WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Cricket Score Updates: Kagiso Rabada has put South Africa in the driver’s seat early in the World Test Championship Final, picking two wickets in the seventh over to send back Usman Khawaja and Cameron Green. Australia are now hoping that Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne can get them out of the ditch that they find themselves in early in the match at Lord’s.
Khawaja fell for a 20-ball duck to Rabada, with the latter and Marco Jansen ensuring that Australia struggled to earn their runs in the opening exchanges. While this is the first time South Africa are playing in the WTC Final, Australia are the defending champions, beating India by 207 runs in the 2023 final at Lord’s.
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Though the romantic choice would be for South Africa to win the contest, the favourites are Australia. Not only does South Africa lack experience in terms of the caps, but also most of the players have not played in England and at Lord’s. Kagiso Rabada, with 70 caps, is the most experienced player in South Africa, and captain Bavuma and Rabada are the only two players who have played over 50 games.
In Australia, this is a winning machine. The trio of Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood have won everything there is to be. However, with their careers coming into the twilight, they would like to add another feather to their already filled cap.
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