and that doesn t happen very often. i spoke to some players just after the game finished and i saw them tired, i saw them happy, i saw them relieved, a mixture of emotions. but certainly they all came up with the same thing, there is nobody better in the world of football than us. at football than us. and to have that sense of a debate that is finish right now plus having a manager that is winning but also, it must be a gratifying feeling. australia are world test champions. they ve beaten india by 209 runs in the final at the oval. they needed seven wickets at the start of the day, at the start of the final day, with india wanting 280 more runs, and the match soon swung the aussies way when virat kohli went for 49. wickets tumbled after that, with only ajinke rahane sticking around. he made 46. spinner nathan lyon took four wickets, and scott boland three. australia now head into the ashes series against england which starts in just five days time. america s teofimo lopez is the new
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Spinner Nathan Lyon claimed 3-58 while replacement-pacer Scott Boland bagged 2-49 as Australia bowled out South Africa for 204 in their second innings to hand the visitors embarrassing innings and 182 runs defeat in the second Test and wrapped .