South Africa completed a historic five-wicket victory over Australia in the final of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground on Saturday (June 14).
Chasing 282 to win, Aiden Markram remained unbeaten at 102 while skipper Temba Bavuma was at 65 as the Proteas reached 213/2 at stumps on Day 3, needing 69 more runs to seal the deal.
In the morning session on the penultimate day, Bavuma was dismissed for 66 while Markram managed to add 34 runs to his overnight tally. However, David Bedingham (21*) and Kyle Verreynne (4*) completed the formalities and took South Africa over the finishing line.
With this victory, South Africa broke the 27-year jinx of not winning an ICC trophy. It is the first WTC title for the Proteas. Kagiso Rabada starred with the ball, taking nine wickets in the final.
After the game, members of the cricket fraternity took to social media and congratulated South Africa on clinching their first ICC title since 1998.
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