ICC World Test Championship Final: Top Fantasy XI for SA vs AUS | Expert Fantasy Tips

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The 2025 World Test Championship final between South Africa and Australia is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, June 11 at Lord's in London. With eight victories from 12 games, South Africa led the WTC points standings, while Australia came in second with 13 victories from 19 games.

Having won their last five Test matches, South Africa is coming into the WTC final on a high note, while Australia has won four of their last five games. There have been 101 Test matches between the two teams in the past. With 54 victories, Australia is ahead, while South Africa has won 26 games.

The last Test match between Australia and South Africa took place at Lord's in 1912, with Australia winning by a commanding 10-wicket margin. Both teams have won two games apiece in their last five meetings, suggesting a fiercely contested rivalry.

Pitch Condition

The pitch at Lord’s is expected to offer good assistance to the bowlers. Over the last five Test matches at this venue, the average first innings score has been 260. Teams bowling first have won three of those five games, making bowling a likely choice for the toss winner. Fast bowlers have been especially effective here, accounting for 72% of the wickets in the last 10 matches.

AUS

Predicted to win

12.6°C

Weather Report

bowler-friendly

Pitch Condition

260

Avg. 1st inning score

Probable Playing XI

South Africa

Probable XI

AK Markram, DG Bedingham, T Bavuma(C), M Jansen, T Stubbs, Wiaan Mulder, K Verreynne, RD Rickelton, K Rabada, KA Maharaj, L Ngidi

Bench

DA Miller, AD Galiem, N Peter, H Klaasen, T Shamsi, HE van der Dussen, MP Breetzke, GF Linde, RR Hendricks, PE Kruger, OEG Baartman, A Nortje, Andile Simelane, D Ferreira, Kwena Maphaka, T de Zorzi, S Muthusamy, C Bosch, D Paterson

Australia

Probable XI

Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, TM Head, Usman Khawaja, BJ Webster, C Green, AT Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins(C)

Bench

GJ Maxwell, Sean Abbott, A Zampa, MW Short, JP Inglis, J Fraser-McGurk, SH Johnson, Tim David, AM Hardie, Nathan Ellis, Cooper Connolly, SM Boland, Matthew Kuhnemann, S Konstas, Ben Dwarshuis, Tanveer Sangha, MR Marsh, Mitchell Owen

AUSbowl

Pat Cummins is just five wickets short of becoming the leading wicket-taker in World Test Championship history. So far, he has taken 73 wickets at an average of 24.54 across 33 innings.