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The 2025 WTC final between South Africa and Australia will be played at Lord’s from June 11 to 15.
South Africa will face Australia in WTC 2025 final at Lord’s from June 11 to 15. (Picture Credit: X/@ICC)
South Africa will face Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final. The high-voltage match between the two top teams of the WTC 2023-25 cycle is set to take place at Lord’s in London from June 11 to 15. The Proteas are coming into the final after topping the WTC 2023-25 points table and winning seven matches in a row, whereas defending champions Australia have won five of their last six Test matches.
The Baggy Greens would like to get the better of Temba Bavuma & Co. in the one-off match to become WTC winners for the second time in history. However, it’s not going to be an easy task, as the Proteas are also coming fully prepared for the big match.
The WTC 2025 final between South Africa and Australia promises to be a nail-biting contest at the Home of Cricket, and it will be too early to predict which team is going to win the title.
In Test cricket, three results are always possible, and so the question arises: which team will win WTC 2025 if the final ends in a draw?
Well, according to tournament rules, if the WTC 2025 final ends in a draw or tie or gets abandoned, then Australia and South Africa will have to share the WTC trophy. However, to reduce the possibility of a draw, the match has a reserve day in place.
But reserve day will only come into play if time has been lost to bad weather across the five days and they are unable to make up for it in those five days and no result has been reached by the end of the fifth day.
WTC 2025 winners’ prize money
According to ICC, the winner of the WTC 2025 final will take home US $3.6 million, which is more than double what Australia received as WTC winners in 2023. The 2025 runners-up will take home $2.1 million this time, compared to $800,000 in the last two editions.
Squads
Australia: Pat Cummins (C), Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, Beau Webster, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon, Matt Kuhnemann. Travelling reserve: Brendan Doggett
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Aiden Markram, David Bedingham, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Dane Paterson, Keshav Maharaj, Senuran Mahusamy
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London, United Kingdom (UK)
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