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3 Things We Learned From The World Test Championship Final

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3 Things We Learned From The World Test Championship Final

By AFP News June 15, 2025 • 09:53 AM View: 781

South Africa shed their unwanted tag as nearly men with a decisive five-wicket win over Australia in the World Test Championship final on Saturday.

Victory, secured by Aiden Markram's superb hundred, with South Africa captain Temba Bavuma making a valuable fifty, ended years of tournament heartache for the Proteas following multiple failures at the one-day international and T20 World Cups.

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