Spain will play Sweden for the other final spot on Tuesday. The match between Australia and France ended goalless. France looked a better side in the first time and half-time, but missing out on some chances cost them the match.
After the completion of Ashes Series 2023, Australia and England have docked crucial ICC World Test Championship points and have been hit with fines for maintaining a slow over-rate during the men’s Ashes. England lost 19 WTC points due to sanctions in four of the Tests, while Australia drop
Australian opener Usman Khawaja has expressed his disappointment over International Cricket Council (ICC) imposing penalties on arch-rivals Australia and England for maintaining a slow overrate during the Ashes 2023 series
With this, England has drawn the series 2-2. Australia has retained the Ashes urn, but they have not won it outright, something that they have not done since 2001 in England.
Team England needed a crucial wicket on the last day of the last Ashes Test to contain Australia and believed they had the wicket of Australia's star batter Steve Smith close to lunch on Day 5 but the batter was ruled not out