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Massive prize pot awaits Proteas for winning World Test Championship

Temba Bavuma's Proteas have 65-million more reasons to end the country's trophy drought when they tackle the Australians in the World Test Championship final at Lord's next month. The ICC announced the official prize money for the keenly anticipated clash, with the winners walking away with $3.6m (R65m). 'The increase in prize money exhibits the ICC's efforts to prioritise Test cricket as it looks to build on the momentum of the first three cycles of the nine-team competition,' the ICC said on Thursday. The runners-up return is not too shabby either, with Bavuma's team guaranteed $2.1m (R37.9m) . Naturally that won't be at the forefront of the players' minds, with the prestige ranking higher and the desire to lift a world cricket title a sufficiently strong enough source of motivation.