South Africa will be chasing history when they take on Australia in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Lord’s on Wednesday. Led by Temba Bavuma, South Africa are playing their maiden WTC final while Australia are the defending champions, having beaten India by 207 runs in the 2023 final at the same Lord’s.
One of the biggest drawbacks for South Africa is the lack of experience in their squad. Kagiso Rabada and Bavuma are the most experienced South African players in the squad with 70 and 50 Test caps respectively. As far as Australia are concerned, the trio of Mitchell Starc, Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood have tasted success at this level before and would want to add another feather to their cap with their careers into twilight.
South Africa vs Australia playing XIs
Australia: Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
South Africa: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Temba Bavuma (c), Tristan Stubbs, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi
