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WTC 2025 Final From Today: South Africa To Face The Defending Champion Australia

  • By Thetripurapost Sports Desk, London.
  • Jun 11, 2025
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The final of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 will be played between Australia and South Africa from June 11 to 15. The match will start today at Lord's Cricket Stadium in London.

Both teams finished top-2 in the points table of the WTC 2023-25 ​​cycle. Both will face each other in Tests for the first time after 2 years. Earlier they clashed in the 2022-23 WTC season.

Australia is the defending champion. On the other hand, South Africa would like to become the third team to win the WTC final. India was the runner-up in the first two finals. New Zealand became the champion in 2021 and Australia in 2023.

Match Details, WTC 2025 Final AUS vs SA Date- June 11-15 Stadium- Lord's Cricket Stadium, London Time: Toss- 2:30 PM, Match Start- 3:00 PM

101 Tests were played between the two . The first Test was played between Australia and South Africa in 1902. So far, 101 Tests have been played between the two teams in 123 years. Australia won 54 of these matches, while South Africa won 26 matches. 21 Tests were also drawn.

Cummins took the most wickets for the team Australia captain Pat Cummins had a great performance in the WTC 2023-25 ​​cycle. Cummins is the highest wicket-taker for the team during this period. At the same time, he is the second top wicket taker in the 2023-25 ​​cycle. Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah is at number one with 77 wickets. At the same time, opener Usman Khawaja has scored the most runs for the team during this period.

Bedingham scored the most runs from South Africa David Bedingham has scored the most runs for South Africa in the WTC 2023-25 ​​cycle. He scored 645 runs in 12 matches during this period. Captain Temba Bavuma is at number two. The team's star pacer Kagiso Rabada is the top bowler.

South Africa-Australia remained in the top-2 of the points table In the third cycle of the World Test Championship, South Africa topped the points table with 69.44% and made it to the final. While Australia qualified for the final by finishing second with 67.54 percent.

After being at the top of the points table for most of the time, India eventually lost two series and finished third with 50% points. India lost the last two series to New Zealand and Australia.

WTC 2025 Final Winning Prize Rs 30 Crore ICC has recently announced a huge increase in the prize money for the WTC finalists. The champion will get US $ 3.6 million (Rs 30 crores). The runner-up will get US $ 2.16 million (Rs 18.49 crores).

Weather Report There is a possibility of light clouds in London on the first day i.e. 11 June, but there is a 65% chance of rain on the second day i.e. 12 June. There is also a possibility of some rain on 13 June. There is a possibility of sunshine on the next two days.

Pitch Report The pitch of Lord's Cricket Ground is helpful for fast bowlers. There is good bounce and swing here. In this match, the team whose bowling is better will win. So far 147 test matches have been played here, out of which the team batting first has won 53 times and the team bowling first has won 43 times.

June 16 will be a reserve day June 16 has been kept as a reserve day for the WTC 2025 final. The match will be held on this day only if time is lost due to bad weather in five days and it is not compensated in five days and due to this no result is reached by the end of the fifth day.

Playing-11 of both teams Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Beau Webster, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon.

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain) , Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Varian (wicketkeeper), David Bedingham, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.