South Africa's players show their mettle to ignore sledges from Australia's players as they go from chokers to World Test champions at Lord's.

South Africa has won their first ICC title in 27 years by defeating Australia in the 2025 World Test Championship final. Aiden Markram made a significant contribution with a century while captain Temba Bavuma,

The eight-match win streak is the highest in the World Test Championship history, bettering India and New Zealand, who won seven consecutive fixtures each during the inaugural cycle.

South Africa claimed its first International Cricket Council (ICC) trophy in 27 years after beating Australia by five wickets in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at Lord’s on Saturday.

Despite losing the World Test Championship final to South Africa, Australia maintain their lead in the latest update of the ICC Test team rankings with the Proteas jumping up to second in the charts.

South African supporters outnumber Australians to a large degree at Lord’s as those in attendance hope to witness the Test side create history.

Pat Cummins said the World Test Championship final was a good advertisement for Test cricket despite a likely finish within three days.

Pat Cummins destroyed the South African middle and lower order with a six-wicket performance at Lord's, including 4 scalps within an hour after the lunch break.