After years of near misses and failing to step up when the pressure was at its zenith, Aiden Markram’s gritty fourth-innings led South Africa to its first ICC trophy in 27 years when it beat Australia by five wickets in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s on Saturday. After falling for a duck in … Read more
At Lord’s, on a Saturday heavy with history, South African players did what generations before them could not. They held their nerve. They closed the door. They won. They are the new World Test Champions. This was not just a Test match. This was a trial of identity. Of how a team, long weighed down … Read more
South Africa batsman Aiden Markram insists there will be no mental scarring from his side’s previous failures when it faces holders Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s. The Proteas have suffered several agonising near-misses in major tournaments, including last year’s T20 World Cup final in Barbados. It needed just 30 more runs … Read more