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South Africa will face Australia in the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025, which is scheduled to take place from June 11-15 at Lord’s.
Kagiso Rabada will lead South Africa’s bowling attack in the WTC 2025 final against Australia. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Star South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada on Monday (January 6) fired a big warning to Australia by saying that the Proteas know how to beat the Baggy Greens. Rabada, who is the only bowler from his country to take 100+ wickets in the World Test Championship (WTC), will lead South Africa’s attack in the WTC final against Australia, which is scheduled to take place at Lord’s from June 11 to 15. South Africa booked a place in the WTC final after defeating Pakistan by 2 wickets in the Boxing Day Test played at SuperSport Park in Centurion, and Australia qualified for the second WTC final in a row by securing a 6-wicket win over India in the fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which was played from January 3-5 at Sydney Cricket Ground.
After South Africa crushed Pakistan by 10 wickets in the second Test of the two-match series at home on Monday (January 6) in Cape Town, Rabada, who has 49 wickets to his name in 10 Tests against Australia, said, “It’s actually quite some distance away, but a big occasion like the World Test Championship final gets you up for it.”
“South Africa versus Australia has always been an intense rivalry, because we play cricket quite similar. We play hard, and they’re going to come hard at us, and we know that.”
“But we also know how to beat them.”
“100%—Test cricket is still alive. It’s our best format that we’ve been playing right now. When you look at South African cricket and all our legends, they’ve all been great Test cricketers. The world’s best players are Test cricketers, and this series against Pakistan has been a wonderful advertisement for Test cricket, especially in South Africa.”
In the build-up to the WTC final, Australia will face Sri Lanka in a two-match Test series that is set to start on January 29 in Galle, but South Africa doesn’t have any five-day matches scheduled before the final but will look to find opponents in the build-up.
“We’re going to try and get a Test match, possibly in the UK, against Ireland or Afghanistan, whoever is free. And if unsuccessful, we’ll obviously go out a couple of days earlier and make sure we camp there really well, probably in Canterbury,” said coach Shukri Conrad.
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Cape town, South Africa
