On Saturday 14th of June South Africa scored the most integral wins in their cricket history with the world test championship title. This trophy ends their 27-year drought with an unparalleled chase of 282. This victory was led by Aiden Markram’s century which secured them the win by 5 wickets.
Match Summary
The match was held from 11th to 14th of June 2025 at the Lord’s Cricket Ground, London. Australia posted respectable first-innings scores of 212 and 207. South Africa played 138 in their first innings and chased a target of 282 runs in the final innings, finishing at 282/5 winning by five wickets, sealing their first major ICC trophy since 1998.
Australia 1st Innings
Batting
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Usman Khawaja
c Bedingham b Rabada
0
20
0
0
0
Mamus Lasbuschage
c †Verreynne b Jansen
17
56
1
0
30.35
Cameron Green
c Markram b Rabada
4
3
1
0
133.33
Steven Smith
c Jansen b Markram
66
112
10
0
58.92
Travis Head
c †Verreynne b Jansen
11
13
1
0
84.61
Beau Webster
c Bedingham b Rabada
72
92
11
0
78.26
Alex Carey
b Maharaj
23
31
4
0
74.19
Pat Cummins
b Rabada
1
6
0
0
16.66
Mitvhell Starc
b Rabada
1
12
0
0
8.33
Nathan Lyon
b Jansen
0
4
0
0
0
Josh Hazlewood
not out
0
1
0
0
0
South Africa 1st Innings
Batting
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Aiden Markram
b Starc
0
6
0
0
0
Ryan Rickelton
c Khawaja b Starc
16
23
3
0
69.56
Wiaan Mulder
b Cummins
6
44
0
0
13.63
Temba Bavuma
c Labuschagne b Cummins
36
84
4
1
42.85
Tristan Stubbs
b Hazlewood
2
13
0
0
15.38
David Bedingham
c †Carey b Cummins
45
111
6
0
40.54
Kyle Verreynne
lbw b Cummins
13
39
0
0
33.33
Marco Jansen
c & b Cummins
0
3
0
0
0
Keshav Maharaj
run out (Head/†Carey)
7
15
1
0
46.66
Kagiso Rabada
c Webster b Cummins
1
6
0
0
16.66
Lungi Ngidi
not out
0
1
0
0
0
Australia 2nd Innings (T: 207 runs)
Batting
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Mamus Lasbuschage
c †Verreynne b Jansen
22
64
2
0
34.37
Usman Khawaja
c †Verreynne b Rabada
6
23
0
0
26.08
Cameron Green
c Mulder b Rabada
0
2
0
0
0
Steven Smith
lbw b Ngidi
13
25
1
0
52
Travis Head
b Mulder
9
18
1
0
50
Beau Webster
lbw b Ngidi
9
11
1
0
81.81
Alex Carey
lbw b Rabada
43
50
5
0
86
Pat Cummins
b Ngidi
6
5
1
0
120
Mitvhell Starc
not out
58
136
5
0
42.64
Nathan Lyon
lbw b Rabada
2
13
0
0
15.38
Josh Hazlewood
c Maharaj b Markram
17
53
2
0
32.07
South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 282 runs)
Batting
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Aiden Markram
c Head b Hazlewood
136
207
383
14
0
65.7
Ryan Rickelton
c †Carey b Starc
6
8
11
1
0
75
Wiaan Mulder
c Labuschagne b Starc
27
50
68
5
0
54
Temba Bavuma
c †Carey b Cummins
66
134
195
5
0
49.25
Tristan Stubbs
b Starc
8
43
53
0
0
18.6
David Bedingham
not out
21
49
62
1
0
42.85
Kyle Verreynne
not out
4
13
13
0
0
30.76
The victory comes off as celebration mainly because it has been South Africa’s first ICC win in more than 25 years. After South Africa won the ICC knockouts against West Indies in 1998 they have been on a dry spell after that. In 1999 they had a dramatic loss against Australia and their most recent loss was against India in 2024.
