South Africa are the 2025 ICC World Test Championship champions, having beaten Australia by 5 wickets, at Lord’s today
Match Summary
South Africa vs Australia, ICC World Test Championship Final
South Africa 138/10 (57.1 ov) & 282/5 (83.4 ov)
Australia 212/10 (56.4 ov) & 207/10 (65 ov)
Result – South Africa won by 5 wickets
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Match Day Analysis
Aiden Markram’s magnificent century guided South Africa to a five-wicket win over Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s on Saturday as the Proteas finally ended their decades-long wait for a major global cricket trophy.
South Africa, set 282 to win, finished on 282-5 before lunch on the fourth day, with opening batsman Markram out for 136 when his side were just six runs shy of victory.
In 18 previous attempts in the one-day international and T20 World Cups, South Africa had only reached one solitary final.
That was in last year’s T20 World Cup in Barbados, when they lost to India despite needing just 30 runs from their last 30 balls, with six wickets standing.
But they held their nerve on Saturday as they resumed on 213-2, with Markram having reached three figures on Friday.
Match Stats
Australia 1st Innings Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Usman Khawaja – 6.3 ov), 2-16 (Cameron Green – 6.6 ov), 3-46 (Marnus Labuschagne – 17.6 ov), 4-67 (Travis Head – 23.2 ov), 5-146 (Steven Smith – 41.6 ov), 6-192 (Alex Carey – 51.1 ov), 7-199 (Pat Cummins – 52.4 ov), 8-210 (Beau Webster – 54.4 ov), 9-211 (Nathan Lyon – 55.5 ov), 10-212 (Mitchell Starc – 56.4 ov)
South Africa 1st Innings Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Aiden Markram – 0.6 ov), 2-19 (Ryan Rickelton – 8.4 ov), 3-25 (Wiaan Mulder – 15.2 ov), 4-30 (Tristan Stubbs – 20.2 ov), 5-94 (Temba Bavuma – 39.2 ov), 6-126 (Kyle Verreynne – 51.3 ov), 7-126 (Marco Jansen – 51.6 ov), 8-135 (David Bedingham – 55.2 ov), 9-138 (Keshav Maharaj – 56.5 ov), 10-138 (Kagiso Rabada – 57.1 ov))
Australia 2nd Innings Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Usman Khawaja – 10.2 ov), 2-28 (Cameron Green – 10.4 ov), 3-44 (Marnus Labuschagne – 17.5 ov), 4-48 (Steven Smith – 18.5 ov), 5-64 (Beau Webster – 22.6 ov), 6-66 (Travis Head – 23.4 ov), 7-73 (Pat Cummins – 24.5 ov), 8-134 (Alex Carey – 38.2 ov), 9-148 (Nathan Lyon – 42.4 ov), 10-207 (Josh Hazlewood – 64.6 ov)
South Africa 2nd Innings Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Ryan Rickelton – 2.1 ov), 2-70 (Wiaan Mulder – 17.4 ov), 3-217 (Temba Bavuma – 58.6 ov), 4-241 (Tristan Stubbs – 70.3 ov), 5-276 (Aiden Markram – 80.6 ov)
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Match Details:
Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 10:30
Venue: Lord’s, London
Toss: South Africa elected to bowl
Officials Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) Richard Illingworth (England) Richard Kettleborough (England TV)
Match Referee: Javagal Srinath (India)
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