In a major blow to their pre-final preparations, the Australian cricket team was reportedly denied access to train at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground ahead of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final. The Lord’s will host the WTC final between South Africa and Australia starting June 11.

Although the reason for this decision is still unknown, a report by Code Sports suggested that members of the Indian team, currently in England for a five-match Test series, were already utilising the venue for their training sessions.

The Fox Cricket report alleged that the Indian team was granted training privileges at Lord’s ‘at the expense of the Australian team’, claiming that Pat Cummins and his men were effectively ‘booted out’.