South Africa vs Australia
Dates: 11-15 June, 2025 (Reserve Day: 16 June)
Start time: Indian time at 3:30 pm
Teams
South Africa: Tony de Georgi, Ryan Reclonton, Aden Markram, Temba Bavuma (Captain), David Bedingham, Triston Stabs, Kyle Verin, Vian Mulder, Marco Yansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Angidi, Dan Packson, Keshav Maharaj, Senuran Muthusami.
Australia: Usman Khwaja, Sam Contas, Marnas Labushen, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carrie, Josh English, Cameron Green, Bu Webster, Pat Cummins (Captain), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazelwood, Scott Bolland, Nathan Lyon, Mat Kuhneman Yatra Rainman Dogte.
South Africa’s journey of World Test Championship Final
Play matches: 12
Win: 8
Necklace: 3
Draw: 1
Points: 100
PCT: 69.44%
South Africa started with a 1–1 draw series against India on its land. He then suffered a 2–0 series defeat to New Zealand. South Africa then defeated West Indies 1–0 in his house and then won a 2–0 series against both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka teams.
South Africa confirmed their place in the final by winning the Centurion Test against Pakistan. Later won the series 2–0 against Pakistan and won seven consecutive matches and finally qualified as table toppers.
Australia’s journey of world test championship final
Play matches: 19
Win: 13
Necklace: 4
Draw: 2
Points: 154
PCT: 67.54%
Australia started till the finals with a draw against England at the Ashes Series 2-2. After this, Pakistan crushed 3–0 in the series but the series against West Indies ended on a 1-1 draw. After this, he defeated New Zealand 2–0 on his land and confirmed his place against India by winning the Border Gavaskar Trophy 3–1. After this, he defeated Sri Lanka 2–0 with him.
Who can be a trump card
South Africa: Kagiso Rabada
ICC rankings number 2 bowler Kagiso Rabada can prove to be important for South Africa. He played an important role in South Africa to reach the finals and took 47 wickets in 10 Tests in the WTC 2023-25 cycle. He took five wickets in the innings three times at an average of 19.97. Rabada’s performance on England soil has also been excellent and he has taken 30 wickets in six Tests played here.
Australia-Travis Head
In the current WTC cycle, left -handed batsman Travis Head played all 19 matches for Australia. During this, he scored 1177 runs in 11 matches including three centuries and played an important role in bringing Australia to the finals. Head, ranked at number 8 in the batsmen, has a good performance in England. Head has played 10 Tests in England, scoring 734 runs. In 2023, Head played an important role in making Australia champions and broke India’s dream of victory by playing an innings of 163 runs.
Who is the umpire and match referee of the World Test Championship Final?
For the World Test Championship Final match, New Zealand’s Chris Gafeni and England’s Richard Iingworth have been given the responsibility of on-field umpire. In the final match of the World Test Championship, Jawagal Srinath will take responsibility for the referee. At the same time, Nitin Menon has got the responsibility of the fourth umpire for this match. Apart from this, Richard Ketbro of England will be seen in the role of TV umpire.
International Cricket Council has announced prize money for the World Test Championship 2023-25
Prize money for world test championship 2023-25
Winner (Australia/South Africa): 3,600,000 US dollars
Runner-up (Australia/South Africa): 2,160,000 US dollars
Third place (India): 1,440,000 US dollars
Fourth Place (New Zealand): 1,200,000 US dollars
Fifth place (England): 960,000 US dollars
Sixth place (Sri Lanka): 840,000 US dollars
Seventh place (Bangladesh): 720,000 US dollars
Eighth place (West Indies): 600,000 US dollars
Ninth Place (Pakistan): 480,000 US dollars
Where will you be able to see South Africa-Australia finals
In India, it can enjoy this match on Star Sports Channel on TV and on Gostar’s app.
