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South Africa beat defending champions Australia by five wickets to claim maiden ICC World Test Championship title; skipper Temba Bavuma says team have given
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How's this for openers Usman Khawaja has been a wonderful servant for Australian cricket but his time is almost up. The opener returned scores of 0 (off 20 balls) and 6 in the WTC final at Lord's after struggling against India in the last Australian summer.
Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen took centre stage and lauded South Africa's star opener Aiden Markram for his exceptional knock against Australia in the World Test Championship final, where the Proteas won their first ICC title since 1998.
Star batter Steve Smith and his dislocated finger are going with Australia to the Caribbean. Captain Pat Cummins says Smith doesn’t need surgery on the compound dislocation to his right pinkie from the World Test Championship final at Lord's.
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One of the modern greats, Bumrah, has played 45 Test matches for India. The seamer has grabbed 205 wickets at an average of 19.40 and an economy of 2.76.
Australia finds itself in a sudden state of disarray having had their pants pulled down by the brilliance of South African history-makers Aiden Markram (136 off 207) and Temba Bavuma (66 off 134) in a World Test Championship Final they had been overwhelming favourites to win.
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Daily Maverick on MSNProteas make history by clinching the World Test Championship Mace over AustraliaSouth Africa 138 and 282 for 5 (Aiden Markram 146, Temba Bavuma 66, Mitchell Starc 3-66) beat Australia 212 (Beau Webster 72, Steve Smith 66, Kagiso Rabada 5-51) and 207 (Starc 58, Alex Carey 43, Rabada 4-59,
Aiden Markram’s magnificent unbeaten 102 helped South Africa edge closer to World Test Championship final triumph