WTC Final: Australia lose first ICC final after 15 years; go down by 5-wickets to South Africa

Australia's unbeaten streak successful ICC tourney finals was brought to a halt by South Africa astatine Lord's successful the 2023-25 World Test Championship final. It is Australia's lone 4th decision crossed 14 planetary finals that they've played successful 50 years.The Australian team, led by Pat Cummins, had gone implicit a decennary without experiencing an ICC last loss. Senior players had maintained an unbeaten grounds successful finals crossed formats since 2010.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The halfway members of the existent Australian team, including Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Steve Smith, had been portion of aggregate palmy ICC tourney victories. These see the 2015 and 2023 ODI World Cups, the 2021 T20 World Cup, and the 2023 ICC World Test Championship last against India.Steve Smith becomes the archetypal and lone Australian subordinate to acquisition 2 ICC finals defeats. His erstwhile last nonaccomplishment came during the 2010 T20 World Cup against England successful Barbados.

Australia's dominance successful ICC tournaments is reflected successful their awesome grounds of 10 ICC titles crossed formats. Their past successful ICC finals shows singular consistency, with lone 3 defeats successful their erstwhile encounters spanning 5 decades.

The Australian team's archetypal ICC last decision came successful their inaugural appearance, facing West Indies successful the 1975 World Cup final. Their 2nd nonaccomplishment occurred successful 1996 erstwhile the Mark Taylor-led broadside was defeated by Sri Lanka.At Lord's, South Africa, who needed 69 runs to triumph going connected Day 4 of the WTC Final, ended Australia's 15-year unblemished grounds successful ICC finals and marked lone their 4th nonaccomplishment successful 14 ICC finals implicit 50 years.Australia's win-loss grounds successful ICC tourney finals