WTC Final 2025 Live: Starc’s Gritty Stand Extends Australia’s Lead Towards 250 Against South Africa
South Africa vs. Australia, WTC Final 2025, Live Score: The South African chase will decide whether the team wins the Test trophy, probably today, as Australia leads by 218 but is 8 wickets behind going into day 3. A match that’s right up to the last second.
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South Africa vs. Australia, WTC Final 2025, Live Score: 14 wickets have been lost on each of the first two days of play in the 2025 World Test Championship Final, indicating that what is typically only regarded as a moving day in Test match cricket could be the decisive factor in this match. Fast bowling at its best has been the match’s story thus far. Kagiso Rabada kicked off the attack with a five-fer, and Australian captain Pat Cummins responded with a devastating post-lunch spell to take 6-28. However, Rabada quickly rallied the Proteas with three more wickets in the third innings.
In a contest where batting has been repeatedly destroyed by amazing pace bowling, this meant that Australia had a 218-run advantage at the end of day two with two wickets remaining. It might already be sufficient. However, the surface is supposed to be at its most benign on day three, and if South Africa’s batting is capable of performing to its full ability, the target probably won’t be large enough to seriously intimidate it. The outcome of this match will probably be determined today, and it will boil down to a very straightforward battle inside a battle: will South Africa’s top order perform better than they did on the first night?
Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, who have developed such a strong habit of winning ICC trophies over the years that no one will want to bet against them, will challenge openers Ryan Rickelton and Aiden Markram against the new ball on the morning of a cloudy week. It won’t get any easier with the form Pat Cummins is displaying as the first change bowler. It’s also hard to have faith in bowlers who can consistently beat both edges, with at least one or two deliveries every over threatening to take a wicket.
Although it has been a batter’s nightmare, South Africa demonstrated application and steel during the second half of day two, when they were facing the wall with the ball in hand. This match is positioned precisely as neutrals would have desired: dead-set for a result, capable of going either way, and balancing on a razor’s edge. The bowlers’ skills have been on display in this match, and South Africa will need to be the team with the best batting performance if they hope to win the inaugural top-tier ICC trophy.
This is what it all comes down to. A thrilling start to the Test summer and an incredible showdown between two outstanding sides in a championship match. Who is going to live longer?
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