*Official* WTC FINAL Australia vs South Africa 2025

[kykweer.proteas]

Almost at the stage where SA can start to make some inroads to delete the ''C'' word.

Or they could cement it for years to come.

Nah this game is still too close to call, we still need to score the highest in ings score of the match to win.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

So, does green bat 4 in the west indies now that smith is out? 1st test is in 11 days.

Konstas back to open, Marnus and Green move down I guess?

 

[SeamUp]

Good match this

Cricket between these 2 rarely disappoints.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Markram's such a tease. Should be among the top 3 bats in the game based off talent.

 

[ashley bach]

Nah this game is still too close to call, we still need to score the highest in ings score of the match to win.

Your lads are now 1-5 raging hot favs

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Ohhh we're halfway there

 

[King Kane]

Markram and Bavuma are in the groove here, another wicket or two could change all that though, you can never underestimate SA's anility to choke.

The Proteas that is, the Springboks don't choke that much.

 

[SeamUp]

Did you see that puff of a dust. Could have been fun on day 4 and 5.

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

The runs keep coming. 4 rpo all innings long, just what was needed in a chase of this size.

 

[SkyBlue]

Australia are still favorites from here

All it takes is one wicket

Remember what happened at the MCG once Pant played a rash shot and got out

 

[Gob]

Australia are still favorites from here

All it takes is one wicket

Remember what happened at the MCG once Pant played a rash shot and got out

Wicket is absolutely dead though. Only south africa can lose it from here

 

[King Kane]

Markram's such a tease. Should be among the top 3 bats in the game based off talent.

He's a great test batsman on a flat pitch like this one is now, I still rate Bavuma ahead of him, he can score runs on a tough pitch, that's when it counts.

 

[SkyBlue]

Wicket is absolutely dead though. Only south africa can lose it from here

Exactly. It's South Africa. They needed 29 off 29 to win a world title just about a year ago.

 

[SeamUp]

He's a great test batsman on a flat pitch like this one is now, I still rate Bavuma ahead of him, he can score runs on a tough pitch, that's when it counts.

It's not about flatness tbf he has scored hundreds in testing conditions against great Aussie attacks at home + this 100 on a joke of a pitch v India where no one else passed 50

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-in-south-africa-2023-24-1387592/south-africa-vs-india-2nd-test-1387604/full-scorecard

 

[Johan]

Aiden averages 43 in South Africa of all places, can't be a FTB

 

[chris.hinton]

5-0 Ashes to England

nothing to fear. Aussies are old and past it

 

[Arachnödouche2.0]

Exactly. It's South Africa. They needed 29 off 29 to win a world title just about a year ago.

It's SA's time. Reyno Nel won WSM out of nowhere last month. DDP is middleweight champ in the UFC. Colton Engelbrecht is breaking ridiculous records in powerlifting. Proteas to join the train.

 

[kykweer.proteas]

Your lads are now 1-5 raging hot favs

Can't shake the feeling of those 5 wickets falling for basically no runs in the first innings.

This game when it sways, has swayed heavily in short bursts.

 

[GRAB]

Has my strategy of being insanely busy at work and barely being able to peep terrifiedly at the scores worked well today?

 

[Molehill]

From 28-0 with a lead of 102, looks like that collapse to 73-7 has decided this. There was a chance to bat long and kill the game off but good bowling and some pretty average batting has done for Aus.