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India Today
8 hours ago
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AUS vs SA Live Score, WTC Final 2025 Day 3: AUS (183/9); Hazlewood, Starc push lead beyond 250
Captain Temba Bavuma has brought on Keshav Maharaj in a desperate attempt to break the partnership between Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood. The duo has added 34 runs for the tenth wicket so far. WTC Final 2025 Live: AUS - 182/9 in 54 overs leading by 254 runs. Starc (42*), Hazlewood (8*). The shoulders have begun to sink in the South African camp as they haven't been able to get rid of the frustrating partnership of Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc. The duo have sucked the juice out of the Proteas bowling attack. WTC Final 2025 Live: AUS - 179/9 in 53 overs leading by 253 runs. Starc (41*), Hazlewood (8*). Mitchell Starc is adding crucial runs down the order as Australia extend the lead beyond 240 runs. He, along with Josh Hazlewood is frustrating the Proteas big time with their handy partnership of 27 runs. WTC Final 2025 Live: AUS - 175/9 in 51 overs leading by 249 runs. Starc (37*), Hazlewood (8*). Josh Hazlewood has been solid in defence against Kagiso Rabada, as the tailender has been giving good support to Mitchell Starc. The duo has been successful in frustrating the Proteas as they continue to add valuable runs to the total. WTC Final 2025 Live: AUS - 165/9 in 48 overs leading by 239 runs. Starc (27*), Hazlewood (8*). South Africa haven't been able to stop the run flow as Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc have added 14 runs for the tenth wicket to take their lead closer to 250. The Proteas bowlers look frustrated out in the middle. WTC Final 2025 Live: AUS - 164/9 in 48 overs leading by 238 runs. Starc (26*), Hazlewood (8*). Grass be like - 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 🤪#Mulder was all set to wrap up #Australia's innings, then the grass pulled a classic slip move! 😅 LIVE NOW 👉 | #SAvAUS | Day 3, LIVE NOW on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi & JioHotstar — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) June 13, 2025 The Australian tail is gradually extending their lead as Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are adding crucial runs and have taken the lead beyond 230. South Africa will aim to close out things quickly as every run will make the target threatening from here onwards. WTC Final 2025 Live: AUS - 158/9 in 46 overs leading by 231 runs. Starc (26*), Hazlewood (2*). Kagiso Rabada has continued his good work as he bowls a tight over to Josh Hazlewood. Mitchell Starc collected a boundary as the edge fell short of the slips and ran away for a boundary. However, he was perturbed by the speedster in all remaining deliveries. WTC Final 2025 Live: AUS - 156/9 in 45 overs leading by 230 runs. Starc (25*), Hazlewood (1*). South Africa have opened up the field, sensing an attack from Mitchel Starc. However, the tailender is happy to play the ball into the gaps and take singles. South Africa need to make sure that they don't give too many runs away here: WTC Final 2025 Live: AUS - 152/9 in 44 overs leading by 219 runs. Starc (21*), Hazlewood (1*). Kagiso Rabada continues good work on Day 3 as he gets rid of Nathan Lyon for 2 in his second over of the day. South Africa will now aim to close out the innings quickly and come out to bat in fourth innings. WTC Final 2025 Live: AUS - 148/9 in 43 overs leading by 219 runs. Starc (19*), Hazlewood (0*). Wiaan Mulder has started off the day with a maiden as Nathan Lyon cautiously plays out his over without taking any risk. WTC Final 2025 Live: AUS - 145/8 in 42 overs leading by 219 runs. Starc (16*), Lyon (2*). Australian tailenders Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon have had a quiet start to the day's play as they take one run from Rabada's first over of the day. WTC Final 2025 Live: AUS - 145/8 in 41 overs leading by 219 runs. Starc (16*), Lyon (2*). The entire Lord's stadium stands in silence to pay tribute to the victims of the Air India flight crash. The players and the crowd all observed a minute of silence ahead of the day's play to pay homage to the victims and their families. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ICC (@icc) It's a bright sunny morning at Lord's as the crowd cheer for the players. Great day to bat, according to Matthew Hayden. The players are making their way out to the middle as Day 3 action begins in the World Test Championship (WTC) Final 2025. All eyes will be on Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon as the duo look to extend Australia's lead in the second innings. They resume their innings on 144/8 leading by 218 runs. Clear skies welcome us to Lord's and Stuart Broad is expecting a good batting track on Day 3. He wants South Africa to play the match as an ODI on Friday with some good intent. What twists does Day 3 of the #WTC25 Final have in store? Here's the pitch report ft. @StuartBroad8 & #ShaunPollock breaking down the conditions in this high-stakes clash! LIVE NOW 👉 | #SAvAUS | Day 3, LIVE Now on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1… — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) June 13, 2025 Well, South Africa has to chase a score more than at Lord's, if they are able to bowl out Australia quickly. Well at the iconic venue, teams chasing 200+ totals have won just 4 times while losing 19 of them. Teams while chasing 200+ totals at Lord's in Tests: Won: 4 Lost: 19 Well, Kevin Pietersen is the weatherman today, and it looks sunny and a good day for batting, according to the former England captain. If SA ever wanted the most perfect weather to get 200 odd runs to win this Test, it's here. A batting day…👀 — Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) June 13, 2025 World-class bowling and sub-par batting have combined to produce high drama in the first two days of the ICC World Test Championship 2025 final between South Africa and Australia. With 28 wickets falling in just two days, the match has swung back and forth at the Home of Cricket - Lord's, London — where Australia have edged ahead in a gripping contest. In the first half of Thursday, Australian skipper Pat Cummins scripted history with a sensational six-wicket haul, dismantling the South African batting line-up. He became the first captain in the history of a major tournament final to claim a five-wicket haul, helping bowl South Africa out for 138 and securing a 74-run first-innings lead. Cummins was at his imperious best on Thursday, delivering lethal spells that ensured Australia took a vital advantage despite posting just 212 in their first innings. However, South Africa's pacers hit back hard. Australia were reeling at 73 for 7 in the final session, facing the real possibility of a rare defeat in a major championship final. That was until Alex Carey, who had earlier played a rash shot in the first innings, redeemed himself with a composed and defiant knock late in the day. Carey survived a few nervy moments — with several edges falling short of the slip cordon — before settling into rhythm with a quick 43. His 61-run stand for the eighth wicket with Mitchell Starc helped steer Australia to 144 for 8 at stumps, extending their lead to 218.
India Today
2 days ago
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- India Today
WTC final: Australia fight back with pace on 14-wicket Day 1 after Rabada special
Test cricket reminded us once again why one should never judge a pitch before both teams have batted on it. After Australia were bundled out for just 212 on Day 1 of the World Test Championship 2025 final, questions were raised over their batting performance. Kagiso Rabada starred for South Africa with a fiery five-wicket haul. However, Australia struck back in style, giving South Africa a taste of their own medicine with a spirited bowling display on Wednesday, 11 a lively Lord's surface that offered something throughout the day — from an overcast morning to a bright evening — fast bowlers dominated proceedings as 14 wickets fell on the opening day of the high-stakes final. | WTC final SA vs AUS Day 1 Highlights |South Africa were left reeling at 43 for 4 at Stumps after Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazlewood tore through their top order. Temba Bavuma (3*) and David Bedingham (8*) were at the crease, trying to steady the innings after a relentless assault from Australia's pace trio. South Africa trailed Australia by 169 runs, and it might take a couple of heroic efforts from the Proteas batters to get close to the total, let alone take a strikes!South Africa's woes continue and #WiannMulder's promotion up the order backfires as #PatCummins cleans him up, all ends up!LIVE NOW #WTCFinal | #SAvAUS, Day 1, watch LIVE on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi & JioHotstar Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) June 11, 2025advertisementThe conditions were not suited for free-flowing stroke play, and Ryan Rickelton's dismissal was a clear example. Early in his innings, Rickelton confidently drove Starc down the ground when the Dukes ball was still as the lacquer wore off, the ball began to swing more. In the ninth over, Rickelton attempted a similar drive to the one that had earlier fetched him a boundary. This time, though, the older ball swung away, took the outside edge, and flew to the slip the Kookaburra or SG balls, the Dukes ball tends to swing more as it ages, making it one of the most challenging for batters to BATTING EFFORT FROM THE PROTEAS?It was arguably a timid effort with the bat from South Africa who batted 22 overs for 43 runs. In fact, the day ended with Beddingham, who walked in at No. 6, hitting two boundaries to lift an otherwise snail-paced Africa appeared to shut shop as early as the ninth over after losing Rickelton and Aiden Markram South Africa were facing a world-class and all-conquering bowling attack, but none of the top-order batters, especially captain Bavuma and No. 3 Wiaan Mulder, showed the urgency in the middle. Even singles didn't come by as South Africa kept finding the fielders, visibly rattled after a terrific opening burst from Mitchell think that batting conditions would improve as the overhead conditions cleared, but that certainly wasn't the case. And I suppose the only reason I'd say maybe Australia edged it—maybe an 80% call—is because of the lack of intent from the South African batting unit," former Australia opener Matthew Hayden told JioHostar after the day's play."That really started with Temba Bavuma."When you think about his performance as captain, it's not just about field placements or bowling changes—it's also about leading from the front as a batting captain, showing vigour and intent. Of course, you're up against three world-class fast bowlers in conditions that suit them, but what Australia would have relished is the deflated tone in that South African innings," he (3 off 37) and Mulder (6 off 44) added six runs for their third-wicket partnership that lasted 40 balls before Cummins removed the latter and piled up the pressure on the Hazlewood joined the pary late, getting the big wicket of Tristan Stubbs to swung the momentum in favour of Australia at the end of the day's was certainly not a day for batters at Lord's, as two high-quality bowling attacks traded punches and turned the opening day into a gripping COLLAPSE AFTER SMITH, WEBSTER FIFTIESAustralia were jolted early by Kagiso Rabada after they were sent into bat on Day 1. You May Also Like
Indian Express
2 days ago
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- Indian Express
WTC Final, Day 1: After Kagiso Radada's elite bowling and Steve Smith's gritty batting, Aussie quicks put South Africa on the backfoot
Under crisp sunshine, South Africa captain Temba Bavuma and his partner David Bedingham retreated with relieved smiles to the pavilion. They would reflect on a day that was as satisfying as it was harrowing. If bowling out Australia for 212 was worthy of contentment, the score of 43/4 at stumps, and the shocking ineptitude of their top-order, would spook them. An Australian backlash was imminent. The deck still had enough juice to provoke the devils, even though the sun was blazing; South Africa's batting line-up is incredibly thin on grand-stage experience; and the trifecta of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood is as opportunistic as bowling cartels come. Starc removed the most gifted of them, Aiden Markram, with the last ball of the first over. The left-armer winkled out Ryan Rickleton, before Cummins and Hazlewood grabbed one apiece to leave South Africa reeling and anticipation already bubbling for another action-packed day. Until the collapse, the day belonged to Kagiso Rabada, who eclipsed Allan Donald as the fourth-most prolific wicket-taker for his country. He illustrated ample virtues to justify his place among the elites. Returning to competitive cricket after serving his suspension, Rabada showed no signs of rust. He rustled in, supple, graceful limbs hauling his symmetrical frame and the fire in his heart. The first ball, an in-swinger that jagged back menacingly to Usman Khawaja, set the drumbeats rolling for the seam-swing orchestra of Rabada, the most athletic and artistic of contemporary speed merchants. Jasprit Bumrah ignites raw excitement, Cummins marvels with his scientific fix of pace, precision and length mastery. But Rabada makes the most difficult art disbelievingly frictionless. He is both subtle and direct; he could swing the ball both ways by shuddering margins, he could move the ball just adequately to kiss the edge. He can be a violinist as well as a drummer, could morph into a savage quick, as well as kill batsmen softly. CAUGHT & Webster departs! 💪🏻#BeauWebster's resistance is broken! #KagisoRabada gets the breakthrough and he now moves up to No. 4 on South Africa's all-time Test wicket-takers list! 👏🏻 LIVE NOW 👉 #WTCFinal | #SAvAUS, Day 1, watch LIVE on Star Sports… — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) June 11, 2025 On a cold and damp morning, he waited 21 balls for his first wicket, inevitably of Khawaja, luring his edge with a ball on fourth-stump, just holding its shape and bouncing a trifle more than the left-handed opener was anticipating. The only mystery was how he survived Rabada's new-ball onslaught that long. The away-nibblers had him poking uncertainly twice. Rabada then pushed him to the back-foot by shortening the length, before slipping the fuller one and catching him at the crease. Khawaja would vouch that it's easier dealing bowlers with default lengths than those that interchange them with immaculate dexterity. His roar was so loud that it could have shivered the grand arena. He only grew louder as the match unfolded. The same over, he produced a wobble-seamed pearler that swung in and kicked away just a smidgeon, pouncing the outside edge of Cameron Green, captured low by the swooping claws of Markram. Rabada waited deep into the day for his next cluster of wickets, only because he was grossly unfortunate in his second spell after lunch. The second session unfolded with a smiling sun and a splendid Steve Smith, cover-driving and cutting with languid disdain. The Smith cover drive deserves a special entry in cricket lexicon, for the sheer improbability of infusing surreal grace from an antithetical set-up, the upper body swaying to the other side, left-shoulder closing, bottom-hand heavy and weight on the back foot. Yet, his bat traces a perfect, rasping arc, the bat traipsing a straight, fluid line and the elbow high and upright. All the incongruent parts rebelling to produce a most congruous stroke. He slapped Rabada through backward point for a four to bring up his fifty, before he nipped one back onto his pads. Smith had shouldered arms and was only saved by the delivery's height. The in-swinger, both of conventional and wobble seam, ran both Smith and Beau Webster ragged. The latter was repeatedly pinged on the pads, and the most straightforward one went unreviewed. It could have ended Webster's early torture on eight. The Tasmanian then recovered to post 72, his 79-run stand with Smith formed the spine of Australia's innings, which was tottering at 67 for 4 when Marco Jansen ejected Travis Head, caught acrobatically down the leg-side by wicket-keeper Kyle Verreynne. Jansen bowled with heart and heat, composed a stunner to consume Marnus Labuschagne. But the waywardness of Lungi Ngidi and Wiaan Mulder enabled Smith and Webster to recover. It looked as though Smith, in impregnable form, would make South Africa pay for the second-session slumber. But Markram's golden arm produced the breakthrough against the run of play. The part-time off-spinner was introduced so that Mulder could bowl down the slope. Smith's eyes lit up, but over-enthusiasm induced indiscretion, as he threw his hands at a tossed-up ball outside the off-stump, only for an edge to fly backwards, where Jansen pouched after a juggle. Smith kicked the turf in anger, but Webster kicked on and completed a gutsy half-century. Solid as ever! 💪🏻#SteveSmith brings up a crucial fifty under pressure, steering Australia out of a tough spot! 🙌🏻 LIVE NOW 👉 #WTCFinal | #SAvAUS, Day 1, watch LIVE on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi & JioHotstar — Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) June 11, 2025 Straightaway after tea, the score at 190 for 6, Temba Bavuma summoned Rabada. Six overs and four balls later, Rabada celebrated his second entry on the Lord's honours board and South Africa were retreating with happy faces after bowling out their nemesis for 212 runs. To the lower-order batsmen, he swapped subtlety for brutality. Two fierce back-benders nailed Cummins and Starc, after he had Webster edge and slash at a widish ball. But the total already looks like a mountain to scale as Starc and Co would return to harass the most inexperienced South African batting line-up in recent memory, infusing a cold intrigue to the second day. Brief scores: Australia 212 all out (Beau Webster 72, Steve Smith 66, Kagiso Rabada 5/51) vs South Africa 43/4 (Ryan Rickelton 16, Mitch Starc 2/10)
India Today
2 days ago
- Sport
- India Today
WTC final: Five-star Kagiso Rabada goes past Allan Donald, rattles Australia at Lord's
Kagiso Rabada showed why he remains one of the finest fast bowlers in world cricket, stepping up for South Africa in their maiden World Test Championship final against Australia. Rabada led a spirited bowling performance on Day 1 after captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and opted to bowl on an overcast morning at Lord's, became only the second bowler after Kyle Jamieson in 2021 to claim a five-wicket haul in a World Test Championship final, as Australia were dismissed for just 212 in under 60 overs. He returned impressive figures of 5 for 51, well supported by fellow pacer Marco Jansen, who picked up three WTC final, Day 1 Updates | Rabada also surpassed the legendary Allan Donald on the list of South Africa's highest wicket-taking bowlers in Test cricket. He now ranks as the fourth-most successful Proteas pacer, behind only Dale Steyn, Shaun Pollock, and Makhaya & Webster departs! #BeauWebster's resistance is broken! #KagisoRabada gets the breakthrough and he now moves up to No. 4 on South Africa's all-time Test wicket-takers list!LIVE NOW #WTCFinal | #SAvAUS, Day 1, watch LIVE on Star Sports Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) June 11, 2025MOST TEST WICKETS FOR SOUTH AFRICA 1. Dale Steyn - 439 in 93 matches2. Shaun Pollock - 421 in 108 matches3. Makhaya Ntini - 390 in 101 matches4. Kagiso Rabada - 332* in 71 matches5. Allan Donald - 330 in 72 matchesadvertisementIt was a sensational effort from Rabada as he dispelled doubts over his form and mental health after having returned from a drug ban. Rabada served a month-long suspension, missing matches for Gujarat Titans in the IPL after acknowledging the use of recreational drug in and South Africa appeared to have moved on from that controversy. The senior pacer was on the mark from the word go, getting the big wickets of Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green in the same over. Rabada troubled Khawaja throughout his 20-ball stay before getting the left-hander caught at slips for Green, who was batting at No. 3 after his return from a long injury layoff, got a pearler -- a delivery that pitched in line and left the right-hander kept the pressure on Australia throughout the first and second session even as Steve Smith was leading Australia's recovery. South Africa took four wickets in the first session, but only one came in the Rabada led the bowling charge in the final session, getting the big wicket of Beau Webster, who was looking to hang around with the tail and score big. Rabada got Webster for 72 before cleaning up the tail with the wickets of Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins.
India Today
2 days ago
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- India Today
Watch: Kyle Verreynne takes stunning one-handed catch to dismiss Travis Head
South Africa were on top of their game, executing their plans to perfection and taking their catches well in the morning session on Day 1 of the World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord's, London. Having won the toss and opted to bowl on an overcast morning in the English capital, South Africa left Australia reeling at 67 for 4 in the 27th over at Verreynne was one of the heroes of the session, as the wicketkeeper pulled off a sensational catch to dismiss the dangerous Travis Head. At the stroke of lunch, left-arm pacer Marco Jansen angled one across the left-hander. The innocuous delivery, drifting down the leg side in the final over of the first session, kissed Head's bat for a faint edge. | WTC Final Day 1 Updates |The ball was travelling at pace, and Verreynne dived full length to his right to take the catch safely. It was a one-handed stunner from the wicketkeeper, who went all out to grab the crucial breakthrough for South Africa. Head had looked good for another rearguard effort, hitting two boundaries early in his innings. He came in when Australia were in a spot of bother, having lost their first three wickets for 46 runs. Known for his counter-attacking ability, Head has produced several such efforts in the past, but it was not his day in London—thanks to Verreynne's VERREYNNE'S ONE-HANDED STUNNER#MarcoJansen dismisses TravisHead after a splendid catch by #KyleVerreynne behind the stumps!LIVE NOW #WTCFinal | #SAvAUS, Day 1, watch LIVE on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi & JioHotstar Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) June 11, 2025advertisementSouth Africa were focused and fired up in the field, claiming four wickets in the first session. Kagiso Rabada ripped through the top order, dismissing Usman Khawaja for a 20-ball duck—caught in the slips in the seventh over. South Africa remained disciplined with the new ball, resisting the temptation to over-attack, and were duly Bedingham took a fine low catch in the slip cordon to ensure South Africa capitalised on the first opportunity that came their Green, returning from injury and promoted to No. 3, didn't last long. He was dismissed for 4 in the same over as Khawaja. Rabada got the ball to move away from the right-hander late from a good length, finding the edge which was safely taken by Aiden Markram in the Labuschagne, Australia's makeshift opener, continued to struggle. Despite a lean run in the WTC 2023–25 cycle, he was asked to open the batting. Labuschagne hung on for 56 deliveries before edging a Marco Jansen delivery to the South Africa captain AB de Villiers praised South Africa's efforts on the field in the first session."I thought it was a very bold decision from Temba to bowl first, but it's paid dividends, as we've picked up four wickets. So, a really good effort from the guys, taking the opportunities – some really, really good catches as well taken," he told needed a strong response after a poor first session. Steve Smith stood tall, registering a half-century and guiding Australia closer to the 100-run mark in the second session. You May Also Like
