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Aiden Markram's brilliant Test hundred against Australia in the World Test Championship final helped him to join an exclusive list featuring Don Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar.
Day two of the ICC World Test Championship Final at Lord’s saw Australia seize the upper hand, thanks to fast bowling by captain Pat Cummins. Cummins became just the eighth Australian to reach 300 Test wickets.
Watching the South African joy pouring out of Lord's following their World Test Championship victory, Sri Lanka Test captain Dhananjaya de Silva reminded his players that it could have been them. Sri Lanka had a decent shot of making that final.
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Former Australia Test captain Tim Paine, however, believes Labuschagne and Khawaja can turn it around in the West Indies Tests, starting June 25.
During the WTC final, both Khawaja (0 and 6) and Labuschagne (17 and 20) failed to score big as Australia faced a crushing defeat to South Africa in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final at Lords.
Aiden Markram starred in South Africa’s historic five-wicket victory over Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s with a superb 136, helping the Proteas get over the line in an ICC tournament after countless heartbreaks in the past.