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South Africa won a historic victory in the World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord’s on Saturday, ending its 27-year-old ICC Trophy drought with a record-breaking run chase of 282. Under the unbeaten centenary of Aiden Markram and flexible 66 of Captain Temba Bavuma, Proteas won with five wickets remaining, marking their first ICC Triumph since 1998.The outstanding performance of Markram of an unbeaten 124 on day 3 set the foundation for victory. Bavuma provided significant support and sealed the victory with a limit via the cover, despite dealing with hamstring injury.The victory provoked the Jubilant ceremony in the South African dressing room, which led to a significant change from the disappointments of his previous ICC tournament.
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The 1999 World Cup semi -final against Australia is one of South Africa’s most dramatic defeat. Nine runs were needed in the final and one wicket left, Lance Clusner hit two borders, before Alan Donald led a tie in a terrible run-out, ending South Africa due to an inferior super six net run rate.The 2003 World Cup brought another destructive exit for South Africa on the soil of the house. In a rain -affected match against Sri Lanka in Durban, Mark Boucher’s DLS Par score was required as a result of miscarriage of South Africa.Quiz: Who is that IPL player?South Africa’s 2011 World Cup campaign ended in the quarter -finals against New Zealand. Despite being well deployed at 108/2 chasing 222, he suffered a collapse, eventually excluded for 172 and lost by 49 runs.The 2015 World Cup semi -final against New Zealand broke another heart. After posting 281 in the rain-shorted 43 overs, the fielding laps of South Africa proved to be expensive. Grant Elliot’s six off del Stan ended his tournament expectations in the final.The 2022 T20 World Cup brought an unexpected blow when South Africa failed to qualify for the semi -finals after losing to Netherlands. Chasing 159, he managed only 145/8, kept well in the 13th over at 90/4.
The Cricket World Cup reached South Africa semi -finals in 2023, but lost its match against Australia, winning the finals.The most recent disappointment came in the 2024 T20 World Cup final against India. After banning India till 176 and Henriqu Klassen scored 52 runs from 27 balls, South Africa showed 30 runs off 28 balls under control. However, after Klassen’s dismissal by Suryakumar Yadav in the final and David Miller’s grip, he decreased by 7 runs.The World Test Championship victory at Lords represents South Africa’s first ICC success after several near-thin and dramatic exit from major tournaments in the last 25 years.
