Former Australian cricketer and part of World Cup winning team Mitchell Johnson has questioned their current premier fast bowler Josh Hazlewood after Australia's World Test Championship final loss.

Former England Test captain Michael Vaughan declared Australia “look beatable” after its “batting frailties” were exposed in the five-wicket defeat to South Africa in the World Test Championship final.

Going by Andrew McDonald's comments after the World Test Championship final, Usman Khawaja has his ticket booked for the Ashes. Overall, his numbers from the last two years are very respectable at a time when opening the batting his tough: 1428 runs at 39.66. Among openers, only India's Yashasvi Jaiswal made more in this WTC cycle.

LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - A riveting World Test Championship final between Australia and South Africa went a long way to boost the sagging credentials of the five-day game, but the format of the competition is in need of a revamp, according to many of the game’s top observers.

Despite losing the World Test Championship final to South Africa, Australia maintain their lead in the latest update of the ICC Test team rankings with the Proteas jumping up to second in the charts.

Batter Marnus Labuschagne is still a key part of Australia's future in test cricket despite failing to impress in their five-wicket defeat to South Africa in the World Test Championship final, coach Andrew McDonald said.

South Africa 138 and 282 for 5 (Aiden Markram 146, Temba Bavuma 66, Mitchell Starc 3-66) beat Australia 212 (Beau Webster 72, Steve Smith 66, Kagiso Rabada 5-51) and 207 (Starc 58, Alex Carey 43, Rabada 4-59,