LONDON: South Africa won the toss and chose to field first against Australia in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final here at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Wednesday.
PLAYING XIs
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verrynne, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.
HEAD TO HEAD
Australia and South Africa have faced each other in 101 Test matches, with the former holding a dominant record with 54 victories. The Protease managed to win 26 matches, while 21 games ended in a draw.
RECORD: Matches 101, Australia 54, South Africa 26, Draw 21
It’s worth noting that this marks the maiden appearance for South Africa in a WTC Final, after topping the points table with an impressive 69.44% points percentage, a campaign that saw them win 8 out of 12 Tests.
Meanwhile, Australia are standing on the brink of history, poised to become the first team ever to successfully defend their title in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC).
They defeated India in a thrilling final during the last WTC cycle at The Oval back in 2023.
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