SA vs AUS HIGHLIGHTS ICC WTC 2025 Final: AUS pacers strike hard; SA 43/4 at stumps on Day 1
ICC WTC 2025 Final SA vs AUS: Aussie pacers start strong as SA's advantage falls courtesy of a top order meltdown.
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SA vs AUS
Day 1 of the ICC World Test Championship Final 2025 at Lord’s was a rollercoaster, with both Australia and South Africa trading blows. South Africa ended the day at 43/4 after a late top-order collapse, despite bowling out Australia for 212 earlier in the day. David Bedingham and skipper Temba Bavuma remain unbeaten and will resume on Day 2, hoping to stabilize the innings.
Kagiso Rabada starred for South Africa with a brilliant five-wicket haul, including a fiery opening spell that dismissed Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green in a single over. Marco Jansen provided key support, removing Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head—both caught behind. Aiden Markram chipped in with the crucial wicket of Steve Smith, who top-scored for Australia with a fighting 66.
Beau Webster also impressed with a composed fifty, sharing a vital 44-run stand with Alex Carey to help Australia recover to 212. South Africa, in response, struggled against the pace trio of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Pat Cummins, who shared four wickets between them and kept the Proteas under pressure.
With both teams showing glimpses of strength, Day 2 promises to be pivotal in this tightly-contested WTC final.
AUS 1st innings scorecard:
| Australia 1st Inning | ||||||||||||||||
| 212-10 (56.4 ov) CRR:3.74 | ||||||||||||||||
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||||||||||
| Usman Khawaja | c DG Bedingham b K Rabada | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Marnus Labuschagne | c K Verreynne b M Jansen | 17 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 30.36 | ||||||||||
| Cameron Green | c A Markram b K Rabada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | ||||||||||
| Steven Smith | c M Jansen b A Markram | 66 | 112 | 10 | 0 | 58.93 | ||||||||||
| Travis Head | c K Verreynne b M Jansen | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 84.62 | ||||||||||
| Beau Webster | c DG Bedingham b K Rabada | 72 | 92 | 11 | 0 | 78.26 | ||||||||||
| Alex Carey (WK) | b K Maharaj | 23 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 74.19 | ||||||||||
| Pat Cummins (C) | b K Rabada | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 | ||||||||||
| Mitchell Starc | b K Rabada | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | ||||||||||
| Nathan Lyon | b M Jansen | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Josh Hazlewood | Not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Extras | 17 (b 0, Ib 7, w 0, nb 10, p 0) | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 212 (10 wkts, 56.4 Ov) | |||||||||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||||||||
| 12-1(Usman Khawaja 6.3),16-2(Cameron Green 6.6),46-3(Marnus Labuschagne 17.6),67-4(Travis Head 23.2),146-5(Steven Smith 41.6),192-6(Alex Carey 51.1),199-7(Pat Cummins 52.4),210-8(Beau Webster 54.4),211-9(Nathan Lyon 55.5),212-10(Mitchell Starc 56.4) | ||||||||||||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO | |||||||||
| Kagiso Rabada | 15.4 | 5 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.26 | |||||||||
| Marco Jansen | 14 | 5 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | |||||||||
| Lungisani Ngidi | 8 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.63 | |||||||||
| Wiaan Mulder | 11 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3.27 | |||||||||
| Keshav Maharaj | 6 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.17 | |||||||||
| Aiden Markram | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | |||||||||
SA 1st innings scorecard:
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| South Africa 1st Inning | ||||||||||||||||
| 43-4 (22 ov) CRR:1.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||||||||||
| Aiden Markram | b M Starc | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ryan Rickelton | c U Khawaja b M Starc | 16 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 69.57 | ||||||||||
| Wiaan Mulder | b P Cummins | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 13.64 | ||||||||||
| Temba Bavuma (C) | Not out | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 8.11 | ||||||||||
| Tristan Stubbs | b J Hazlewood | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 | ||||||||||
| David Bedingham | Not out | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 88.89 | ||||||||||
| Extras | 8 (b 0, Ib 8, w 0, nb 0, p 0) | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 43 (4 wkts, 22 Ov) | |||||||||||||||
| Yet to Bat | Kyle Verreynne,Marco Jansen,Keshav Maharaj,Kagiso Rabada,Lungisani Ngidi | |||||||||||||||
| Fall of Wickets | ||||||||||||||||
| 0-1(Aiden Markram 0.6),19-2(Ryan Rickelton 8.4),25-3(Wiaan Mulder 15.2),30-4(Tristan Stubbs 20.2) | ||||||||||||||||
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO | |||||||||
| Mitchell Starc | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.43 | |||||||||
| Josh Hazlewood | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.43 | |||||||||
| Pat Cummins | 7 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Nathan Lyon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
ICC WTC 2025 Final: SA vs AUS Playing 11
SA Playing 11: Temba Bavuma (c), Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
AUS Playing 11: Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
SA vs AUS ICC WTC 2025 Final – LIVE Telecast:
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Stay tuned for live updates of the ICC WTC 2025 Final between SA and AUS from Lord’s, London.
10:34 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: SA 43/4 at stumps!
Over Summary: 1 0 0 0 4 4; SA 43/4 after 22 overs; Bedingham 8 (9) Temba Bavuma 3 (37)
Cummins continues the attack and concedes 9 runs from the over
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10:28 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: 5 runs from the over!
Over Summary: 1 W 4lb 0 0 0; SA 34/4 after 21 overs; Bedingham 0 (4) Temba Bavuma 2 (36)
Hazlewood continues the attack and concedes 5 runs from the over
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10:24 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Stubbs clean bowled!
Tristan Stubbs clean bowled by Josh Hazlewood as SA bat order meltdown continues.
10:22 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: 1 run from the over!
Over Summary: 1 0 0 0 0 0; SA 30/3 after 20 overs; Tristan Stubbs 2 (11) Temba Bavuma 2 (36)
Lyon comes into the attack and concedes 1 run from the over
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10:19 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: 2 runs from the over!
Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 2; SA 29/3 after 19 overs; Tristan Stubbs 1 (10) Temba Bavuma 2 (31)
Hazlewood continues the attack and concedes 2 runs from the over
10:14 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Maiden over by Cummins!
Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 0; SA 27/3 after 18 overs; Tristan Stubbs 1 (10) Temba Bavuma 0 (25)
10:10 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Just 1 run from the over!
Over Summary: 0 1 0 0 0 0; SA 27/3 after 17 overs; Tristan Stubbs 1 (4) Temba Bavuma 0 (25)
Hazlewood continues the attack and concedes 1 runs from the over
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10:06 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: 3 runs from the over!
Over Summary: 2 W 0 1lb 0 0; SA 26/3 after 16 overs; Tristan Stubbs 0 (2) Temba Bavuma 0 (21)
Cummins continues the attack and concedes 3 runs from the over
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10:02 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Cummins cleans up Mulder!
Pat Cummins gets his first wicket as he cleans up Mulder on 4 runs.
10:00 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Maiden over by Hazlewood!
Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 0; SA 23/2 after 15 overs; Wiaan Mulder 4 (42) Temba Bavuma 0 (18)
Hazlewood continues the attack and bowls a maiden over.
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9:56 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: 2 runs from the over!
Over Summary: 0 0 2 0 0 0; SA 23/2 after 14 overs; Wiaan Mulder 4 (42) Temba Bavuma 0 (13)
Cummins continues the attack and concedes 3 runs from the over
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9:52 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: 1 run from the over!
Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 1 0; SA 21/2 after 13 overs; Wiaan Mulder 2 (36) Temba Bavuma 0 (13)
Starc continues the attack and concedes 1 runs from the over
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Check SA vs AUS WTC 2025 final scorecard here
9:47 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: 1 run from the over!
Over Summary: 0 1lb 0 0 0 0; SA 20/2 after 12 overs; Wiaan Mulder 1 (31) Temba Bavuma 0 (12)
Cummins continues the attack and concedes 1 runs from the over
9:40 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Maiden over by Starc!
Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 0; SA 19/2 after 11 overs; Wiaan Mulder 1 (29) Temba Bavuma 0 (7)
Starc continues the attack and bowls a maiden over
9:35 PM
ICC WTC Final 2025 SA vs AUS, Day 1 LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Maiden over by Cummins!
Over Summary: 0 0 0 0 0 0; SA 19/2 after 10 overs; Wiaan Mulder 1 (29) Temba Bavuma 0 (2)
Cummins continues the attack and bowls a maiden over
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First Published: Jun 11 2025 | 1:46 PM IST
