The Story of the Gleaming Mace Given to the WTC Test Champion

Story of the Gleaming Mace: The WTC Final (WTC Final 2023) match is being played between India and Australia (IND vs AUS) at The Oval in London. The battle is to become the uncrowned king of the oldest and toughest format of cricket i.e. Test cricket.

The team that wins the final will get a glittering Mace. The biggest question is whether Team India will be able to capture the Mace by winning final match or not? However, before that, let us understand why this Mace is so special?

Mace is hand crafted in the silver workshop of London :-

Crafted in Thomas Lyte’s silver workshop in London, this Mace is hand-crafted. The silver ring around the long handle of the mace, which looks like a stump, is said to be a sign of success. However, the most beautiful part of this Mace is the gold ball on top, which is placed in the center of the world map. The upper part shows the whole world tied with a belt.

What is the history of this Mace?

The International Cricket Council (ICC) made this mess known to the world for the first time in the year 2003. From this year onwards, teams ranked number one in the ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings were honored by presenting the medal to them. After this, the World Test Championship started in the year 2019. The New Zealand team became the first team to win this Mace in the year 2021 after the inception of the World Test Championship.

WTC Test Champion: Know which teams captured the Mace :-

From the month of April of 2003 to the month of April of the year 2009, Australia kept possession of the Mace, that is, for almost 6 years, the Australia team remained number-1 in Tests.

India broke the kingdom of Australia :-

After this, India broke the reign of Australia and in the year 2009, Team India became the No. 1 team in Tests. After this, in the year 2012, Test’s number-1 team became England. At the same time, from the year 2014 to the year 2015, South Africa occupied this mess. In 2016, once again the Kangaroo team captured the mess. After the year 2017, Team India got this magnificent Mace back in its possession.

The story of the preparation of the Gleaming Mace is interesting: –

ICC has shared a wonderful video of the making of the mess on social media. In this video, it can be seen how the jewelry maker Lee Bull has given information about the special way in which this shining mess was prepared. It can be seen in this video that how Lee Bool and his team have worked hard to prepare this Mace.

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