South Africa vs Australia, WTC Final 2025: South Africa win their first icc trophy after 27 years
South Africa Wins First ICC Trophy In 27 Years: New history has been made in the World Test Championship Final 2025. SA defeated Australia by 5 wickets at Lord’s to win the World Test Championship 2023-25 title. In this way, South Africa has become the third team to win the WTC title. Earlier, New Zealand (2021) and Australia (2023) had won this title. South Africa, which was bundled out for just 138 runs in the first innings, made a brilliant comeback in the second innings and achieved the target of 282 runs set by Australia on the fourth day. Opener Aiden Markram played an important role in this historic victory of South Africa, scoring a brilliant century. Markram got full support from captain Temba Bavuma. However, Bavuma returned to the pavilion after scoring 66 runs, but by then the match had gone in South Africa’s favor.
Tasted victory in the ICC final after 27 years
This is South Africa’s second ICC title in the form of the WTC. With this, Temba Bavuma’s team finally ended the 27-year drought. The South African team had earlier won the ICC Champions Trophy title for the first time in 1998. This was South Africa’s first ICC trophy. After this, it took a long time of 27 years for the African team to win its second ICC title. You will be surprised to know that this is the longest gap between 2 ICC titles. Earlier this feat was in the name of the West Indies. West Indies captured the ICC trophy after 25 years.
Longest gap between 2 ICC titles
South Africa – 27 years (CT 1998 – WTC 2025)
West Indies – 25 Years (ODI WC 1979 – CT 2004)
New Zealand – 21 years (CT 2000 – WTC 2021)
India – 19 years (ODI WC 1983 – CT 2002)
Pakistan – 17 years (ODI WC 1992 – T20 WC 2009)
Batting first in the WTC Final 2025, Australia’s first innings was reduced to 212 runs. In response, South Africa’s team collapsed after scoring just 138 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, Australia scored 207 runs and set a target of 282 runs in front of South Africa. South Africa’s team achieved this target by losing 5 wickets on the fourth day. Aiden Markram played a brilliant innings of 136 runs. Temba Bavuma scored 66 runs.
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