WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS LIVE Cricket Score: Lord's set for first Australia vs South Africa Test in 113 years; Toss in focus
WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Cricket Score Updates: Temba Bavuma's South Africa take on Pat Cummins' Australia in the final of the World Test Championship at Lord's on Wednesday. While this is the first time the former will play in the final of this competition, the latter are the defending champions, beating India by 207 runs in the 2023 final at Lord's.
Though the romantic choice would be for South Africa to win the contest, the favourites are Australia. Not only does South Africa lack experience in terms of the caps, but also most of the players have not played in England and at Lord's. Kagiso Rabada, with 70 caps, is the most experienced player in South Africa, and captain Bavuma and Rabada are the only two players who have played over 50 games.
In Australia, this is a winning machine. The trio of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood have won everything there is to be. However, with their careers coming into the twilight, they would like to add another feather to their already filled cap.
Monty Panesar's WTC winner prediction: 'South Africa win will be wonderful cricket story, they play less Tests than India, Australia and England'
Former England cricketer Monty Panesar believes Josh Hazlewood is best suited to exploit the Lord's slope in the upcoming World Test Championship Final between Australia and South Africa. He notes that the dry spell across England means the pitch will likely have less pace, requiring bowlers to adjust their field settings. Panesar expects both Nathan Lyon and Keshav Maharaj to play similar wicket-to-wicket roles as spinners. The provided information does not explicitly state Panesar's pick between captains Pat Cummins and Temba Bavuma.
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