Moeen Ali returns, Australia win the WTC final and should they be Ashes favourites?

Australia are World Test champions after comfortably beating India in the 2023 final at The Kia Oval. The panel of Mark Butcher, Jo Harman, Yas Rana and Ben Gardner review the final and wonder what this means for the men’s Ashes that start this week at Edgbaston.

There’s also discussion on where it went wrong for India in the final, the future of the showpiece event in general, England’s women’s Ashes Test squad, the T20 Blast, Sam Hain and much more.

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