Does Australia have an unfair advantage for the upcoming World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle?

[mominsaigol]

Australia have dominated wtc since it's inception however that does beg the question, do they have an unfair advantage?

For starters, Australia, India and England play the most tests by default, England have played a whopping 22 test games for the wtc 2025 cycle.

Secondly they get free points as they typically schedule atleast 2 pinkball test games during the cycle which guarantees 2 free wins.

Lastly straight after wtc, They play 5 games on aussie soil against England in the upcoming Ashes. It's very likely they'll win 5-0 give root's horrible record in aussie soil, Brooks proving to be a flat track bully, and every current England batter and bowler just having a poor record in Australia as a whole.

That'll be 5 wins off the bat and will put them in a commanding position for the next cycle.

It seems that for every cycle, Australia's spot is booked with Sa, NZ, India and Eng typically competing for the 2nd spot.

No point in trying to talk to sa, wi or pak, they ain't ever reaching wtc no matter how many unfair advantages you give em.

 

[mominsaigol]

Well they clearly have zero advantages for CT, smh

 

[Justcrazy]

England need to find way of competing against Them there, you cannot go there for Ashes defeated before the series has started. Australian test batting is fragile , Poms will have to exploit that . If they bowl well enough , they can restrict Aussies under 300.

 

[mominsaigol]

England need to find way of competing against Them there, you cannot go there for Ashes defeated before the series has started. Australian test batting is fragile , Poms will have to exploit that . If they bowl well enough , they can restrict Aussies under 300.

Their not that fragile. Steve smith is back into the form of his life.

Konstas is going home to practise and will become a more developed product.

Travis is now an opener so one gap is filled.

Carey is proving to be a solid no 7 and beau is a huge improvement over Marsh

Real concern is Khawaja and Labu who are next to useless atm besides Labu's one innings in BGT.

England have more issues to face, mainly that all of their batters are next to useless on aussie soil, Root included.

 

[sweep_shot]

Some teams sometimes have it easy and sometimes they have it rough. It is just the way sports are.

For example, France had it easy in 2018 FIFA WC and they won the final.

Anyway, Aussies can crush all teams. Weak or strong.

 

[mominsaigol]

Some teams sometimes have it easy and sometimes they have it rough. It is just the way sports are.

For example, France had it easy in 2018 FIFA WC and they won the final.

Anyway, Aussies can crush all teams. Weak or strong.

Yes but I was referring to unfair advantages.

Australia is the only team that plays pink ball test hence that's 2 free wins per cycle.

Secondly England has no chance in their current conditon to face Australia in Ashes.

They'll confirmed to get 5 to 7 free wins. That gives them an insane lead.

Don't get me wrong, am not mocking them. Their a top class team. It's difficult to beat a side with Steve smith and Cummins +hazlewood + Boland + Starc.

But still.

 

[Mesozoic]

What's unfair about being stronger than the rest of the teams and thereby defeating them and reaching the tournament finals?

As usual , i fail to see any logic from OP.

 

[Mesozoic]

Having said that , Australia are definitely set to go down (atleast briefly) once their current golden generation of 'mentality monster' players retire in the next couple of years. Their ODI team is already looking average and same will happen to their Test side.

Hope they find good replacements though because there's absolutely zero fun in cricket left if Australia aren't the team to beat.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Having said that , Australia are definitely set to go down (atleast briefly) once their current golden generation of 'mentality monster' players retire in the next couple of years. Their ODI team is already looking average and same will happen to their Test side.

Hope they find good replacements though because there's absolutely zero fun in cricket left if Australia aren't the team to beat.

Yeah a big decline is on the cards once their current generation retires.

Konstas, Mcsweney etc don't look anywhere near the level to average 40+ in test cricket.

 

[sweep_shot]

Yes but I was referring to unfair advantages.

Australia is the only team that plays pink ball test hence that's 2 free wins per cycle.

Secondly England has no chance in their current conditon to face Australia in Ashes.

They'll confirmed to get 5 to 7 free wins. That gives them an insane lead.

Don't get me wrong, am not mocking them. Their a top class team. It's difficult to beat a side with Steve smith and Cummins +hazlewood + Boland + Starc.

But still.

Other teams should try to get better in pink ball Tests.

I personally enjoy Test at night. It feels unique.

 

[Mesozoic]

Yeah a big decline is on the cards once their current generation retires.

Konstas, Mcsweney etc don't look anywhere near the level to average 40+ in test cricket.

There's just no enough talent coming through there as Cricket participation continues to go down year after year.

 

[mominsaigol]

What's unfair about being stronger than the rest of the teams and thereby defeating them and reaching the tournament finals?

As usual , i fail to see any logic from OP.

I feel like Australia has a huge advantage due to the nature of their pitches and pink ball tests.

Sides don't play pink ball and aussie pitches are unique, unless you freqently play on them, the tennis bounce is difficult to adjust.

They definitely have a home ground + pink ball test advantage over other sides.

Also for the first time I critisize Australia and yet you're complaining? I thought you'd be thanking me . Anyway doesn't matter.

 

[sweep_shot]

I feel like Australia has a huge advantage due to the nature of their pitches and pink ball tests.

Sides don't play pink ball and aussie pitches are unique, unless you freqently play on them, the tennis bounce is difficult to adjust.

They definitely have a home ground + pink ball test advantage over other sides.

Also for the first time I critisize Australia and yet you're complaining? I thought you'd be thanking me . Anyway doesn't matter.

I would rather have Australia having a bit of advantage for a change.

I was tired of seeing India getting advantage year after year. Their advantage didn't work this time as New Zealand crushed their plan with a 3-0 win.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Australia may qualify in next cycle too because of timid England but Pakistan doesn't have any excuse too as their matches aren't that difficult too.

But to qualify for final, PCT will have to go against their nature .

 

[Mesozoic]

I feel like Australia has a huge advantage due to the nature of their pitches and pink ball tests.

Sides don't play pink ball and aussie pitches are unique, unless you freqently play on them, the tennis bounce is difficult to adjust.

They definitely have a home ground + pink ball test advantage over other sides.

Also for the first time I critisize Australia and yet you're complaining? I thought you'd be thanking me . Anyway doesn't matter.

All those are not unfair advantages. No one is stopping the rest of the teams from playing more pink ball Tests...nor is anyone stopping them from preparing wickets that suit their style.

Bottom line is that...they're a damn good long format team with players built for long toil and that's the reason they're so dominant.

 

[Justcrazy]

Their not that fragile. Steve smith is back into the form of his life.

Konstas is going home to practise and will become a more developed product.

Travis is now an opener so one gap is filled.

Carey is proving to be a solid no 7 and beau is a huge improvement over Marsh

Real concern is Khawaja and Labu who are next to useless atm besides Labu's one innings in BGT.

England have more issues to face, mainly that all of their batters are next to useless on aussie soil, Root included.

India showed that if you bowl correct line and length you can trouble Aussies batters.
If Archer , Wood , Overton bowl well , they can do better than One Bumrah alone.

Batting they have to somehow adapt themselves. I think the issue is more mindset rather than technique.

 

[mominsaigol]

India showed that if you bowl correct line and length you can trouble Aussies batters.
If Archer , Wood , Overton bowl well , they can do better than One Bumrah alone.

Batting they have to somehow adapt themselves. I think the issue is more mindset rather than technique.

If bowl correct line and length then you can trouble anyone. If that weren't the case then mcgrath wouldn't be the best.

The reason why bumrah is better then the rest is because he bowls with most accuracy. He's played on flat decks where he gets zero swing and has still done well due to his non stop 5th offstump line spam.

Wood has zero accuracy. He's just a spray gun. It's going to be Archer or bust.

 

[Justcrazy]

If bowl correct line and length then you can trouble anyone. If that weren't the case then mcgrath wouldn't be the best.

The reason why bumrah is better then the rest is because he bowls with most accuracy. He's played on flat decks where he gets zero swing and has still done well due to his non stop 5th offstump line spam.

Wood has zero accuracy. He's just a spray gun. It's going to be Archer or bust.

If they want to win the series , they will have to bowl well. By that I mean they have to have 3 genuine pacers bowling short spells and try to look for wickets. Aussies batting is no longer that good .

I think if somehow Stokes could bowl a bit , that would make the balance of English team better. stokes playing just as a pure batter is not that good for English team composition.