South Africa on Monday ended their 27-year wait for an ICC trophy as they defeated Australia by five wickets in the final of the World Test Championship. Aiden Markram scored 136 to follow up on Kagiso Rabada's nine-wicket haul
South Africa's Aiden Markram interacts with the fans after winning the World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord's cricket ground in London, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
in the match to help South Africa chase down 282 to end their wait.
Here are the top stats from the World Test Championship 2025 final where South Africa triumphed over Australia.
Kagiso Rabada's 9/110 is now the best bowling figure in a World Test Championship final.
This is the first time at the senior level that a team featuring either of Mitchell Starc or Josh Hazlewood has ended up on the losing side.
Temba Bavuma has now nine wins and a draw in his first 10 Test matches. No captain in the history of Test cricket has had this good a start to their captaincy career.
The win helped South Africa win their first ever world title and their first ICC trophy since the 1998 Champions Trophy.
The loss for Australia is their first in 15 years in an ICC final. They had last lost to T20 World Cup 2010 final against England. In total, this is only the fourth time Australia have lost a final of an ICC event.
South Africa have now won eight consecutive Test matches. The only time they had won more was between March 2002 and May 2003 when they won nine successive Tests.
The successful chase of 282 was the highest for the Proteas in England surpassing 281 which they had scaled in Birmingham in 2008.
Aiden Markram now has three fourth innings tons in his Test career. Only Sunil Gavaskar and Graeme Smith, who both have four each, have more.
