South Africa’s bowlers, led by Kagiso Rabada’s 5/51, dominated Australia at 212/10, but their batting stumbled to 43/4, trailing by 169 runs on Day 1 of the WTC Final 2025 at Lord’s.
Marco Jansen’s spectacular juggling catch at first slip off Aiden Markram’s bowling dismisses Steve Smith for 66.
Just at the right time, when the team needed him, Steve Smith delivered. Another fifty-plus score in Whites, this time at the all-important final, at the 'ultimate test' in Lord's against South Africa.
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Glenn Maxwell replaces Steve Smith as Washington Freedom captain for MLC 2025 due to Smith’s national commitments.
Australia conducted their first training session ahead of the ICC World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord's, starting from June 11. With almost a full squad, Pat Cummins and his boys worked hard for over a 3-hour practice drill.
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The star India batter ranks behind only Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting, and Steve Smith globally with 20 centuries as captain. Kohli’s tally of 30 Test centuries overall puts him among the all-time greats, and he remains one of the few players to score centuries in all formats as a captain.
It is not my job to announce the winner
Rohit Sharma on being asked if England were rightly awarded the World Cup title in 2019
