South Africa vs Australia World Test Championship Final 2025, LIVE Updates: South Africa have lost two eary wickets with Australia pacer Mitchell Starc making an instant impact in the final session of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final. SA have reached 19/2 after 8.4 overs, with Starc dismissing openers Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickelton. Earlier, South Africa bowled Australia out for just 212 on Day 1 of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final. Kagiso Rabada was the star of the show, picking up a sensational five-wicket haul. Marco Jansen chipped in with three wickets as well. Steve Smith (66) and Beau Webster (72) were the only notable contributors with the bat for Australia. SA are gunning for their very first WTC title, while Australia are eyeing their second in a row. (LIVE SCORECARD)
South Africa XI vs Australia: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.
Australia XI vs South Africa: Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wK), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood.