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ICC World Test Championship Final, 2025 Lord's Cricket Ground, London 4th Day

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      83.4: Mitchell Starc to Kyle Verreynne, SOUTH AFRICA WIN THE MACE! A wait of more than 2 decades has finally ended for the Rainbow nation as the Proteas script history, at the Home of Cricket, Lord's. The trophy drought has ended for South Africa. Emotions and tears of happiness run down the faces of all the South African players in the gallery. A full toss, outside off, angled across, Kyle Verreynne drives this through the cover region and has his bat and arms aloft as the ball travels to the ropes. The celebrations begin from Johannesburg to Cape Town, from Pretoria to Paarl, as they believed, and didn't stop dreaming that this day would arrive one day. And their belief and patience have finally fruited after a long, long wait as South Africa win the World Test Championship 2023-25, defeating Australia by 5 wickets.

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      83.3: Mitchell Starc to Kyle Verreynne, Full toss on the off stump, Kyle Verreynne pushes it back to the right of the bowler.

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      83.2: Mitchell Starc to Kyle Verreynne, Oh, my word! An appeal for caught behind from Alex Carey, but the umpire Richard Illingworth shakes his head. One can understand this shot by Kyle Verreynne, as he tried to finish it off in T20 style. Carey is very certain as he believes he heard something, maybe off the glove or the bat. But Australia don't have any review left. And YES, there's a spike on UltraEdge just when the ball passes close to the gloves. Length ball, on leg, Kyle Verreynne shuffles across and tries to play the scoop shot, but misses.

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      83.1: Mitchell Starc to Kyle Verreynne, Length, across off, Kyle Verreynne rises with the bounce and taps it out to short cover.

    • End of over 83
    • SA281/5
    • South Africa Batting K Verreynne 3(9) D Bedingham 21(49)
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      82.6: Josh Hazlewood to Kyle Verreynne, THE SCORES ARE LEVEL! Back of a length, outside off, Kyle Verreynne is already standing across the off stump and dabs the ball to the left of the cover fielder. Marnus Labuschagne dives to his left and intercepts the ball. A single taken. All the South African supporters at Lord's eagerly wait as their side is just one run away from glory.

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      82.5: Josh Hazlewood to Kyle Verreynne, On top of off, Kyle Verreynne taps this length ball into the off side.

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      82.4: Josh Hazlewood to Kyle Verreynne, Too full, on the stumps, Kyle Verreynne drives it straight back to the bowler.

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      82.3: Josh Hazlewood to Kyle Verreynne, Fuller and just around off, pushed off the inner half of the bat, to mid off. Cummins there is a bit wide and makes a diving stop to his right.

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      82.2: Josh Hazlewood to David Bedingham, Hard length again, nibbling away from off. David Bedingham opens the bat face late and dabs the ball to the short third region. The fielder from first slip chases it down and the batters cross for a single.

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      82.1: Josh Hazlewood to Kyle Verreynne, Hard length, on middle. Kyle Verreynne steers this to deep backward square leg for a single. Just 3 needed to win now.

    • End of over 82
    • SA278/5
    • South Africa Batting K Verreynne 1(4) D Bedingham 20(48)
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      81.6: Mitchell Starc to Kyle Verreynne, Back of a length, across off, punched through point for a single.

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      81.5: Mitchell Starc to Kyle Verreynne, Length, just outside the off stump. Kyle Verreynne pokes at it, playing away from his body, and gets beaten.

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      81.4: Mitchell Starc to Kyle Verreynne, A wide yorker, across off, Kyle Verreynne tries to dig it out to the off side, but misses to lay any bat on it.

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      81.3: Mitchell Starc to Kyle Verreynne, An inswinger from Starc, full and on middle and leg. Blocked to mid on.

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      81.2: Mitchell Starc to David Bedingham, One more run closer, are South Africa! A hard-length delivery on off. David Bedingham works with soft hands to the leg side. Cummins at mid on charges towards the ball as he dives forward but does not manage to pick up the ball. Bedingham gets home to the other end with a dive.

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      81.1: Mitchell Starc to David Bedingham, Full and around the off stump. David Bedingham drives it on the front foot to mid off.

    • End of over 65
    • AUS207/10
    • Australia Batting J Hazlewood 17(53) M Starc 58(136)
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      64.6: Aiden Markram to Josh Hazlewood, OUT! CAUGHT! Stop the press, South Africa have finally bowled the Aussies out! If Markram had not got this wicket now, Lunch would have been extended. But with a minute left for Lunch, Midas has struck. Not a great delivery, just a wide delivery short of a length outside off. Josh Hazlewood looks to punch it through the off side but does not keep it down and it goes straight to Keshav Maharaj at cover. The 59-run stand is broken and AUSTRALIA HAVE BEEN BOWLED OUT FOR 207. TARGET FOR SOUTH AFRICA - 282!

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      64.5: Aiden Markram to Josh Hazlewood, The arm ball, 89 kph, on middle and leg, Hazlewood looks to defend but gets it off the inner half of the bat, towards leg gully.

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      64.4: Aiden Markram to Josh Hazlewood, Thrown up, around middle and leg, Josh Hazlewood defends.

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      64.3: Aiden Markram to Mitchell Starc, Shortish, around middle and leg, Mitchell goes back and works it through square leg for a single.

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      64.2: Aiden Markram to Mitchell Starc, Full, around middle, Starc lunges and defends it towards mid-wicket.

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      64.1: Aiden Markram to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! Neatly done. Down the leg side, Mitchell Starc just tickles it past the keeper. There is no one in the area behind the keeper till deep square leg and a tired Kagiso Rabada is certainly not getting there. The lead moves to 280.

    • End of over 64
    • AUS202/9
    • Australia Batting M Starc 53(133) J Hazlewood 17(50)
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      63.6: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, On middle and leg, this time Starc gets it past short leg for a single at mid-wicket. 

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      63.5: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, On a length, clipped through the leg side but excellent work by short leg.

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      63.4: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, FOUR! Up and over the slip cordon! 50 for Starc, 50 of the partnership and 200 FOR AUSTRALIA! A short ball, outside off, Mitchell Starc stays leg side of the ball and then slashes hard, getting it over slip, to the deep third fence! Wife Alyssa Healy is happy in the members' arena but Starc just raises his bat slightly. He also understands that the bigger challenge will come with the ball for Australia, as they will need to pick 10 wickets on this pitch which seems to have gone flat.

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      63.3: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, A shortish ball, pushed towards cover.

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      63.2: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, Full and straight, defended.

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      63.1: Marco Jansen to Josh Hazlewood, Good batting and running. On a length, outside off, Josh Hazlewood pushes it to the left of mid off and takes a quick single.

    • End of over 63
    • AUS196/9
    • Australia Batting M Starc 48(128) J Hazlewood 16(49)
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      62.6: Aiden Markram to Mitchell Starc, Down the leg side, MS cannot get it away and is hit on the pads.

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      62.5: Aiden Markram to Mitchell Starc, A bit more leg sidish, Mitchell pushes it towards the bowler.

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      62.4: Aiden Markram to Mitchell Starc, Flatter delivery, quicker in pace, pushed back to the bowler.

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      62.3: Aiden Markram to Mitchell Starc, Fuller, around off, pushed towards mid-wicket.

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      62.2: Aiden Markram to Mitchell Starc, Fired down the leg side, Starc misses his tuck.

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      62.1: Aiden Markram to Mitchell Starc, Full, on leg stump, Mitchell Starc misses his flick.

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      57.1: Pat Cummins to Kagiso Rabada, OUT! CAUGHT! That's it! Test wicket number 300 for Pat Cummins and he also completes his six-wicket haul. What an occasion he has chosen to do so. And this couldn't have come at a better venue, at the Home of Cricket - The Lord's! A historic spell of bowling from him. Coming to the delivery, Cummins surprises Rabada with a sharp bumper, angled on the bodyline. Kagiso Rabada shapes up to execute the pull shot, and hits it aerially, but neither does he get the distance nor the elevation as the ball dips ahead of the deep mid-wicket fielder. Beau Webster stationed there in the deep, first misjudges to pick the trajectory of the ball,  but makes a smart adjustment to dive forward and scoop the ball before the ground. The umpires do check whether it is a fair catch, and yes, it is. South Africa's innings has been wrapped up at 138.

    • End of over 57
    • SA138/9
    • South Africa Batting L Ngidi 0(1) K Rabada 1(5)
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      56.6: Mitchell Starc to Lungi Ngidi, Full around off, tailing a bit in, pushed to mid off.

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      56.5: Mitchell Starc to Keshav Maharaj, OUT! RUN OUT! All going south for South Africa here. Quite a dramatic collapse this in this second session. Back of a length, skidding through around the leg stump line. Keshav Maharaj nudges this past the square leg region and runs the first one hard. The batters sniff the second run as the ball trickles into the vacant deep square leg region. However, Travis Head covers good ground to chase the ball from the mid-wicket region. He gets to the ball with a slide, and the throw is sharp and accurate from Head towards the keeper and Maharaj has to put on the afterburners to reach the other end to complete the second run. Alex Carey collects the throw cleanly and dislodges the bails off with Keshav Maharaj just short of his crease. The replays too, confirm the same. South Africa are 138/9 down now.

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      56.4: Mitchell Starc to Keshav Maharaj, Shortish, outside off, Keshav Maharaj first shapes to pull, but then aborts and drops his wrists as the ball nibbles away.

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      56.3: Mitchell Starc to Keshav Maharaj, Angled across off, on a length. Keshav Maharaj tries to slash it through point, misses to lay any bat on it.

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      56.2: Mitchell Starc to Kagiso Rabada, Around off, back of a length, Kagiso Rabada hits this past cover-point for a single.

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      56.1: Mitchell Starc to Keshav Maharaj, Hard length, on top of off, Keshav Maharaj taps it off the back foot, straight back down the ground for a quick single.

    • End of over 56
    • SA135/8
    • South Africa Batting K Rabada 0(4) K Maharaj 5(11)
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      55.6: Pat Cummins to Kagiso Rabada, Vicious stuff this from the Aussie captain! Another sharp bouncer angling into the left hander. Kagiso Rabada is cramped up for room, but tries to get out of the way, but the ball thuds on his helmet. 

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      55.5: Pat Cummins to Kagiso Rabada, Ouch! Nasty! No respite even if you're a number 10 batter. Short of a length from Cummins, angling into the batter. Kagiso Rabada tries to sway away from the ball's line, but gets rammed on around his shoulder.

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      55.4: Pat Cummins to Kagiso Rabada, Good length on off, defended back.

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      55.3: Pat Cummins to Kagiso Rabada, Bangs the ball into the surface, short and on the body, angling in. Kagiso Rabada misses to lay the bat on the pull shot and gets hit on the body.

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      55.2: Pat Cummins to David Bedingham, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! GONE! The Australian skipper has done some serious damage to this South African innings as he registers his five-for! He bowls it on a good length, keeping the line on the off stump. It lands and then straightens up a bit, which is enough to find the edge. David Bedingham who looks to execute the back foot punch into the off side, plays a bit inside the line and the ball takes the outside edge. Dips and goes low towards the keeper, where Alex Carey scoops the ball in his mitts safely. Three wickets have fallen since the Lunch break, and all three have been bagged by Patrick Cummins, the Aussie skipper. Cummins raises the ball and soaks in all the acknowledgment from the crowd and his teammates. South Africa slip further down to 135/8, still trailing by 77 more runs.

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      55.1: Pat Cummins to David Bedingham, Woah! Seriously vicious bumper from Patrick, over the stumps. David Bedingham shapes up to pull it away but misses as the ball is a bit too high to execute that shot.

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      56.4: Kagiso Rabada to Mitchell Starc, OUT! BOWLED! Second Michelle for Rabada at Lord's in Tests, through the wicket of Mitchell! 'That's why you should have taken the single mate', Hazlewood might be chirping. Jokes apart, this is another superb delivery. On a length, outside off, Mitchell Starc looks to drive it down the ground but like Lyon, leaves a big gap between bat and pad. The ball swings back late, goes between bat and pad and hits the timber. AUSTRALIA BOWLED OUT FOR 212!

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      56.4: Kagiso Rabada to Mitchell Starc, Huh? Well, this goes for the press. Starc shielding Hoff? A length ball, outside off, Mitchell Starc punches it down the ground, through mid off, but does not take the single! The team gets the run though as Rabada has overstepped. NO BALL.

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      56.3: Kagiso Rabada to Mitchell Starc, Just back of a length, angled into the batter's body, Starc defends it down the pitch.

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      56.2: Kagiso Rabada to Mitchell Starc, No run taken! Dug in short and outside off, Mitchell Starc hangs back and dabs it away through the gap at backward point but denies the single in an attempt to shield Josh Hazlewood from an on-song KG.

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      56.1: Kagiso Rabada to Mitchell Starc, Brave leave! Length ball, pitching outside off and angling in. Starc stays leg side of the ball and makes the leave as the ball misses the off stump by a fair few inches.

    • End of over 56
    • AUS211/9
    • Australia Batting J Hazlewood 0(1) M Starc 1(7)
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      55.6: Marco Jansen to Josh Hazlewood, My word. How has that missed the stumps? Jansen switches to over the wicket for the left hander and lands it around off. Gets it to come in and Josh Hazlewood looks to defend, exposing all the three sticks. But as he plays inside the line, he misses the ball and somehow, it goes over the top of off stump! A wicket maiden for Marco Jansen as his bowling figures read 14-5-49-3!

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      55.5: Marco Jansen to Nathan Lyon, OUT! BOWLED! Number 9 goes and Jansen has his third! Well, whatever the bowling coach or captain has said during the Tea break, has worked wonders as South Africa have picked up 4/19 in the last 29 balls! On a length, from around the wicket, outside off, Nathan Lyon goes for the big booming drive down the ground, but leaves a big gap between bat and pad. The ball comes in, accepts the invitation to go through and knocks the bails off. Lyon departs for 0 and from 192/5, Australia have slipped to 211/9!

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      55.4: Marco Jansen to Nathan Lyon, A length ball wide outside off, coming in, Nathan Lyon shoulders arms.

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      55.3: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, Good hustle from the keeper. Length ball, darted down leg, Starc fails to get it away. The ball goes off the pads and towards short fine leg but Kyle Verreynne moves to his right, dives in and keeps it down to a single leg bye.

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      55.2: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, Back of a length and outside off, Starc stands tall and punches it on the up, firmly too but the cover fielder cuts it off to his left.

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      55.1: Marco Jansen to Mitchell Starc, Short of a length and wide outside off, Mitchell Starc has a good look at it but decides to leave it alone.

    • End of over 55
    • AUS210/8
    • Australia Batting N Lyon 0(2) M Starc 1(4)
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      54.6: Kagiso Rabada to Nathan Lyon, Wide outside off, left alone this time.

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      54.5: Kagiso Rabada to Nathan Lyon, What a peach. On a length, around off, Nathan Lyon looks to defend but the ball angles in and then straightens off the deck, squaring Lyon up and beating the outside edge!

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      54.4: Kagiso Rabada to Beau Webster, OUT! CAUGHT! Wicket number 4 for Kagiso Rabada and the innings is disintegrating. After a couple of loose deliveries, Rabada gets it right this time. On a length, outside off, albeit a bit too wide. Beau Webster tries to punch it behind point, more of a white-ball shot, when there is no slip in place. But in red-ball cricket, with the ball moving around and the feet stuck in mud, this is not an advaisable shot. But given that he has been getting runs for that shot in this innings, Webster goes through with his shot and only manages an outside edge. Straight into the hands of David Bedingham at first slip. Yet another soft dismissal and Webster's fine knock ends on 72 (92). From 192/5, Australia have slipped to 210/8!

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      54.3: Kagiso Rabada to Beau Webster, FOUR! A bit too straight this time. Webster just clips it off his pads, well wide of the keeper to his left, to the fine leg fence.

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      54.2: Kagiso Rabada to Beau Webster, Landed outside off, Webster pushes it towards mid on.

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      54.1: Kagiso Rabada to Beau Webster, FOUR! STUPENDOUS! A rare loosener from Rabada. A short ball, around waist height, Beau Webster is in total control as he gets on top of the bounce and pulls it all along the ground, splitting deep mid-wicket and deep backward square leg!

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