Australia vs South Africa, ICC WTC 2025 Final, Day 4, Highlights: SA Win By 5 Wickets, Defeat The Defending Champions In The 'Ultimate Test'

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Lord's rises up to South Africa. The Proteas have ended their ICC Trophy jinx after 27 odd years. Temba Bavuma becomes only the second captain after Hansie Cronje to lift an ICC Trophy.

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: More drama in Lord's, just at the stroke of victory, Starc dismisses Aiden Markram and delays South Africa by sometime

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: AB de Villiers, Graeme Smith in attendance, South Africa are well on their way to create history

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: The Proteas are standing on the cusp of history now, they are literally just two big hits away from winning this match and the coveted Test mace

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: The match is nothing but just a formality now, though all credit to Australia that they haven't let their shoulders drop so far, but right now it is all going in South Africa's favour

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Australia have been fighting hard and till this point in time, they are leaving no stone unturned to pull the game back in their favour

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Aussies are getting pretty desperate as of now and now they have lost all their reviews

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: South Africa need to stop doubting themselves and their capabilities. They still have six wickets in their hand and are favourites to win the game

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: What is wrong with South Africa? They are doubting themselves and their chances and Australia continue to chip away with wickets. The game is now as difficult as South Africa want to make it

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Just 44 needed now, but South Africa have continued to bat cautiously so far. All they need is one big over and the game will possibly be done and dusted for Australia

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Australia, under pressure, in a final, how many times have we heard that? But South Africa have managed to do it. The game has tilted towards South Africa

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Final roll of the dice from Australia. Pat Cummins has handed the ball to Mitchell Starc. The game will have to change here if Australia re to have a sniff at the WTC mace

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: South Africa are knocking the door now. They can smell the victory and they are inching closer to the WTC mace with every passing delivery

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Tristan Stubbs has middled the ball beautifully so far and hasn't looked in any trouble so far. The youngster will want to finish the game off his own bat and stay till the end

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: This has been some sensational innings from Aiden Markarm. The Proteas star has silenced his critics with a knock that will be remembered for ages. Australia need to hunt his wicket down real quick if they want to stay alive in this contest

AUS vs SA Live Score: Temba Bavuma might have departed, but South Africa need to look at the brighter side of the things. They are almost there, but this is a crucial phase of play and it will test their nerves to the last bit

AUS vs SA Live Score: South Africa have sent Tristan Stubbs ahead of David Bedingham who has a fair amount of experience in handling the English conditions

AUS vs SA Live Score: Skipper Pat and his habit of standing up in crucial moments never fades away. Cummins dismisses the South African skipper, gets the much-needed breakthrough just when things were easing out a bit for South Africa

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins are Australia's best hope as of now with the ball not doing enough. Both of them are not giving even an inch to the Proteas batters

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Temba Bavuma's injury hasn't eased out even one bit it seems. The South Africa skipper looks uncomfortable while running through the wickets but he continues to battle his way through

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: South Africa have eight wickets in hand and they need just 68 runs to win. The batting conditions are good. The new ball is due in a long time. All Australia can do is back their skills

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: The South African and Australian players have walked out. Players of both the teams have their eyes fixated on the WTC mace

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: ICC Hall of Famer Daniel Vettori has rung the bell at the Lord's Cricket Ground to make the start of Day 4. Action starts soon

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Here's a look at the results that enabled South Africa to play the WTC 2025 Final

• Drew with India
• Lost to New Zealand
• Beat West Indies
• Beat Bangladesh
• Beat Sri Lanka
• Beat Pakistan

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Here is a look at how South Africa fared in the World Test Championship 2025 Cycle

• Matches: 12
• Wins: 8
• Losses: 3
• Points: 100
• PCT: 69.44

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Dissecting Australia's dominating journey to the WTC 2025 Final

• Drew With England
• Beat Pakistan
• Drew with West Indies
• Beat New Zealand
• Beat Indian
• Beat Sri Lanka

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Here's a brief look at Australia's numbers in World Test Championship 2025

• Matches: 19
• Wins: 13
• Losses: 4
• Points: 154
• PCT: 67.54

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: The weather at Lord's looks like a perfect day to play cricket with the sun beating down and the chances of rain are pretty less

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: South Africa last won an ICC trophy back in 1998, the Knockout Cup (now called as Champions Trophy). It has been 27 years since then and the Proteas believe that today might be their time

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: Aiden Markram scored a stellar century for South Africa when it mattered the most. The right-handed batter has scored 102* off 159 balls so far in the final innings. An old tweet from Virat Kohli is doing the rounds on social media where he praised Aiden Markram's batting.

AUS vs SA WTC Final Live Score: South African skipper Temba Bavuma continued to battle through hamstring injury during the third day of the World Test Championship final. Bavuma batted in pain and led the Proteas' charge alongside Aiden Markram