#WTC2025 : 🇿🇦⚔️🇦🇺 : Day 1

𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕! 🏟️⚡️

#AUSvSA : 🇿🇦⚔️🇦🇺 : 

2-0 to Australia in the last three meetings, but the defending champs will have their task cut out against 🇿🇦 in a neutral venue at Lords

South Africa take on Australia at Lord’s in the WTC Final 2025. 

Will the Aussies go back-to-back or can the Proteas lift their maiden Test crown?🔥

South Africa opted to bowl first:

Proteas pacers doing all the talking — with the ball! 🇿🇦🔥🔝at lunch both Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen grab 2 each: 

Australia doing what they do best: fight upto Tea after loosing Smith after his 66 , removed by Adien Markram.

Carrey falls to Maharaj, but Webster keeps attacking with good rate , gets past 50. But Rabada sents him back on 72 off 92 , as his 4th wicket. Excellent catching by South African fielders. 210-8.

SA bowlers struck regularly after Tea to restrict Australia from 190/5 to 212 in 56.4 overs.

Rabada took 5 wickets,  Jansen 3 , Markram and Maharaj 1 each.

For Australia Mitchell Starc strikes early to remove openers : 19/2 : 8.4 Overs.

South Africa struggling as Cummins make it 25/3 in 15.2 overs. Hazelwood makes it 30/4.

SA ends day at 43/4, still 169 behind. 

Bowlers dominated the day :