on length ball. In the end, when Boland bowled to Kohli full wide, and it was a sucker ball, and Kohli could not hold, he drove it, got thick edge Smith at the second slip, diving to his right, and took the catch.
In the second innings, Boland scalped three wickets and gave 46 runs with an economy of 2.87. He also picked up Ravindra Jadeja with perfect angling pitching on a length ball, and the keeper took the catch.
