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ICC World Test Championship 2021: Full List of Award Winners, Prize Money, Records and Statistics
Southampton, June 23: Captain Kane Williamson led from the front as New Zealand registered a convincing 8-wicket win over India in the ICC World Test Championship Final at Ageas Bowl, Southampton on Wednesday (June 23).
Chasing a below-par target of 139 in 53 overs in the last two sessions, New Zealand reached homed quite comfortably despite losing their openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway early. But New Zealand's seasoned campaigners Williamson and Ross Taylor helped their side cruise to a historic win.
New Zealand thus became the first team to be crowned the Test champions in the 144-year history of the longer format of the game. With this win, the BlackCaps continued their dominance over India in the ICC tournaments.
Here's the full list of award winners, prize money and key stats:
Winners: New Zealand, received the ICC Test Championship Mace.
Prize Money: USD 1.6 million (Rs 12 crore approximately)
Runners-Up: India
Prize Money: USD 800,000 (Rs 6 crore approximately)
Player of the Match (WTC Final) - Kyle Jamieson (NZ)
Most Runs in WTC
Marnus Labuschagne (Australia)
Tests - 13
Runs - 1675
Highest Score - 215
Average - 72.82
Centuries - 5
Half-Centuries - 9
Fours - 186
Sixes - 3
Most Runs for India in WTC
Ajinkya Rahane
Tests - 18
Runs - 1159
Highest Score - 115
Average - 42.92
Centuries - 3
Half-Centuries - 6
Fours - 131
Sixes - 6
Most Wickets in WTC
Ravichandran Ashwin
Tests - 14
Wickets - 71
Best Bowling in an Innings - 7/145
Best Bowling in a match - 9/207
Economy - 2.62
Five-wicket hauls: 5
Most Wickets for NZ in WTC
Tim Southee
Tests - 11
Wickets - 56
Best Bowling in an Innings - 6/31
Best Bowling in a match - 7/69
Economy - 2.70
Five-wicket hauls: 3
Key Stats from WTC and WTC Final
# Mohammad Shami is the first Indian to take a 4-wicket haul in the ICC finals. Previous best: Mohinder Amarnath's 3/12 in 1983 WC final.
# Scores by NZ captains in ICC finals:
49 & 52* - Williamson, 2021 WTC
30 - Williamson, 2019 WC
5 - Stephen Fleming, 2000 CT
0 - Brendon McCullum, 2009 CT
0 - Brendon McCullum, 2015 WC
# New Zealand's last seven matches against India in ICC tournaments - ODI WC, T20 WC, Champions Trophy and WTC: W, W, W, W, Abandoned, W, W.
# This is the first time, New Zealand has won three consecutive Test matches against India. They won at Wellington (by 10 wickets) & Christchurch (by 7 wickets) in Feb/Mar 2020 and now by 8 wickets at Southampton.
# First batsman to hit a fifty in WTC Final: Devon Conway (NZ)
# First bowler to grab a five-for in an innings in WTC Final: Kyle Jamieson (NZ)
Story first published: Thursday, June 24, 2021, 11:49 [IST]
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