World Test Championship Final 2025, South Africa vs Australia Predicted Playing 11 Today Match, Full Squad: Temba Bavuma’s South Africa will lock horns with Pat Cummins’ Australia in the World Test Championship 2025 final at the Lord’s in London. While it is the first time the former has reached the final of this tournament, the latter are the defending champions, having defeated India in the WTC 2023 at the Oval.
On Tuesday, both sides announced their line-ups for the showpiece event. While there was a bit of speculation on who will be the third seamer for South Africa among Dane Paterson, Corbin Bosch and Lungi Ngidi they went with Ngidi. In Australia, there were a few questions about who would be the opener, and they have decided to push Marnus Labuschagne up the order.
The conditions in Lord’s usually are more conducive to seam bowling, and both sides have made an effort to have an extra seam bowling all-rounder on their side instead of going for the batting depth. For South Africa, it is Wiaan Mulder, and for Australia, it is Beau Webster. Although Cameron Green can roll his arm over, only time will tell how effective he can be with the ball since he is returning from injury.
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Playing XI
South Africa playing XI: Ryan Rickelton, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
Australia playing XI: Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood
Squads:
Australia Squad: Sam Konstas, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, Matthew Kuhnemann
South Africa Squad: Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma(c), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Dane Paterson, Senuran Muthusamy, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Corbin Bosch
