Temba Bavuma, the captain of South Africa, gave his team a thrilling knock in the ongoing World Test Championship (WTC) Final at Lord’s that nearly resulted in a historic victory before he fell early on Day 4. With Aiden Markram undefeated at 122, the Proteas are within 35 runs of victory over Australia, chasing 282.
On Day 3, Temba Bavuma game-winning knock gave the Proteas the advantage.
The South African captain, who stitched a vital 147-run stand with centurion Markram, finished undefeated on 65* at stumps despite a hamstring injury.
The overnight duo of Markram and Temba Bavuma were hoping to prolong their innings as South Africa resumed at 213/2, only 69 runs short of their objective. The Australians did, however, quickly make an early breakthrough.
The right-handed batsman was drawn into a defensive by the delivery of Australian captain Pat Cummins in the 59th over, giving Alex Carey an edge behind the stumps. After scoring 66 from 134 balls, Temba Bavuma stepped back, and the Lord’s audience gave him a standing ovation. He hit five fours in his innings.
𝐂𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 🎯#PatCummins strikes early, removing #Bavuma with a beauty to give #Australia the perfect start 🔥
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South Africa is poised to make history.
The Proteas’ total at the time of dismissal was 217/3, and Markram remained at the crease despite Tristan Stubbs being taken out by Mitchell Starc. In the meantime, the South African captain has surpassed Dean Elgar as the country’s top run scorer in the World Test Championship with 1,992 runs. He has pounded 711 runs at an average of 59.25 this WTC cycle alone. Four hundreds and twenty-five fifties are among the 34-year-old’s 3,708 Test runs at an average of 38.22. He averages 41.78 over nine Test matches against Australia.
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