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South Africa (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma(c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne(w), Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
Australia (Playing XI): Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
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There’s this earnestness to everything Temba Bavuma does as a cricketer. It comes through even more when you hear him speak in a press conference. He’s measured. He’s contemplative. He’s patient. Often, he is also emotional.
And he certainly didn’t hold back on his emotions as he addressed the possibility of becoming the first South African captain to lead his country to a proper world title (the 1998 ICC Knockouts notwithstanding).
Especially when he started talking about how even getting to Lord’s for this big finale was part of his “story” and his team’s “story”. If anything, he must have brought up the “story” at least a dozen times as he spoke about South Africa’s chances in the World Test Championship Final that kicks off at Lord’s on Wednesday. It was difficult not to be moved by how much it seemed to move him. Even if many have questioned his team’s progress to the final along with their credentials as a Test team to get to this stage. “Who did they beat after all?” being an unavoidable narrative that’s followed their progress to this stage.
The fact is that now they know who they’ll have to beat to shut everyone up. A team that has historically been a bugbear for them in matches that matter. A team that has perennially managed to get the better of them when it matters most.

When: World Test Championship (WTC) Final, South Africa v Australia, June 11-16, 2025, 10:30 hrs Local Time, 19:30 AEST, 15:00 hrs IST

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accelerated almost [Applause] wearing down the Australian bowling line by hanging about but busily and not just sitting on his glass and knocking it hither and the ones on the floor just a moment ago on the straight drive from Buma Cumins runs in short he’s after that pulls it away there in [Applause] green is behind square [Applause] down into the top is trying hard for something out of it he’s he’s got a field that’s set to allow him to bowl more than the occasional short square leg he’s just moving and another man long so he’s he’s given himself the option for the old short but he’s not all Martin is facing back down the gully easy single with line back there a bit so it’s it’s to see where the the next wicket’s going to come from for Australia here with the two another 145 needed at the end of the Cumins over and 10 overs no math [Music] [Applause] line [Music] with not a great deal happening so he’s had enough and he’s summoned up his wicket taker he’s doing a few loosely exercises andy what’s looking at the uh the movement series of four innings look at the first four of each in this fourth innings well done in the other three innings by around about 30% both swing and moving off the surface trying to tell us this no pace bowlers yet by line yeah last bats can come into their own as the pitch has been heavily rolled a few times the sun’s been baking it and start now chatting away with Cumins below us as to what and where he’s going to place the field he’s going to have in the slips deep back with point squarish third man if you like cover mid off mid on another man way to the off side just behind point a deep square fine leg and Kawaja down there at five mid on so Stark has the the job of trying to get the ball to do something this PG soft up ball around the wicket he moves in and he’s driven away off a thick edge to backward point it goes through the field down towards the boundary and it goes for four thick edge all along the ground head diving to his left behind point couldn’t cut it off and Norwood Lion running around the rope four more runs still halfway yep wasn’t quite intended to go there but he’ll take it and head moves a little deeper short man at the moment and just manipulating the field with the line out there deep behind point and Stark so far he’s got two wickets but he’s gone for 41 runs and his eighth asleep in a gully and coming again chatting to start really want them want that fellow there going to have a a catcher yes slip and play more stopping running around and he’s fiddling around with the the slip of the gully right comes to the third slip big wind wings spans for those two B now Stark goes in again and he comes forward to punch it on the bounce towards Midon he’s clickity click and the room is 38 two for 141 halfway to where they need to be a bit here between Ed and Kaja that boundary by Martin was his first for 57 balls he managed to score 34 runs [Applause] been waiting for him to play innings like this against Australia for a while but he didn’t come to Australia last time wasn’t picked here comes Stark and it’s chopped away [Applause] and stops it [Applause] so they seem to be well on the way to me Victor well they they are currently if they can [Applause] someone will make a mistake they might but um these two keep going like this for the rest of the session [Applause] even more in the box seat going into the fourth day but we’re keeping you interested what’s going on most of it’s off the bat start goes in drives straight down the ground on the on side and that’s going up to the rope for four another mark room four in this over he’s 70 it’s two for 145 louis how are you i’m okay i’m okay not nearly as nervy as I was earlier i’m sort of you had your blood pressure check not yet and I haven’t needed any blood pressure pills either but I think Mark was looking great this is the guy he saw years ago and then wasn’t pretty decal [Applause] tour south Africa lost 2-1 i think it was a draw in in Sydney or lost 2-0 it rained in Sydney and I think it was great for not to be part of that because they were disheveled at that stage they were under an interim coach had just resigned and Shukri Conrad hadn’t yet been appointed and very few survivors from that tour in fact there’s a short cover in place one slip around the wickety balls to mark walks across and bounce it away behind square thinks of a second but doesn’t go as it’s collected out there two for 146 can’t be more relaxed about the the progress of this game two wickets a flurry of wickets two or three more tonight big tension pressure on the lower order kesha Maharaj doesn’t fool me with confidence with his batting these days anymore you never know here comes Tuck into he doesn’t he loses it when he gets to the delivery’s drive and uh to go back and start I get a ball the way things are going as long as got this injury he’ll stay there he has to I think if he stops and it sizes up I don’t know what will happen to it overnight take some kind I suppose magnesium supplement for something like that he’s actually looking a little bit better in terms of his mobility he’s still scoring runs stark bowls to him and he gets another pocket run the back and point that does not look better at all i mean it looks terrible but he keeps running he’s got the Gordon Greenes a little injury 10 runs from that over and the partnership now worth 77 have you spoken about his hamstrings in history because it’s recent and it’s that’s what we’re looking at here i think so so he’s had left and right and it was the left hamstring that kept him out of the boxing day test against India that was the first test of the cycle the right hand was injured at the 2023 ADI World Cup semi-final playing that game like the injured hamstring so it’s not a new issue injured hamstrings and tendum he’s also as we know that’s really strapping in both elbows because uh his injury there and it’s left it doesn’t actually look like there’s at the moment but it I don’t know it’s quite reminiscent really basing Sundays of Greg Smith who was the captain of 2008 lingered too longer so to speak of longers than other people but the attendance today 28,500 357 Simon man’s ready to go and Nathan lines yeah he’s going to evolve from the pavilion end Australia need a wicket 72 to South Africa on this remarkable third day of compared to what we saw on the first two days total consmation today have gone down that is on top here’s Lion trying to change that to delivery up towards long along the ground i think at the moment they’re scoring so freely can’t stop them 148 for two we have an hour of 25 minutes left just 28 overs left on the board struggle to get all those in a further 134 to win ryan bowl mark there towards short and on the ground [Applause] [Music] good turn out of the foot mark there sung pleasantly warm afternoon balls to mark the back sar goes to a big drive it’s not taken cleanly by K it’s coming down fine for buys it’s picked up by St [Applause] empire going to see indeed buys there clever bowling from live touched it right go on have a go at that and said all right it’s spun out of the foot mark past the inside edge beat the batter and they beat the keeper as well think of a beating for Kerry he got something on it but he didn’t take it cleanly spin up the foot marks there for Lion 150 for two lion goes in well come up and back on side there is no run 150 just come up on the board crowd waking up cheering big crowd here last Friday most people turned up this morning there’s lion going to ball to mark that’s down the leg side here’s the keeper again knocking off the pad it’s going down fine it’s heading towards the rope starts after it he’s given it up gone away for four guys so that did spin down the leg side from Nathan i think that was it i think so yeah did there he spun a long way off the straight that one earlier in the over he spun out the foot marks that spun off tread spun way down the leg side so four buys or six buys in the over they come 154 for two only a further 128 to win the game leg slips going in there very orthodox a leg slip reg [Applause] foot towards mid wicket well potentially there’s something to work with i wonder where this spin really went there down side so no benefit to Australia in one sense something needs to happen for him has 40 has 71 of course I bet their hearts are Oh gosh they haven’t stopped they haven’t stopped pumping since the morning but this was one of the concerns we had at the toss was that when chose to bowl we knew such face line last and we thought that would be sometime probably tomorrow afternoon it’s ended up being this afternoon and that change of ends really does seem to have done something we saw slightly worrying signs we saw nothing from it was flat wasn’t giving the ball any flat at all just on the the sort of shape of the innings we saw a flurry of boundaries over 95 to1 at that point since then just seven more boundaries but they’ve still scored 109 runs in 30 overs from Australia when you’re here and towards a quite defensive field so you know start with a attacking flurry and then accumulate at a at a healthy rate as come set the field back is having a think here stark is going to bowl the end the two standout performers today really Mark who got the last wicket then at the time felt just in time but actually seen since then a few more than 82 well I’m not turn 82 yet yeah well you see I I see I can see it in a completely partial way stand back from a neutral perspective the other person today who’s been to the four starts looking for both wickets and made a half century they’re going to make something happen for Australia b’s full guided away by Marco and there is no run so this partnership now 84 is the highest of the match overtaking the 79 talking about Steve compound dislocation which sounds horrific i gave it a quick Google and it’s when the joint complex pushes out to me that looks like 6 weeks 8 weeks or months to repair now obviously depends on the severity of a compound fracture but yeah it’s not one of those where you can do it one day or two later start bolster down the side is quite deep so it’s an easy single buma with that hamstring problem there with the hamstring Smith damaged fingies off the field take Bummer was on two at the time when he was dropped by Steve Smith 41 a couple of expensive mark 14 and made 58 sliding doors moment [Applause] 64 and that was just for not taking the review i mean that’s the really good when you have a player out and you have [Applause] right changing the field we got [Applause] Stark bowling left arm over for the nursery end sets off to Aiden Mark puffs that away nice shot down towards the deep third boundary two fielders after it and they can’t get there gone away for four beautifully played by Mark lovely timing sweet off the bat two fielders in the deep you could see them running surely but no waste away down the hill and South Africa continually south Michael’s really impressed me in the last time at Arenville where South Africa play the winner against Zimbabwe 13 and 15 and was just all over the place playing all those shots in the first few balls that he facing in the end to square leg just tight but today he seemed a lot tighter and he’s driving so well which is always a sign that Martin’s feeling good about his game he told us in actually I feel fine i feel like this feel confident and I guess he was right for now they changed the fielder down there cam Green’s gone into third down he’s 152 Stark bowls comes forward point is trying everything he can here to pass up the top side he’s got two semi catches short cover short point there’s also a gully fielder deep third deep back of point mid so it’s a strong 63 offside field and no slips no slips we have seen the catch go out to cover moulder taken by Lash tries again goals to Mark Maxio mark taking one hand off there slicing it down towards deep clear green is fielding and they’re through for single 162 more to win the game [Applause] an hour 20 minutes cricket today 15 minutes cricket left today half an hour yeah I was going to ask you at what point will we add that 20 or 30 to get or one or two wickets to get what it will be is this 162 women 41 start using Merc [Applause] there’s no run one of the captains so far half an hour and then it’s up to see the umpires decided in their opinion the game can be finished in the extra eight overs I can tell you if a woman’s out there batting it will be him who asks for that extra half hour because well yeah might well that’s the other thing might not be in a position to to strike for home by the end of the day’s play then they might be it’s possible they keep score like this in the next 15 minutes but they’re kind of not quite there but come quickly so so if it was say 50 to win on eight overs say the other thing as well is a batter and you got a tired bowling attack you’d want to keep on going wouldn’t you yes you absolutely would rather than say right let another depends on how close they are i don’t know that we’re getting ahead of us so we might have some Russian wickets in Australia back in the game they need it at the moment so I think the game [Applause] is significantly in it always tells you the wrong thing well this is the moment 22 more to win the game with eight wickets in hand two players are going Australia not looking flat but just there didn’t look to be that many taking options line [Applause] two wickets and then the pressure comes back on the battle side today [Music] but we South history but those are different players think of those matches specific matches that they failed in when you think they’ve got a great chance to start semiinal against Australia World Cup semi-final 2015 against New Zealand world the rain halted their progression they were a massive score and then it rained and they didn’t quite get the score that they were they were hoping for yeah that’s that’s exactly what happened but the rain was one factor there was of course also a selection issue that was picked to play and there was cricket South Africa influence on selection which was confirmed after the match and he was picked to play ahead of Kyle Abbott who had South African best of the tournament at the time how they had ended up sitting up the match and what we saw on the field before we knew any problem and I remember it clearly because I was coming in that game was AB Devil is just looking for places to kind of hide where Fernand so that he had handst [Applause] to the floor utter despair and and our cricket was really charged from that Yeah and look there’s this you know there’s the C word that wasn’t really a shape that game [Music] outplayed by New Zealand and and the rain as well was the issue and also those short boundaries that they’re very difficult to defend but the last time the T20 World Cup final in Barbados that was against 30 or 30 off 30 in a T20 match with Wicket should win he should win from there really ryan go Markham goes back against the spin plays it up the hill for two runs can chop that yes he can i’m tired looking from Cunnins after that he’s done a little running in the fields [Music] [Applause] if you come to a point where it changes 162 for two mark on strike on 78 lion bowls to him he’s got slick and a short leg finds a gap in the off side to left Cam Green a short third and the right slick through for a single 62 turn off a strike from the previous over looking for something inspiration [Music] games they should have won spins back in outside the offside the line there is some turn now it’s not a final but it’s South Africa against the Netherlands 22 World Cup was a game everybody thought they’d win and they lost the game and were knocked out on the group stage so that was a pretty bad [Applause] the Osar and it goes past the outside edge of the rumor’s back that is the one that just goes straight on you can’t play for a bit of turn inside it easily nip back through this is what so dangerous bowler got something to work with here 141 waits for there’s the line outside the off stump that turns in turns to the end size he’s off a single the ball hits the stumps the hand strikers inevitably with the throw he had to really rush that single mana and that looked very uncomfortable it’s the hand that is strained but don’t think he’ll make it 164 for two 18 to win strengthen that catching slip leg slip short leg [Applause] brushes it into a shame at mid there is no run it’s the end of the over it’s 164 two to win the test championship final 79 has 42 and then Jonathan Ay will join me well I found one more that she won and that was the semiinal of 2009 T20 chasing 150 against Pakistan and they ended up 142 for five which was just a bit of a go being able to win that game so I think we’ve got five now [Applause] and he’s asked the question were there other games they could have won had to answer the question I’m not I’m not talking but it’s going nicely at the moment for South Africa 164 for two as Jeffrey boy always said and two wickets look a little different and they still got an hour an hour and 10 minutes so if they can chip 15 overs i’ve been so short 15 probably [Applause] so there’s going to be maybe 50 left tomorrow and then I think we will come back tomorrow yeah I think so i think so unless [Applause] it’ll be interesting to see if Puma can come back tomorrow yes well that is true the shape of the crowd such a good atmosphere today was yesterday it has been outstanding we got Webster bowling now it’s been cracked away out towards backward he bowled three expensive 20 yes he did this is a bit of advice it’s I think it’s a good problem for both teams but they’re not test fit so exhausted yeah i mean indeed he pulled himself into the ground yesterday i just think it’s almost natural but he almost medium pace standing up to the start so that’s the sort of pace that he has played out to mid wicket bad news doesn’t sound very good a compound pission pushed out from under the skin which we could we saw some photographs close up actually downstairs on that not so nice to look at at all webster again ambles in bowls outside the off stump now he’s got that away that’s the back foot down to third man they’ve got two Weaver runs the far end no they’re going to take just two it’s 167 for two mark on 81 saying the test of his life and he’s had a couple of good ones it’s no ball as well [Music] could be our favorite thing on this test match yes yeah and see replay 168 for two again bs on leg up way up to wicket this time followed by the really got themselves into this game [Applause] friendly rivalry i don’t know if it’s that friendly no it is well I’m not You don’t need no another game this is [Applause] go to wicket did hear one story used by two Australian fans there’s some references to Rob’s suspension at least the suspension which we always behave south African was quite upset closing register again turns red to the inside [Applause] [Applause] to go day today but there is the option of the half suddenly there is the option [Applause] as Webster again was inside [Applause] over two [Applause] [Music] [Applause] mark of 813 [Applause] there we talk about sort of fourth innings precedent this Australian bowling attack have had some quite notable failures in fourth innings had some good two years ago getting a little edgy for Ben Stokes but this uh this same attack um conceded 329 for seven against January 2021 by three Ben Stokes head of the test start didn’t play that game but Cumins Hazel headingly in the 237 [Applause] playing might be a little bit of A bit of mental scar [Applause] well Australia likes that word now here’s a sweep shot top edge out towards deep square leg oh he’s missed it very difficult catch he’s gone for four and it’s one of those choices that the fielder has to make i think it’s consist there the substitute coming in looking into the sun a firm sweep shot i don’t think it quite carried dive forward one of those that actually could lose your teeth again diving forward whereas he could have played a safe option and stopped the boundary but gone for the catch is just not quite carried to him and it’s gone for four runs 172 for two partnership up as well lots going on in the back scored away for a single by 48 [Applause] from 81 yes he did when he hit it actually quite hard didn’t he i did hard first i thought he constantly hesitate a little too much before it’s incredibly difficult that that position such a hard to do because he get often get a horrible spin there [Applause] [Music] so if he come back to protect the power of 45° spun past him before anyway so it’s it’s a it’s a difficult hard it’s going to carry 173 for two marks on 81 gold another but bounceing his lips there enjoyed that one bounce 109 more South Africa need to win this match in the final is looking a little bit stressed sitting in the stands it’s a wonder kids on a holiday trip and he got misused to sign their bats yesterday he’s got some friends of his kids and he says that young boys are starting to John 9 and seven I think a daughter who’s four [Applause] goes to Mark still no wickets for Australia where are they going to get one from where are they going to get a wicket from i may or may not see you later i don’t know what the situation of the match will be may or may not see it tomorrow take it take it take it oh dear nailed 73 for two half good grief it’s the man from Del Monte who’s coming to sit beside me steven B good afternoon alistister Cook replacement i I I am yeah do you know I have to play against the man okay the real one yeah he got bit of a shame because he he only had to go for five to win the man from Dra you get an absolute jabber that’s very ought to be very sub well I actually left home this morning in shorts on a t-shirt thinking I would just come and be quite relaxed um and then I I had a call from Sam Robson former Middle Sex teammate and best friend saying that he was watching in the pavilion so before Alice Cook decided to delegate his duties to watch in goes Webster [Applause] and there’s no run well you you’ve come to see a good game of cricket isn’t it i why I I’ve not been able to take my eyes off the TV for the last two hours it’s been the standing of bowling has been quite just sat there TV and listening to the radio mostly listening to the radio of course well I think you can do them simultaneously see the technology goes over the wicket bowls as turned away just there is a square leg though it’s a sort of an umbrelly type field here really crowding about so they’ve got a very tight set field which has to try and hit the ball through 732 yeah they they’ve got it but I think I’m running [Applause] register again as much as you know and all the talk of oh they’ve been building up their workload which is at the moment oh he’s building up to 12 16 overs a day in the IPL in between games but there is nothing that the emotionally draining element of a test match standing in the physical Yeah absolutely 173 for two boomas on 48 can he get it away for his half sentry well he’s going to get one steering down to square third man and he hobbles his way up to this line 49 brave innings this himself is captain leg [Applause] didn’t he he’s got 40 on one leg and he’s run mark rooms as well single is an interesting web pris [Applause] trying to produce a rash make get a mistake because there’s no pressure on time there’s none of that at all the back two [Applause] Webster again back at by Martin to end the over 172 in about 75 mph there so of course you got to try and create some pace off the bat we’ve got this umbrella field type set [Applause] that moment of pressure hasn’t been quite in out of the ashes in 23 where you’re just able to rotate the strike you think that they might be trying to play more South Africa got themselves into a winning position for taking advantage of those winning positions in in big games over over [Applause] yes it is but they just kind of rely on history now by by squeezing and squeezing long conversation over [Applause] it is I mean it’s it’s such a difficult uh square circle isn’t a circle to square balance but very No 174 for two babuma’s on 49 he’s on strike now he’s facing Lion he’s runs out of a thick edge there’s a big South African chair but Timber Baba their injured captain all 5′ three of them waves his back towards the dressing room he’s got an injured left hamstring and you can hear them breaking into into song or into chant at any rate we’ll give it back in the stands a lot of South African shirts you see people on their feet well played well played but they still got a long way to go 107 more needed go by it off [Applause] cover speding the pitch a bit [Applause] return [Applause] half century came from 83 balls four it’s his 29th 50 centuries had a very low conversion rate but three of those centuries have been in his minds center well he’s leaning on his back down there [Applause] slip the leg slack [Applause] foot he’s going to get runs here he does play this shot well give himself a little bit of room by pops short cuts him through the offside played so well there’s a big gap there got two in the run saving position in the off side as soon as Ryan got short little bit of width so in control hasn’t he across both innings actually he’s one of the few players who’s looked in control watches it right under his eyes and just punches it for the field for Lion now still a slip line goes away [Applause] as well might get a chance but now you got the runs equation coming in as well and to have a deep point with a field like this just tell the state of the game that deep square leg see what the fueling captain’s thinking again [Applause] but it’s quite sharp turn the off to end the over 179 for two 14 touch gloves from against offspin stat now averaging over 150 against spin in his test career only twice with specific line hasn’t just missed him 250 points there’s a long conference going on down there between mainly but discussion trying to do field placing all that sort of thing coming back position lion’s got somewhere to go back to the paint he’s going he’s going off the boundary as well so 179 to two short third man is coming up the slip there now square for now three in the left side in gossate long leg square leg just in front of square with wicket and mid on so here straight really action from the scoring rate two days to go it’s not as though their overs are ticking the way for them to win the [Applause] into again [Applause] [Applause] what’s happening here [Applause] tight field over the top webster go bowls has a little bit of width well fielded almost got it through standards of fielding yeah but I I loved watching and listening to those first couple of days just a little diving across Mark to his right it’s been a great test 179 for two he’s plotting in again bs with no real pace on that and picks up a single to come in hells the ball at the stumps that [Applause] made contact with them another one to South Africa 180 for two with 102 to win 50 minutes of play left today [Applause] an extra half hour i don’t I don’t think I doubt that’ll be taken to a sense of his likely result possible the balls oh that’s a lovely shot he’s a good offside player this fellow Mar little bit of width is just run away through the slips he just lovely nap of opening the face of the bat stick around and the ball really wasted away i mean for the lack of pace and now it’s down to two figures to win another cheer another South African cheer 98 required certainly some very excitable South Africans as I walked under the concourse from the pavilion back to the media center [Applause] into the offside yeah they’re starting to cheer still got a way to go yet but uh the old built on van out the back’s doing a steady trade at the moment finny lovely to see you too and Jim’s coming it was inevitable that I was going to get some stick for the outfit that I chose today so thanks very much a His eyes lit up actually as I walked into the commentary box provide an injection of life but it’s been a brilliant brilliant testament quality of the bowling has been quite something and whilst listening season you’re very nice flat ring good on you thanks for being here in your your very smart bone limb suit thank you very quiet the only problem is it’s not the master suit is it the master tailor of Kolkata have you heard about minis suits we got Taylor in Kolkata never there you go right like yours Lin forward and he pushes you down the p so you you’re looking very very smart thank you that’s the the pavilion that did that or just your friends inviting you to it down the middle set under the ground a slip a leg slip and a short leg where’s there a wicket for Australia not there hands strong pushes away to the side well even though I played cricket for sex for 18 years or something played a decent amount here for England I still had to be invited into the pavilion i can’t just walk up to the pavilion doors and walk in you’re not a member no mine is it only plays it down in front of me why you haven’t been invited well yeah lads from Watford don’t typically become members from the club anyway so um no I I’m not a member i wasn’t never been on the waiting list i didn’t play enough for 126 games but not enough for England to be invited to be a member you’re making the call forward goes Boo Mack the way down the side you know lobby strongly while you’re here exactly i thought I’ve got half an hour on the air what can I do today get an MCC membership why not no I don’t qualify for that unfortunately so I had to shoot a few lurk out the back of the pavilion to wait for someone who is a member to invite me inside one of your teammates yes yes former teammate sam Robson yes hello Sam i think he might be a bit far gone to be listening to us right now he’s in there he’s a good spirit around the wicket line bowls now and he’s knocked away to be on site oh it actually went into the flap of the pad there as he tried to turn the but he’s still playing this is his benefit year yeah the testimonial year [Applause] mhm ryan looking for a witness he doesn’t get it there bumma shuffles across and sends it down the pitch it’s two for 184 yes folks there were some wickets rickleton for six to seven but that’s a long while ago the score was 70 and they’ve now added 114 such a riveting game though isn’t it haven’t been able to take their eyes off at all what’s the story with the pitch here well the groundsman changed in 2017 michael Hunt yes he left yes and Carl McD took over and and he’s got a very different way of um doing the I think he rolls it a bit less than Mike Hunt used to and leaves a bit more grass on the surface a more even covering of grass from the entirety of the 22 yds whereas Mike Hunt would leave it quite bare and there would be plates on there by plates it’s like the crazy paving when you look down the pitch and a wicket here would go up and down if it were to break up as opposed to anything else whereas grass surfaces there starts a new over and drives him down to 89 the grass I packs it all together so the picture is really firm and and when the clouds come over by by firm I don’t mean it’s rock solid and quick and bouncy we’ve not seen but I mean that top layer of soil is is held together [Applause] goes in again from the inside and it’s up to it which means that even though this is dry underneath and and you look at it and there’s the puff of dust when lions bowling now on day three the foot marks are looking a little bit dark there’s nothing really in the danger area looks dangerous to me i don’t think and that’s because of the amount of glass that that is on top of the surface and then when the clouds come over and the atmosphere closes in as we saw last night and as we saw in day one it doesn’t beat the balls in time the ball then for some reason it’s a mystery to me as to why it will the ball seems to start to look a lot more grass than it does when the sun’s out like it has been today as well you can get the impression sometimes that you’re playing on two different pitches here at WS depending on what the the atmosphere is doing but with the cad I think all of the bowlers now are very tight giving and marks well on the outside he can’t score there either two for 100 I I think um AI or or someone or something could write a book called pitch because there’s so many idiosyncrasies andistics that gives us something to talk about it wouldn’t be a boring game if we played on this like they do a lot in tennis court as we bowl much more and if we did the most batsman be able to without them being out because of the pitch and that is the batsman or batter’s favorite thing to do is walk straight in tear the dress yeah as a good bowler how did he get the ball to do that no no what great skill he possesses no they come in and say he’s hopeless he’s useless stick their bat down the toilet here’s Webster around the corner down the fine leg for a single did happen with the New South Wales play 90 for Marklin two for 185 at the end of it with that yes i don’t think the idea was to flush it away it was just a an act of anger at the time of the Christmas i think pads too have also been pushed into the U bin over the years seems when they get out and it’s it’s hard to contain even though you might be in the most serious part of the game someone comes in and blows up like that it’s very difficult not to giggle as a player in dressing even though you know how serious is your team if someone comes in and and starts the net Yeah hurling i mean I played in the game here when when Matt Fry broke the window would you have heard about that in 2011 test match test match here at Lords the the windows to the right of the arch of the balcony here the there are two tiny little windows and they’re single pane i think because it’s a listed building the glass to be single pane in the pavilion can’t be really glass so very thin windows and it was a lot less aggressive than portrayed as in the press the press made it sound like he came in was lobbing his kit all over the place it went through the window he pushed his bat into the corner of the dressing room where his his bats were lined up against the window he forcefully pushed his bat into the corner of the dressing room and it broke the pane of glass and it fell down narrowly missed an MCC on the ground floor he was falling about 15 ft probably from a little bit of a slang match ensued between a few of the England team players and the MCC members [Applause] but yeah that that was portrayed in a medal as much by leaving his call when he actually didn’t anywhere near as much as um the outcome of a window being smashed suggests yeah the truth is not a good story sometimes you got to fabricate it a bit so what do they put double glazing no it’s single glazing still because it’s a listed building not allowed so it could happen again so don’t Exactly i think Travis Head’s coming along he’s a breakthrough bowler and Andy will tell me about his test stats here he comes from the pavilion end and Michael B’s almost out there he went to cut and the ball pitched turned bounced and he got into a tangle and it it very nearly um went back onto his head and poles there that came out of the rough big big time didn’t it yeah the old one does and he’s quietly forward to the next delivery so is that the problem for the spinners that most of the time at this time it’s slow yeah and it’s out the foothold so you have to go pretty wide [Applause] to Australia a few years ago a brilliant start i think he scored,000 runs in 10 innings in test cricket when he came in 10 400 in his first 10 test yes that’s right buma is shuffling and pushing ah this hamstrings a danger reacted angrily after being run out ic breached their code of conduct [Applause] the police now he tries to swing and he does that’s a very good stroke from the Boomer around the corner and he’s dashing back for the second despite being handsome as it was chased by Stark two for 188 as we see seeing the story put up on the screen about Matt Ryan you can see his bats lined up yeah and it was the handle of the back foot that broke the pain of glass by pushing it forcefully into the corner made for a good young head balls and draws forward to win the over two for 188 travis head has 15 test wickets in his 57 34 wicket 57 goals aided by scores analysis of four for 10 in 2.5 overs against Sri Lanka in go three years ago did two wickets here against 17 in the first test in 2024 [Applause] was after Nathan that’s right yes well three length from his first over where do Australia turn to they’re going back to Hazlewood now uh if the East Indies were bowling in 1995 or something you’d say there a chance but I’m not sure on this pitch with a tired attack they can do it what do you reckon i think at the moment it seems as though it has to be lacking from um from the South African batters there’s there’s not been that nip and full of a length but it’s been short it’s been too slow to travel very good players um yeah the most likely Christmas we’ve seen with a run out for Timber Puma isn’t it for the last couple of hours or so he’s negotiated it very well he’s obviously uncomfortable he’s still worked out a method he’s run two there i’m not sure I’d be running two with a with a hand he must be enjoying it too giving you occasion in here and uh does look like Atlantic South Africa a win to savor to treasure cuz they haven’t had many since they came back into the cold 45 years ago 35 years ago there’s a wide slip now by Haz and he’s pushed away on the bounce out there into the on side but it has been a fascinating game and really vindicated the idea of having a a one-off final i think it’s great i I’d like the English domestic season to culminate in a final oh like a shield final yeah like a shield final i’d like to see I just having something from this as a test match is been fantastic we keep promoting it there’s no doubt the final the Sheffield Shield this year in Australia was a main event you have a lot going for it and the game unfolded as a contest now Hazelwood draws another defensive firm push by down towards he’s on 91 how many seconds got he as you suggest with a bit of a bang uh seven so yeah four of his first 10 tests three in 35 since then which uh we average 30 into this uh this game since started yep well I’m wishing well as South Africa rather spasmotically rebuild their test [Applause] again and it’s nudged away steered down the deep backward point for the single two for 189 so these two will next meet in the tur series in South Africa I think next year sometime it hasn’t happened for a while if these bowling attacks kind of stay fit could be a great series to watch as well cuz I think South Africa is the best place in the world to bowl quick think so too unbelievable 39 balls per week’s [Applause] going in Baboomer’s there boomer’s in behind on the line pushing the ball and years and years ago so 10 years ago plus before um because he’s a revival at play international cricket and he sent me a tweet saying Steve I I love your bowling please can I get a ret I didn’t check my social media channels as much as I should have done then so missed it then I played against him and then subsequently someone found the tweet from Kagisa Rabard’s account from years and years ago and then showed me that I was distraught now it’s me asking him for a ret and it’s punched away towards his mid wicket and he’s now run there so you know him a bit no I don’t I don’t know him at all because he must have enjoyed my bowling now it’s me enjoying his very much remarkable bowl to watch so fluid so everything attacks the stress such an easy action the Caribbean in the way they were able to loose limb keep bowling cortez here comes the ball up on the off side to complete the over so um where is Simon oh there he is over there i better get you in a bit earlier i was I showed you up last time we’re into the last hour or so of the today’s play and South Africa well on the way steve Finn is here nice to see him and Simon Mann’s coming nice to see you too Jim it’s been party 93 runs to win South Africa they’re looking calm they look control both batters picking the gaps in the field of which there have been a lot actually quite unAustralian in some of these fields with the context of the game and the pressure of the game south Africa have been able to rotate the strike quite consistently throughout the course of today being a brilliant position yeah this morning Australia thinking it now they’re thinking this is this is gone probably not just yet but they must be thinking this is just happened to last summer they have a 74 run first innings lead they they took that lead over 100 before they lost their first wicket not the sort of position that you expect Australia to to give up really but fabulous position 93 more required to win the game here’s Travis headed a bowling forward playing defensively the offside and there’s no run we’ve got half an hour’s play left today always the possibility outside possibility the extra half an hour but I don’t think that’s going to come into view of runs in the next half an hour it doesn’t look like that at the moment head goes in to mark the other side risk the game today when they can just take their time score but not take unnecessary risks tomorrow off breaks to Mark mark goes back one that spins in turns it away gets the bat down just in time but says no i think because he sense there that if he had to run to the far end might be able to throw it to the far end before he could get there with his handstring injury that did spin yeah just got a bit down in time once 92 93 with that single sling through the air though and he’s got a couple of spinach head balls babuma sweeps good contact four deep back with square leg that was a fine shot from Vuma hitting it with the spin and timing it superbly australia have two men back he found the gap between them really well struck by Timber getting that back right out in front of the pad and hitting it sweetly past the umpire takes him to 57 it’s 88 to win now and 94 for two a slip and a short leg in three men back on the leg side boundary on the left side boundary [Applause] prepares to go in turning over a bit now of course he held that one down the back shuttled it away straight to cover run [Applause] Travis head to the winner eases this up towards long it’s intercepted by lash there is no run it’s the end of Travis heads over South Africa 88 to win from the most significant victory in history it’s fair to say if they get there if they get there yeah i we were talking about the very first test match back over situation because they were seemingly in complete control in Barbados and that’s where they were about 25,000 tickets per day per day yeah um and they they contrived to lose that against Ambrose and Walsh what was the score overnight in that game quite similar they were 122 for two chasing 2019 [Applause] and they collapsed to 148 for [Applause] the wood the lights on now at Lords goes for Markham markham plays away into the on side can’t get a single there laban it was a quick to his right to pick up Curtly Ambrose 6 for 34 for 31 test match 22 years [Applause] [Music] well [Applause] not sure that again but we never know in this last leading 88 Hazel with BS and Michael gets one amazing take off and Mark played it jerkly along the ground down into the slip corner stopped by the lone slip green just a bit of spike there any misbehavior is too much here but that one went down in the end it’s your day that takes a shoulder that flies to slip but it went down rather than up 194 for two 282 to win hazwood into ball to Mark mark gets one to keep low this time gets the bat down plays it rain on side jerky but straight to lavish shane a big wicket no run so the lights coming on here looks right looks pretty good and it doesn’t get dark in about quarter to 10 at this time of the year we’re approaching the longest day so we’ve still got about 4 hours of daylight left but it’s not that but it’s not that it’s And I think last [Applause] drive straight to mid on picked up by I think there is the forecast this evening of thunderstorms oh is it yeah rain coming in this evening some heavy rain and then clearing away okay tomorrow play tomorrow morning to get this done received [Applause] by probably sometimes come in a a rush that helpful but Hazerwood balls and mark defends nowhere but perfect timing this conference get in the way of the 75 minutes left were you here for the game where the outfield was [Music] the ground restarted within about half an hour was in recent times yeah well it’s impossible i think you know before the drain came through that play for about 3 days [Applause] out of the balls for it’s driven back past the bowler it’s a nice looking shot it’s coming up towards the straight long off boundary don’t bother chasing it it’s gone for four markham and 97 south Africa to 198 for two 84 more required for victory four of the last of Hazel was over stuck a hand down he might have taken some of the pace of it but sweetly struck the end of his fingers to it was scrambling to get back in case he deflected onto the stumps but ultimately back where it come from and Mark was closing in on a load of piece of bang cuz Wood bang on a target all through that straight looking more than anything I keep on the surface now but bang on target just over the mark was onto it with a beautifully timed straight drive great put enough on it to reach the boundary what a great time to go from and um still no maidens by three premier seams 30 overs they played in this innings without they come five got in the first innings they were 14 overs about 14 m in the 46 that’s been well we’ve seen it right from the start of the day marking up from first ball he’s on a pair dab the ball into the offside set off the single set the to Nathan Lion is going to quick look at that wheel back that last ball way over he had I think he did get the end of his fingers to it just the nearest brush going off the stump might well have been run out in the long striker’s end but some not the st before so lines goal we had a brief lead from Travis H did get the ball to turn of course a premier spinner so go back to him and got three close captures doing a leg slip lion balls to Buna forward to mid wickets so need 84 more to win the match [Applause] that was my nursery swing the arm and he moves in and bowls to dea he’s back nudging yesterday pass short leg he might have got a hand to its lane so take a single there field with that damaged finger consequences for Australia’s tour of West Indies anticipation high ball forward short leg is no run [Applause] back 28,000 today lion bowling turns and it beats the keeper it beats the leg slip as well it’s coming down towards the boundary They’ll come back for a couple presume buys is it going to be by waiting for the ball to be returned no it’s by that one spun very sharply the keeper really has no chance 200’s up for South Africa 200 for two already thought the ball would turn but we haven’t got it to the fifth day that’s the point it’s only the third day went a long way didn’t it it’s the first one to really get [Applause] dabs into the off side and takes a painful single drags himself to the far end with this hamstring strain he’s got another run [Applause] when you see a ball spin like that I think something here got a couple spin [Applause] i think Oh you think you’re right if we kept going it might be really good day four and a half ryan B spins as well that went a long way mark back and managed to get it away scramble it away in the leg side on the leg side there’s no run it’s the end of the over only one for two marking at 7 81 to in start speed 540 on the third day yeah there was one went um from n early shot straight and they went down four by it’s a better bet from seems to and the reason for that might well be is that this is the star most of his over so if you bowl wide enough there is a little patch there from the [Applause] it’s a tricky line to hit [Applause] yeah [Applause] it’s turning too much and also your margin is very small because you got very little protection on the outside so it’s it’s handy but it it poses its own problems as well hazard begins a new over bowls to voom a short p called away right towards deep square the man there had it straight at him along the ground under line one more to the 59 with 202 80 more required i suppose you know just on the terms of spinning pitch Australia wouldn’t mind as chasing 28300 into the fifth day isn’t it on a he would have said that yesterday though cuz yesterday or whatever it was markhamm waits hazelwood bowls markhamm plays into the ones his head there was no run hazel stops in the middle of the pitch and stares at Mark say lucky so and so there you got time to get through onto your pad mark turned and away square leg mark on the verge of a significant milestone in his career three runs away from 100 22 for two australia desperate mark pretty desperate for three more here as well back raised hazelwood goes in the ballroom short ball swatted away out towards along the ground and a single 203 for two half to 98 this would seem test but I suspect none quite in a situation like this when situation like this don’t know this really matters [Applause] at 79 to win as they needed in Barbados having established that going into the final day when you 25,000 pure people in the ground or 28,000 people puring the ground I’ll come back to in a moment those two up there’s a full face back to the bowl picks up and there’s no they didn’t pick and Cummings he was from Barbados there was no there were no Barbados players in his team so didn’t go was there no Cumins no going now they summed it up [Applause] to pick this guy it’s so obvious got to pick the Oscar let it go by through to Kerry [Applause] it was a test match wasn’t it well it was the first one back it was a big moment played 22 years so it was a real moment to our correspondent wasn’t there [Applause] [Music] i think they were celebrating was celebrating the night before they they were thought they were over the line a short ball guided away by Boomer towards the back of square leg there it pulls it in the warmer stand or at least the administrators were done enough players would have been four to strike at the end of the over so Mark will have to wait a bit longer 60 chance to get 100 here as well 78 that really would be a moment wouldn’t it if the boom was still there at the end he reaches 100 and knocked off the winning runs would be quite something cricket to be played yet or not mentioning his last tests 905 runs average 69.6 six 300s and five other 50 plus scores including this one and in fact all test cricket in the last 5 years going back to the start of June 2020 he’s only seven players averaging over 50 who’ve batted 20 more times alongside Kane Williamson who averages 66 men who we saw last year that’s independent 62 Harry 58 Joe 54 thes jwell the Indian opener will be appearing heading next week to South Shakil Pakistan they’re the only players averaging over 50 uh in the last 5 years of of test cricket vu have taken a long time to crack test as a former his first 40 tests prior to to this 51.5 in his last 24 tests he’d average around about 30 with just one century that one central was that going in time yes both sides got over 600 ben Stokes 258 astonishing that that Dave Stokes and Johnny Bto showing that part [Music] [Applause] of three and it was remarkable testament actually yeah you’re right right bas got 600 and even kind of hanging on a bit on the last day amazing doesn’t it think that wicket and then I bad light or rain intervened and it cut short the final day well we had a break both players have had a drink on this warm afternoon ball change as well so the ball change allowed them to have umpire’s got their ring so a fairly leisurely ball chance leisurely drink 10 minutes left in the day’s play 78 to win the game no real playing an extra half hours i don’t think you could you could win you could win a game 65 saying eight overs but [Applause] I mean I’m sure South Africa would like to play for another half an hour well they’d like to they’d like to play till tonight feel short it’s picked up by Travis head And yeah Australia six yeah a new start fresh batsman fresh players who addition to start again [Applause] still with those three close catches noticeable the defensive noticeable two fers on the in the deep on the leg side just closing in a I think sweep sweeps and none of them [Applause] but it’s interesting when you watch him he comes in quite a long way to go and ended away by that time he didn’t down there it’s green down there was back point no run 2042 two a shame down there i think it is isn’t it for the catch he’s the most likely to rush in and take a cut on a tops edge sweep if the were to go for it les to make line bends down to pick up and there’s no run [Applause] just interrupts the flow of the bowl you were you a bowler just like you think holding you up get into your own rhythm wait back on his gloves 204 for two so 78 more required [Applause] end strategy to the point and there’s no well there’s one ball left in the over and then marks strike with nine minutes left two runs for 100 [Applause] to completely to Vuma he drives and gets it through extra cover a chase for Cumins out towards the boundary and Vuma jogs back for two run so he’s not there with a chance to strike and get to play 206 for two 76 [Applause] i mean what would the idea would be for Mark to get those three figures tonight get [Applause] better a little bit about the 98 i’m sure his main goal was to try and win the match and everything slowed down a bit because curiously I think so that they were thinking it’s Make sure we go in tonight with two wickets down australia thinking abolish is happening let’s just get off as soon as we can without conceding any more runs so there’s not much there’s a chat going on now between the umpires which is I think someone else and that’s delaying stuff you certainly won’t get too rest of the day where are we going we might only get one yeah they’re also making marking wait for his hand yeah they’re I mean just saying he was two [Applause] to go by digital clocks now there’s one on that one this is 1754 and 7 seconds it’s taking a long time to get this over started little deployed from Australia coming slowly down as well here is Hazelwood finally with Markham on the 98 and one that seems to surprise him a bit bounces a bit extra playing off the back foot out towards Greens and there’s a no run long slow walk back before he starts on that slow walk back here’s a chat with the umpire that delivery is pointed another slip i know they’re thinking about 100 man square l in field changes as if to say well another over tonight [Applause] a slip and a for slip or a second slip and a four slip the field’s come up there’s no man back at Deep Square now closing in on Markham markham’s closing in on the 100 hazwood Bowls back into stunt trying defensively into the off side picked up by Travis Head and take a chance now so hard to get into this position not just yourself but also your team [Applause] of the match [Applause] been in a great deal of trouble put this pitch into perspective today four wickets have gone down hazelwood balls to mark there was the most convincing shot looks at his back to say you’re at fault there for that not going right i think he recovers test the splice broken it i think it’s okay nathan line was out there 148 at which point in the game we’d have 488 runs 29 wickets 16.8 run since 265 [Applause] sorry is it just past five to six now three balls left in the over markham’s on 98 hazwood balls him he drives into the offside goes out towards cover straight his head and stretch his back wondering here presumes it is he will get another one but he’s got this far with this one don’t say change it the last two almost testing it as if there’s some structural damage to [Applause] 76 to win two balls left in the over and then probably tied to one ball over hazelwood sets off the nursery end again bowl to Aiden Markham with him now and Markham tips us away there it is to mid wicket before 100 for Aiden Markham in the World Cup championship final potentially a matchwinning innings the sweetest moment of his life and Lords rises to acclaim him wonderful moment for him and he looks to be moving South Africa towards victory hug from his captain and he’s played so well he came in on a pair and has produced magnificent 100 [Applause] i haven’t seen a smile on his face i think he’s pretty tired he’s just trying to get himself right now for the rest of the over and the rest of the day awful lot up to him clearly a lot to admiring celebration to be going a bit longer really because I don’t think they want to face another but he’s just gathering himself to go to six the last call of the over hazel balls here after just another shame that point away to his left hand side one over [Applause] Yeah fantastic century 156 balls that’s his 11th full it’s his eighth century in test cricket series very early in his uh in his career also it’s the third time he scored a fourth innings centers the second South African four games and seven [Applause] Last over of the day coming [Applause] 102 72 Heat heat [Applause] sensitive [Applause] well he’s not quite the pitcher [Applause] to come so [Applause] that’s a single short coming rushes in there [Applause] state he’s going to be when he gets out of bed tomorrow morning [Applause] [Applause] covering the right side the old [Applause] 143 [Applause] Markham defends it drops it into the offside he gets through for the close of play kerry steps forward to shake his hand shakes his hand as well my colleagues at some mark it’s been a fine [Applause] [Music] [Applause] South Africa [Music] [Applause] come on [Applause] michelle [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Alexander [Applause] for [Applause] [Applause] [Music] Mother’s Day australia [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] South Africa [Music] [Applause] south Africa morning wicked wicked murder wicked Arkham Kila [Applause] South African Maybe strike rate [Applause] boiling [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] South Africa for [Music] [Music] [Applause] soche [Music] dose i’ve been monitoring your your your heart rate all day okay what have you got [Applause] [Music] thousand times already so that’s 17 about that was the press release out that evening expressing sympathy to the West Indies for the state of their game that was no press releases going out tonight don’t do it it does seem straight but I still think [Applause] so I don’t think South Africa is sleeping tonight [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] so there is a lot to come but I I do think that tomorrow morning there will be probably one we can deal with more than that in these games we can just sit back and if you’re looking at that game then and the scenario required tomorrow game over isn’t it or was it just feel as though what is happening overhead the only concern for Australia is the fact that their ball is 56 over so the overheads do come tomorrow unless they can do a mira change like over a few years ago against Australia um it does feel as though that ball even under lead in the skies might not zip around with the same ferocity that it was new when we saw both of his bowling attack fresh legs over the course of the previous two days but yeah it does just feel as though there might be one more twist but um I would say [Applause] [Music] tonight [Music] [Applause] saying things that are making you pull things let’s talk about the captain we talked a lot about him yesterday but it come out dropped on two uh his and he just kept going i mean I suppose [Applause] he’s clearly determined to get his team yeah it’s not the first time nintendo probably the 2023 actually said at the task of not I think this time he’s not going to be saying anything about how he actually feels the other concern I think and I wonder what will happen tomorrow is he has confirmed and I don’t know how he’s going to feel tomorrow he couldn’t stop i think if it stopped today it couldn’t come back collapse he had to keep going and there were moments when it looked a little more comfortable in his bubble a little more comfortable than he probably but this is the kind of guy who is extremely extreme and extremely determined and and I think this is kind of it is the biggest moment of his career he wants to be because I think only then people say this is even we forget he’s been their leading run scorer in the cycle leading one scorer for the last six years main contributor of the Battle [Applause] good night [Applause]