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WTC Final 2025: He took wickets when wicket was needed. Steve Smith, who scored 66 runs, went. Then when Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood shared a record of 59 runs in the second innings, captain Bawuma remembered the same player. After chasing the record target of 282 runs, this player alone hit 136 runs. In the match in which 22 players are playing, one emerged as such a hero, it is rarely. But in the WTC final, Aden Markram Hero was the number-one. There is no doubt that Aiden Markram was chosen as the Player of the Match.
The final of the ICC World Test Championship between South Africa and Australia was played at the historic stadium in Lord’s. Australia reached the finals for the second consecutive time but could not save her title. South Africa included Australia for 212 in the first innings and 207 runs in the second innings. In this way, he got a target of 282 runs to win, which he achieved by losing 5 wickets. The African team was dismissed for 138 runs in the first innings. This is the second ICC Trophy in South Africa. He had earlier won this trophy in 1998. (AP)
South African opener Eden Markram made several records in the WTC final and broke many. Along with scoring a century in this match, he equaled Clive Lloyd and Arvind Dicilva. Markram is the third batter to score a century against Australia in the final of the ICC tournament. Prior to him, in 1996, Arvind Dissilva did this wonders. (AP)
Eden Markram scored 136 runs in the WTC final. This is the third highest score in the fourth innings of a foreign batter in Lord’s. On this historic ground in England, Gordon Greenies and Roy Freders have been able to score more than 136 runs in the fourth innings. Australia’s Michael Clarke has also played 136 runs here. (AP)
30 -year -old Aiden Markram has become the seventh opener in the world to score 3 centuries in the fourth innings. Before that only 6 batter Sunil Gavaskar, Graeme Smith, Harabert Satflic, Jeffrey Boycott, Gordon Greenies and Graham Gooch could do this wonderful. All these have now retired from the coincidence. Among the active cricketers, only Markram is who has scored 3 centuries in the fourth innings as an opener. The world record of four centuries is named after Sunil Gavaskar and Graeme Smith.
Eden Markram also scored a century in the WTC final and also took wickets. He is the first South African cricketer to perform so in England after Jack Kallis. Kallis had scored a century in a single Test match in England twice (1998 and 2012). Apart from Markram and Kallis, only Bruce Mitchell (1935) and Graeme Pollock (1965) were able to perform.
Aiden Markram was adjudged Player of the Match for his brilliant performance in the WTC final. Markram was also elected player of the match in the final of the Under-19 World Cup 11 years ago today. Aiden Markram has also become the first player of South Africa who has become the player of the match in the two finals of the ICC tournament.
This was the 46th Test match of Eden Markram. He has scored 2993 runs in these matches with the help of 8 centuries. Apart from this, Markram also has 5 wickets. Interestingly, he shocked the WTC final in two out of five wickets of his career.
