Bavuma and Markram swung WTC final
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Following Australia's World Test Championship final defeat to South Africa, captain Pat Cummins hints at potential batting order changes. Usman Khawaja's form is under scrutiny, while experiments with Marnus Labuschagne and Cameron Green at the top failed.
Ahead of the high-octane England-India series, an unpleasant incident broke out during the live broadcast of the post-match analysis of the WTC final when Hayden dragged in Rabada and forced Pietersen change topic.
Day two of the ICC World Test Championship Final at Lord’s saw Australia seize the upper hand, thanks to fast bowling by captain Pat Cummins. Cummins became just the eighth Australian to reach 300 Test wickets.
Australia took the upper hand in the World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord’s, ending day two on 144-8 in their second innings with a lead of 218 runs after wickets tumbled freely again on Thursday.
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The weight of history bearing down.We are, of course, referring to India's intra-squad warm-up match ahead of the first Test against England. What did you think we meant?Oh sure, the World Test Championship final was going on,
In the WTC Final Markram scored 136 runs, hitting 14 fours. He partnered with South African captain Temba Bavuma to add 147 runs for the third wicket, with Bavuma contributing 66 runs off 134 balls.
The 2025 ICC WTC Final between South Africa and Australia took place at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, from June 11 to June 14, and it took only four days for South Africa to end Australia’s reign as Test champions and secure their first ICC trophy since winning the ICC KnockOut Trophy (now Champions Trophy) in 1998.