The South Africans in the crowd sense that, come the morning, the World Test Championship might be theirs. I’m sitting in the Compton Stand, baking in the English sun. I know the feeling in my stomach.

South Africa has won the World Test Championship against titleholder Australia by five wickets after knocking off the last 69 runs required on the fourth morning of the final in London.

By Shah Faisal South Africa, despite being underwhelmingly less-favoured coming into the final, have beaten Australia by 5 wickets to win the WTC,2025, Final a