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South Africa's historic WTC 2025 victory highlights
Key Facts
- South Africa ended a 27-year ICC title drought by winning the World Test Championship final against Australia by five wickets at Lord's on June 14, 2025.
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- The Proteas extended their unbeaten run to 10 Tests including eight consecutive wins leading up to the final.
- Captain Temba Bavuma played through a hamstring injury and scored a combined 102 runs in the match as South Africa chased down 282 on Day 4.
- Aiden Markram scored a memorable century of 136 runs in the second innings and was named Player of the Match.
- Kagiso Rabada took nine wickets in the final, finishing with an average of 18.93.
- South Africa chased down their fifth-highest total in Test cricket to win by five wickets in 83.4 overs.
- South Africa won $3.6 million in prize money, a substantial increase from the $1.6 million awarded in previous WTC finals.
South Africa ended a 27-year ICC title drought, winning the match by five wickets at Lord's.
NDTV Sports
It's been a gap of almost 10,000 days since their last ICC trophy, a win at the ICC Knockout in 1998.
ICC
South Africa have bagged a handsome sum of 3,600,000 USD (approximately 31,05,11,700 INR). This is a substantial increase from the prize money of 1,600,000 USD that the winners got in the 2021 and 2023 finals.
Indiatvnews
South Africa have clinched their first ICC title in 27 years, beating Australia to win the World Test Championship (WTC) final 2025.
Sports
In the next cycle, which starts on Tuesday when Bangladesh begin a two-test series in Sri Lanka, the new champions will play 14 tests, this time including three test series against each of Australia and England but only two against India.
Livemint
The Proteas won the third edition of the WTC at Lord's on Saturday. Temba Bavuma-led South Africa stunned the world by beating Australia to win the third edition of the World Test Championship (WTC) at the Lord's Cricket Ground on Saturday.
Hindustantimes
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With World Test Championship win, the Proteas have made a strong case for Tests to gain greater prominence at home.
Theguardian
On June 14, 2025, finally broke its 27-year wait for an International Cricket Council (ICC) trophy, defeating Australia by five wickets in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at Lord9s.
Sportstar
Key Stats at a Glance
ICC title drought duration
27-year
WTC 2025 winner prize money
$3,600,000
Previous WTC winner prize money
$1,600,000
Aiden Markram's second innings score
136
