US EditionSouth Africa Wins the World Test Championship, Its First Major Cricket Title in 27 Years
- On Friday at Lord's, South Africa showed strong batting form, reaching 213-2 in their second innings and requiring 69 more runs to secure victory over Australia in the World Test Championship final.
- After Australia built a 218-run lead aided by Mitchell Starc’s unbeaten 58 and Nathan Lyon’s dismissal lbw to Kagiso Rabada, South Africa began their chase as underdogs but gained momentum.
- Aiden Markram scored an unbeaten century, his eighth in 84 test innings, while captain Temba Bavuma supported him with an unbeaten 65 despite a hamstring injury.
- Kagiso Rabada claimed 4 wickets for 59 runs, ending the match with a total of nine wickets, while former South African captain Graeme Smith expressed that despite expectations favoring Australia's bowlers, South Africa still had a fighting chance.
- The strong partnership indicated South Africa’s potential to achieve a rare victory and their first major ICC title since 1998, challenging Australia’s status as reigning champions.
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South Africa have done it! The Proteas finally achieved their ultimate dream of winning an ICC trophy when they beat Australia by five wickets to be crowned the World Test Champions. It's taken them 27 years. The last time it happened was in 1998, when South Africa won the first-ever ICC Champions Trophy. It wasn’t a world title, though. What a long wait it has been. AB de Villiers played and retired. Graeme Smith played and retired. Jacques Kal…
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