The wonderful coincidence in the WTC final 2025, it happened between South Africa-Australia which was reduced 26 years ago.
Steve Smith Drops Tamba Bavuma Catch: 13 June 2025, In the ICC World Test Championship between South Africa and Australia at the ICC World Test Championship at Lord’s Stadium in London, a wonderful coincidence was found on this date and something happened that took place in the important competition of the ICC tournament between these two teams 26 years ago.
On 13 June 1999, South Africa and Australia clashed on a super six stage. In this match in Hadingley, Herschelle Gibs left the catch of Steve Waugh on the midwicket. At that time, Wi was on 56 runs and when he came to bat, Australia chased the target of 272 runs and lost 3 wickets for 48 runs. Jeevandan Waugh, who met Gibbs’s hands, scored an unbeaten 120* runs in that match and kept Australia in the World Cup and also kept him above South Africa in the Super Six stage.
When Gibbs left the catch of Waugh, which he said, “How is he feeling when leaving the World Cup, Harshal?”
Four days after this match, both teams again clashed in the semi -finals and Australia won the match and went ahead and became the champion.
Exactly 26 years later, Steve Smith left the catch of Temba Bavuma in the released World Test Championship final. When Smith left Bavuma’s catch, he was a personal score of 2 runs and at the end of the third day he remained unbeaten on 65 runs.
Bavuma shared a 143 -run partnership for the third wicket with the opening batsman Eden Markram (102 runs), making South Africa a strong hold in the final.
Significantly, by the end of the third day’s play, South Africa has scored 213 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in the second innings and 69 runs away from the victory. Apart from Markram, captain Temba Bavuma remained unbeaten after scoring 65 runs. The two have shared a 143 -run partnership for the third wicket.
During the third day’s game, Australia’s team was all out for 213 in the second innings and set a target of 282 runs in front of South Africa due to a 74 -run lead in the first innings.
