WTC Final 2025: South Africa beat Australia by 5 wickets to win 1st major title in 27 years

Proteas implicit a palmy pursuit of the associated second-highest winning fourth-innings full successful Test past astatine the London venue

South Africa's David Bedingham successful enactment during the ICC World Test Championship Final astatine Lord's Cricket Ground successful London, Britain, connected June 14, 2025. Action Images via Reuters

South Africa won the World Test Championship connected Saturday, completing a singular turnaround to bushed Australia by 5 wickets arsenic they successfully chased down an imposing 282-run target.

But it was an edgy decorativeness arsenic they took 27.4 overs to dilatory people the 69 runs needed to unafraid occurrence connected the 4th time astatine Lord’s aft resuming astatine 213-2 overnight.

In truthful doing, they completed a palmy pursuit of the associated second-highest winning fourth-innings full successful Test past astatine the London venue.

It was a archetypal large cricket triumph for South Africa successful 27 years, who had earned an unwanted estimation for nonaccomplishment erstwhile connected the cusp of triumph implicit the past decades successful constricted overs competitions.