South Africa's men's cricket team have finally - after decades of near misses - gotten over the line to win silverware.The Proteas beat defending champions Australia by five wickets at Lord's to win the World Test Championship.

The first Black batter to make a century for South Africa has led them to World Test Championship glory - but wider issues within the format must be solved to save it

Aiden Markram achieved a significant century, and captain Temba Bavuma despite being injured contributed a total of 102 runs. South Africa successfully chased a challenging target of 282 runs on Day 4.

No team in world cricket, and arguably the whole of sport, has a more brutal relationship with the finishing line than South Africa. It's cruel, but essential, to state this up front, much as Shukri Conrad,

The nation has not made it past the five semi-final stage appearances at World Cup tournaments, never making the final, while they were runners-up at the 2024 T20 World Cup. But now, in just the third edition of the tournament, South Africa can call themselves World Test Champions.

While South Africa stumbled from one fiasco to another, and after over two decades Temba Bavuma's man stare at history at cricket's iconic stadium the Lord's.

A "terrific" piece of bowling from Australia's Mitchell Starc brings Tristan Stubbs' uncertain innings to an end as the South African exits with eight runs from 43 balls in the ICC World Test Championship Final.

Cricket legends Matthew Hayden and Dale Steyn slammed Pat Cummins and Co. for their approach in the final innings of WTC final.