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WTC Final 2025: Australia and South Africa Set for Historic Clash at Lord’s
ByRanjeet Sahni

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WTC Final 2025
SeriesDate & TimeLocation
ICC World Test Championship Final11 Jun 2025, Wed, 3:00 PM ISTLord's
Match Preview

The 2025 World Test Championship final between South Africa and Australia is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, June 11 at Lord's in London. With eight victories from 12 games, South Africa led the WTC points standings, while Australia came in second with 13 victories from 19 games.

Having won their last five Test matches, South Africa is coming into the WTC final on a high note, while Australia has won four of their last five games. There have been 101 Test matches between the two teams in the past. With 54 victories, Australia is ahead, while South Africa has won 26 games.

The last Test match between Australia and South Africa took place at Lord's in 1912, with Australia winning by a commanding 10-wicket margin. Both teams have won two games apiece in their last five meetings, suggesting a fiercely contested rivalry.

Pitch Report
The pitch at Lord’s is expected to offer good assistance to the bowlers. Over the last five Test matches at this venue, the average first innings score has been 260. Teams bowling first have won three of those five games, making bowling a likely choice for the toss winner. Fast bowlers have been especially effective here, accounting for 72% of the wickets in the last 10 matches.
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Weather reported12.6°C
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Pitch Conditionbowler-friendly
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Predicted to winAustralia
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Avg. 1st inning score260

Team Form

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South Africa

D
L
W
W
W
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Australia

L
D
W
L
L

Series Stats

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Beau Webster AUS
72
Runs
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Steve Smith AUS
66
Runs
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Alex Carey AUS
23
Runs
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Marnus Labuschagne AUS
17
Runs
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Ryan Rickelton SA
16
Runs

Injury and Availability News

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Probable Playing XI

South Africa
Probable XI
AK Markram, DG Bedingham, K Rabada, KA Maharaj, K Verreynne, L Ngidi, M Jansen, RD Rickelton, T Bavuma, T Stubbs, Wiaan Mulder
Bench
T de Zorzi, S Muthusamy, C Bosch, D Paterson
Australia
Probable XI
AT Carey, BJ Webster, C Green, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, TM Head, Usman Khawaja
Bench
JP Inglis, S Konstas, SM Boland, Matthew Kuhnemann, Brendan Doggett

Player Picks

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Pat CumminsVC
AUS
Bowl
8
Pat Cummins is just five wickets short of becoming the leading wicket-taker in World Test Championship history. So far, he has taken 73 wickets at an average of 24.54 across 33 innings.
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Ryan RickeltonC
SA
Wk
8
Ryan Rickelton has scored two centuries in just nine innings, amassing 451 runs at an impressive average of 56.37.

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