Watch: WTC Final 2025 - South Africa vs Australia

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Easy does it, no rush...bring it home boys.

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New ball taken.

Ek lag hulle boul 'n paar viere.

10 needed ...Markram to 133

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Damn!!! Markram out!...136

Trane, but he got us close enough to get over the line.

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Easily Markram's best innings and probably the most important innings in Protea history.

Game is in the bag.

Excellent work.

Hopefully the first of many more trophies!

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Level...1 to win.

Who would have thought!....@ long last!

Take a bow Aiden Markram. One of the all time great innings by a South African.

In a low-scoring game, in arguably the most inmportant test match SA have ever played and against the best bowling attack in the world.

Just brilliant!

Well done Proteas!!!

Awesome boys

Markram batted like the talent that he is

Bavuma the same but he has for a while now

The last time I sw Markham bating li.ke this was in 2014 in teh Under 19 WC. I gave up on him yeas ago - but now say well don - you did SA proud,

Congrats to the Proteas for ining in the final.

Over the past 30 odd years I have not missed many Protea matches.

I have never missed a knockout game or an important game.

I’ve seen us bomb out inexplicably.

not today…

today we stood toe to toe and exchanged jabs. Until we landed the knockout punch at the home of cricket.

To Say that I am proud, is an understatement.

i have seen better Protea teams lose.

But today we showed character, determination, focus and inner confidence against a really good Aussie team.

Today, we are World Test Champions of the world.

I am so flipping proud of Temba and his team.

"I am so flipping proud of Temba and his team."

Likewise . . . but I don't think everyone agrees with us.

"We need to get rid of Bavuma and Markram ASAP"

LMAO!

Rooi

theyre called “bandwagon supporters”

Yes. Buttplug was squawking about the collapse having started when Bavuma was dismissed early in the session :)

For me, I'm, not sure if it's elation or just relief that we've finally won a major trophy.

Now that we have that monkey off our back at last I hope we can start winning more ICC titles!

Proteas!

So I guess you guys are of the opinion that 4 centuries 110 innings is great.

lol Themba and Markram average mid thirties.

The simple fact is that bowling has been carrying this side.

Plium, you're a fool

"Themba and Markram average mid thirties."

1. Its Temba
2. Temba's average is closing in on 40.
3. He is by far our most consistent batsman

"The simple fact is that bowling has been carrying this side."

1. True
2. So what is your point?

"So I guess you guys are of the opinion that 4 centuries 110 innings is great."

1. Nobody said that was great
2. He has scored 3 of those 4 centuries in his last 8 tests

Keep stirring the pot, you fountain of knowledge!

I'm not stirring anything, Dippo.

For some years I've been of the opinion that Markram and Bavuma are bad apples and not good enough.

They're simply not good enough. Today they were but that's a complete rarity. Great the 8 years of confidence shown in Bavuma has finally paid he's finally gotten runs lately. And now he's close to retirement age.

I'm happy they won. Just because I don't think they're good enough doesn't mean I don't want them to do well.

The point about the bowling is that while it carries the side, the batting failures are less noticeable. If the bowling was as bad as the batting, wholesale changes would have occurred ages ago.

Does that answer your question.

Also, Kyle needs to hit his steals soon because he's barely reading water at this point.

Bavuma averages well over 50 in the past two years or so which is what counts currently

Markram has always been a gifted bat that was a serial underachiever

But his pedigree kicked in when it mattered the most and thankfully that is what he will be remembered for