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WTC 2025 Final LIVE Updates: South Africa Scripts History; Wins Maiden WTC Title by Defeating Australia

CX Staff Writer

South Africa has finally broken a jinx of 27 long years of winning an ICC title and their tag of chokers after they defeated Australia by five wickets in the World Test Championship (WTC 2025 Final).

Aiden Markram was the star of the Proteas chase, with a record-breaking 136. Skipper Temba Bavum also showed incredible grit to bat with a hamstring issue and added a steely 66 as South Afria wrapped up their chase of 282 comfortably in the end.

Earlier, Australia managed 212 (1st innings) and 207 (2nd innings). For South Africa, Kagiso Rabada was the pick of the bowlers across both innings with a fifer and four-wicket haul.

On the other hand, Aussie skipper Pat Cummins led from the front with a six-wicket haul in SA’s first innings to bundle them out for 138 and give the defending champions a 74 run lead, but the masterclass from POTM Markram in the final innings took the game away from them.

WTC 2025 Final LIVE Updates

5.18 PM IST

South Africa has made history! They have beaten Australia by five wickets to win their maiden WTC title. An ICC title after 27 years!!

5.02 PM IST

WICKET! Some late drama in the match as South Africa’s key man in the chase, Aiden Markram falls on 136 with just five more runs needed for a win.

4.50 PM IST

Australia have been unable to find breakthroughs with Aiden Markram single-handedly taking the game away. Bedingham at the other end is providing good support to Markram as well. SA need just 10 more tuns to win maiden WTC title.

4.29 PM IST

250 up! South Africa are inching closer to their first WTC title and are just 32 runs away from their target. They will need to make sure to not commit unnecessary errors and gift a wicket to the Aussies now.

4.15 PM IST

WICKET! The Australians are slowly chipping away at the Proteas batting lineup. Starc gets the better of Stubbs with a 145 kmph ripper as SA now lose their fourth wicket.

4.05 PM IST

After the early blow on Day 4, Stubbs and Markram are steadily propelling the Proteas closer to the finishing line. The Aussies will need to find a couple of breakthroughs to shift the momentum in their favour.

3.42 PM IST

REVIEW LOST! Cummins traps Stubbs. Gets the length ball to slant back into Stubbs starting around off stump and seaming into him. Huge appeal and the umpire turns it down. Pat Cummins goes up for the review. Replays confirm no bat but the ball is sliding down leg as Australia are now down to two reviews.

3:20 PM IST

Three Overs have gone and Pat Cummins just struck, dismissing Temba Bavuma caught behind for 66. Markram is still unbeaten on 106.

The Australian Pacers have made a strong start as they have troubled both the batters on multiple occasions already. The wicket looks two-paced and has uneven bounce so far.

Also Read:

WTC 2025 Final Live Updates: SA vs AUS Live Score

South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 282 runs)

Batting RBM4s6sSR 
Aiden Markram c Head b Hazlewood13620738314065.70
Ryan Rickelton c †Carey b Starc68111075.00
Wiaan Mulder c Labuschagne b Starc2750685054.00
Temba Bavuma (c)c †Carey b Cummins661341955049.25
Tristan Stubbs b Starc843530018.60
David Bedingham not out2149621042.85
Kyle Verreynne †not out413130030.76
Extras(b 8, lb 4, nb 2)14
Total83.4 Ov (RR: 3.37)282/5
Did not bat: Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi 
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) • DRS
BowlingOMRWECONWDNB 
Mitchell Starc14.416634.5000
Josh Hazlewood1925813.0500
Pat Cummins1705913.4701
Nathan Lyon2646602.5300
Beau Webster501302.6001
Travis Head20804.0000

Australia 2nd Innings 

Batting RBM4s6sSR 
Marnus Labuschagne c †Verreynne b Jansen2264882034.37
Usman Khawaja c †Verreynne b Rabada623490026.08
Cameron Green c Mulder b Rabada022000.00
Steven Smith lbw b Ngidi1325421052.00
Travis Head b Mulder918321050.00
Beau Webster lbw b Ngidi911201081.81
Alex Carey †lbw b Rabada4350785086.00
Pat Cummins (c)b Ngidi65710120.00
Mitchell Starc not out581361905042.64
Nathan Lyon lbw b Rabada213200015.38
Josh Hazlewood c Maharaj b Markram17531012032.07
Extras(b 6, lb 6, nb 10)22
Total65 Ov (RR: 3.18)207
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) • DRS
BowlingOMRWECONWDNB 
Kagiso Rabada1815943.2705
Marco Jansen1835813.2203
Wiaan Mulder811812.2502
Lungi Ngidi1313832.9200
Keshav Maharaj611702.8300
Aiden Markram21512.5000

South Africa 1st Innings 

Batting RBM4s6sSR 
Aiden Markram b Starc064000.00
Ryan Rickelton c Khawaja b Starc1623423069.56
Wiaan Mulder b Cummins644680013.63
Temba Bavuma (c)c Labuschagne b Cummins36841424142.85
Tristan Stubbs b Hazlewood213200015.38
David Bedingham c †Carey b Cummins451111586040.54
Kyle Verreynne †lbw b Cummins1339500033.33
Marco Jansen c & b Cummins032000.00
Keshav Maharaj run out (Head/†Carey)715251046.66
Kagiso Rabada c Webster b Cummins16140016.66
Lungi Ngidi not out013000.00
Extras(lb 10, nb 2)12
Total57.1 Ov (RR: 2.41)138
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) • DRS
BowlingOMRWECONWDNB 
Mitchell Starc1334123.1500
Josh Hazlewood1552711.8000
Pat Cummins18.162861.5401
Nathan Lyon831201.5000
Beau Webster302006.6601

Australia 1st Innings 

Batting RBM4s6sSR 
Usman Khawaja c Bedingham b Rabada02030000.00
Marnus Labuschagne c †Verreynne b Jansen1756871030.35
Cameron Green c Markram b Rabada43210133.33
Steven Smith c Jansen b Markram6611216210058.92
Travis Head c †Verreynne b Jansen1113271084.61
Beau Webster c Bedingham b Rabada729213911078.26
Alex Carey †b Maharaj2331424074.19
Pat Cummins (c)b Rabada1650016.66
Mitchell Starc b Rabada11219008.33
Nathan Lyon b Jansen045000.00
Josh Hazlewood not out014000.00
Extras(lb 7, nb 10)17
Total56.4 Ov (RR: 3.74)212
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) • DRS
BowlingOMRWECONWDNB 
Kagiso Rabada15.455153.2501
Marco Jansen1454933.5002
Lungi Ngidi804505.6202
Wiaan Mulder1133603.2705
Keshav Maharaj601913.1600
Aiden Markram20512.5000

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