South Africa win World Test Championship with momentous victory over Australia; After Aiden Markram led the way with a century South Africa had to chase down 69 runs on Saturday for a historic victory at Lord's.
South Africa were left with 69 runs to chase down on Saturday to collect their first ICC trophy in 27 years.
Their captain Temba Bavuma played on through a hamstring injury he'd sustained the day before, scoring a vital 66 with the bat, although he was an early wicket on Saturday when he edged a delivery from Pat Cummins into the waiting gloves of wicketkeeper Alex Carey.
South Africa had been facing a daunting task, needing 282 to win the final against the defending champions. But they defied the odds with Aiden Markram responding to the deficit by scoring a century, his eighth in test match cricket and his most important.
Tristan Stubbs registered eight runs when he came on after Bavuma was dismissed before Mitchell Starc took out his stumps.
With David Bedingham picking up runs, Markram continued to score, hitting a boundary to take them to 10 away from the target and within touching distance of victory.
Looking to secure the final runs, after scoring 136 in total himself, Markram was only undone by a fine catch from Travis Head at full stretch.
His contribution though was at the heart of South Africa's win, as Kyle Verreynne provided the final strike as they beat Australia by five wickets.
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