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2025 ICC World Test Championship final
Match programme cover
Event2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship
Australia South Africa
Australia South Africa
212 138
&
144/8
Stumps, Day 2
Date11–15 June 2025
VenueLord's, London
Umpires

The final of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship is a Test match being played between Australia and South Africa at Lord's, London, from 11–15 June 2025.[1]

Background

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Panorama view of Lord's, London, the venue for the final

The points system remained unchanged from the previous edition. A team that was behind the required over rate at the end of a match would have one point deducted for each over it was behind. As in the previous edition, the teams are ranked in the league table based on percentage of total points won out of total points contested.[2]

During the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship, both South Africa and Australia emerged as the leading teams in terms of points.[3][4] Going into the final Australia held the top position in the ICC Men's Test Team Rankings while South Africa secured the second spot. South Africa made their first-ever appearance in the WTC final, whereas Australia were the defending champions having won the previous edition against India in the 2023 final.

In May 2025, the ICC revealed the prize money for the final. The champions will receive USD $3.6 million while the runners-up will earn USD $2.16 million.[5]

Route to the final

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Main article: 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship § League stage

League table

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Pos. Team Matches Ded. Con. Pts. Pct. Qualification
P W D L
1  South Africa 12 8 1 3 0 144 100 69.44 Advanced to the final
2  Australia 19 13 2 4 10[a] 228 154 67.54
3  India 19 9 2 8 2[b] 228 114 50.00
4  New Zealand 14 7 0 7 3[c] 168 81 48.21
6  England 22 11 1 10 22[d] 264 114 43.18
5  Sri Lanka 11 5 0 8 0 156 60 38.46
7  Bangladesh 12 4 0 8 3[e] 144 45 31.25
8  West Indies 13 3 2 8 0 156 44 28.21
9  Pakistan 14 5 0 9 13[f] 168 47 27.98
Last updated: 27 January 2025. Source: International Cricket Council,[12] ESPNcricinfo[13][14]
  • A win is worth 12 points. A draw is worth 4 points. A tie is worth 6 points.
  • Points deductions:
  1. ^ Australia were deducted a total 10 points for a slow over-rate in the fourth Test against England.[6]
  2. ^ India were deducted a total 2 points for a slow over-rate in the first Test against South Africa.[7]
  3. ^ New Zealand were deducted a total 3 points for a slow over-rate in the first Test against England.[8]
  4. ^ England were deducted a total 22 points for a slow over-rate in the first, second, fourth, and fifth Tests against Australia[6] and the first Test against New Zealand.[8]
  5. ^ Bangladesh were deducted a total 3 points for a slow over-rate in the first Test against Pakistan.[9]
  6. ^ Pakistan were deducted a total 13 points for a slow over-rate in the first Test against Australia,[10] the first Test against Bangladesh[9] and the second Test against South Africa.[11]

Results

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 Australia[15] Round  South Africa[16]
Opponent Result League stage Opponent Result
 England (A) Australia 2–2 England Series 1  India (H) South Africa 1–1 India
 Pakistan (H) Australia 3–0 Pakistan Series 2  New Zealand (A) South Africa 0–2 New Zealand
 West Indies (H) Australia 1–1 West Indies Series 3  West Indies (A) South Africa 1–0 West Indies
 New Zealand (A) Australia 2–0 New Zealand Series 4  Bangladesh (A) South Africa 2–0 Bangladesh
 India (H) Australia 3–1 India Series 5  Sri Lanka (H) South Africa 2–0 Sri Lanka
 Sri Lanka (A) Australia 2–0 Sri Lanka Series 6  Pakistan (H) South Africa 2–0 Pakistan

Source:[17]

Squads

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 Australia[18]  South Africa[19]

Australia also named Brendan Doggett as a travelling reserve.[20]

Match

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Match officials

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On 23 May 2025, the ICC announced the match officials for the final.[21]

Match details

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11–15 June 2025
Scorecard
v
212 (56.4 overs)
Beau Webster 72 (92)
Kagiso Rabada 5/51 (15.4 overs)
138 (57.1 overs)
David Bedingham 45 (111)
Pat Cummins 6/28 (18.1 overs)
144/8 (40 overs)
Alex Carey 43 (50)
Lungi Ngidi 3/35 (9 overs)
Stumps, Day 2
Lord's, London
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Travis Head (Aus) surpassed Rohit Sharma to become the second-highest run-scorer in ICC finals in just 4 innings.[22]
  • Steve Smith (Aus) surpassed Sachin Tendulkar for most 50+ scores in ICC knockouts and set a record for the most Test runs at Lord's for a visiting batter with 591*, beating Warren Bardsley's 575.[23]
  • Kagiso Rabada (SA) became the first South African to take a five-wicket haul in a WTC final, the second overall after Kyle Jamieson, and only the second South African after Jacques Kallis to claim a five-wicket haul in a major ICC final.[24]
  • Mitchell Starc (Aus) surpassed Mohammed Shami for the highest number of wickets in major men's ICC tournament finals.[25]
  • Pat Cummins (Aus) took his 300th Test wicket, becoming the fifth fastest to do so by balls bowled.[26] He became the first captain with a six-wicket haul in an ICC final, recorded best Test figures (6/28) by a captain, surpassing Bob Willis' 6/101, and overtook Jasprit Bumrah as the leading wicket-taker in WTC 2023–25.
  • Usman Khawaja (Aus) completed 15,000 first-class runs.
Match scorecard[27]
1st innings
 Australia batting
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Usman Khawaja c Bedingham b Rabada 0 20 0 0 0.00
Marnus Labuschagne †c Verreynne b Jansen 17 56 1 0 30.35
Cameron Green c Markram b Rabada 4 3 1 0 133.33
Steve Smith c Jansen b Markram 66 112 10 0 58.92
Travis Head †c Verreynne b Jansen 11 13 1 0 84.61
Beau Webster c Bedingham b Rabada 72 92 11 0 78.26
Alex Carey b Maharaj 23 31 4 0 74.19
Pat Cummins b Rabada 1 6 0 0 16.66
Mitchell Starc b Rabada 1 12 0 0 8.33
Nathan Lyon b Jansen 0 4 0 0 0.00
Josh Hazlewood not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 7, nb 10) 17
Total (10 wickets; 56.4 overs) 212 28 0

Fall of wickets: : 1–12 (Khawaja, 6.3 ov), 2–16 (Green, 6.6 ov), 3–46 (Labuschagne, 17.6 ov), 4–67 (Head, 23.2 ov), 5-146 (Smith, 41.6 ov), 6-192 (Carey, 51.1 ov), 7-199 (Cummins, 52.4 ov), 8-210 (Webster, 54.4 ov), 9-211 (Lyon, 55.5 ov), 10-212 (Starc, 56.4 ov).

 South Africa bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Kagiso Rabada 15.4 5 51 5 3.25 0 1
Marco Jansen 15 5 49 3 3.50 0 2
Lungi Ngidi 8 0 45 0 5.62 0 2
Wiaan Mulder 11 3 36 0 3.27 0 5
Keshav Maharaj 6 0 19 1 3.16 0 0
Aiden Markram 2 0 5 1 2.50 0 0
1st innings
 South Africa batting
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Aiden Markram b Starc 0 6 0 0 0.00
Ryan Rickelton c Khawaja b Starc 16 23 3 0 69.56
Wiaan Mulder b Cummins 6 44 0 0 13.63
Temba Bavuma c Labuschagne b Cummins 36 84 4 1 42.85
Tristan Stubbs b Hazlewood 2 13 0 0 15.38
David Bedingham †c Carey b Cummins 45 111 6 0 40.54
Kyle Verreynne lbw b Cummins 13 39 0 0 33.33
Marco Jansen c & b Cummins 0 3 0 0 0.00
Keshav Maharaj run out (Head/†Carey) 7 15 1 0 46.66
Kagiso Rabada c Webster b Cummins 1 6 0 0 16.66
Lungi Ngidi not out 0 1 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 10, nb 2) 12
Total (10 wickets; 57.1 overs) 138 14 1

Fall of wickets: 1–0 (Markram, 0.6 ov), 2–19 (Rickelton, 8.4 ov), 3–25 (Mulder, 15.2 ov), 4–30 (Stubbs, 20.2 ov), 5–94 (Bavuma, 39.2 ov), 6–126 (Verreynne, 51.3 ov), 7–126 (Jansen, 51.6 ov), 8–135 (Bedingham, 55.2 ov), 9–138 (Maharaj, 56.5 ov), 10–138 (Rabada, 57.1 ov)

 Australia bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Mitchell Starc 13 3 41 2 3.15 0 0
Josh Hazlewood 15 5 27 1 1.80 0 0
Pat Cummins 18.1 6 28 6 1.54 0 1
Nathan Lyon 8 3 12 0 1.50 0 0
Beau Webster 3 0 20 0 6.66 0 1
2nd innings
 Australia batting
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Marnus Labuschagne †c Verreynne b Jansen 22 64 2 0 34.37
Usman Khawaja †c Verreynne b Rabada 6 23 0 0 26.08
Cameron Green c Mulder b Rabada 0 2 0 0 0.00
Steve Smith lbw b Ngidi 13 25 1 0 52.00
Travis Head b Mulder 9 18 1 0 50.00
Beau Webster lbw b Ngidi 9 11 1 0 81.82
Alex Carey
Pat Cummins b Ngidi 6 5 1 0 120.00
Mitchell Starc
Josh Hazlewood
Nathan Lyon
Extras
Total

Fall of wickets: 1–28 (Khawaja, 10.2 ov), 2–28 (Green, 10.4 ov), 3–44 (Labuschagne, 17.5 ov), 4–48 (Smith, 18.5 ov), 5–64 (Webster, 22.6 ov), 6–66 (Head, 23.4 ov), 7–73 (Cummins, 24.5 ov)

 South Africa bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Kagiso Rabada
Marco Jansen
Wiaan Mulder
Lungi Ngidi
Keshav Maharaj

Broadcasting

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List of broadcasters[28]
Country Television broadcaster(s) Radio Digital streaming
Afghanistan Ariana Television
Ariana News 		Ariana Television
Ariana News
Australia Amazon (company) Amazon Prime Video
Bangladesh Nagorik TV
T Sports 		Toffee
United Kingdom
Ireland 		Sky Sports BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
All Caribbean islands ESPN Caribbean ESPN Caribbean
USA and Canada Willow Willow TV
India Star Sports Jio Hotstar
New Zealand Sky Sports NZME Radio Sky Go
Sky Sports Now
MENA Etisalat and
Starzplay
Sri Lanka Maharaja TV
TV One
Sub Saharan Africa Supersport Supersport, DSTV App
Pacific Islands Digicel
TVWan Action
Rest of the World ICC.tv

The ICC named the following panel of commentators for the final:[29]

References

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