WTC 2025 Final, South Africa vs Australia Match Prediction: Who will win today's Match?

South Africa (SA) and Australia (AUS) are set to lock horns in the final of the third edition of the World Test Championship. The match will be played from June 11 to 15 at Lords Cricket Ground. South Africa, who won their last ICC title in 1998 in the form Champions Trophy, will be looking to end 27-year to lift another in the form of WTC. Meanwhile, defending champions Australia will aim to win back-to-back Test championship titles. The Aussies had a great outing in the ICC events from the last few years where they ended up winning the 2021 T20 World Cup, 2023 World Test Championship and the 2023 ODI World Cup. On the other hand

South Africa have also been impressive in their last few ICC tournaments. They reached the semi-final of the 2023 ODI World Cup and the 2025 Champions Trophy. Apart from that, the Proteas also finished as the runners-up in the 2024 T20 World Cup. Notably, both South Africa and Australia will face each other in a Test match after more than two years. Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction, pitch report, head-to-head and key players ahead of the qualifier one of WTC 2023-25 Final between South Africa and Australia.

SA vs AUS Match Details

Match	South Africa vs Australia, WTC Final
Venue	Lords Cricket Ground, London
Date & Time	From June 11 to June 15, 3:00 PM (IST)
Live Broadcast & Streaming Details	JioHotstar (app and website) and Star Sports Network

SA vs AUS Pitch Report

pitch report wtc

The iconic Lords Cricket Ground has produced several thrilling contests across the formats over the years. It provides an equal balance for both the batters and the ballers. However, due to the weather conditions in England, the pace bowlers might gets extra swing with the new ball. Total 147 Test matches have been played at Lords so far. In these matches, the team batting first won 53 times while the chasing side came out victorious on 43 occasions. The average score at thai ground in the first innings is around 310 runs.

SA vs AUS Head-to-Head Stats and Records

Australia have a dominant record over South Africa in the Test format over the years. However, there has been some tough red-ball contests between both nations in the last few years. Both South Africa and Australia have faced each other in 101 Test matches so far where the Aussies ended up winning 54 times while the Proteas come out victorious on 26 occasions. Apart from that, 21 Test matches also ended in a draw between South Africa and Australia.

Matches played	101
South Africa won	26
Australia won	54
Drawn	21

SA vs AUS Weather Report

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SA vs AUS Probable Playing XIs

South Africa: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma (capt), David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Dane Paterson

Australia: Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (WK), Pat Cummins (C), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon

SA vs AUS WTC 2025 Final Full squads

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), David Bedingham, Corbin Bosch, Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Senuran Muthusamy, Lungi Ngidi, Dane Paterson, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne

Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Beau Webster. Travelling reserve: Brendan Doggett

SA vs AUS Toss Prediction

SA vs AUS: Toss-winning team expected to opt for bowling first,

the toss would play an important role in the final of the World Test Championship between South Africa and Australia. Although the Proteas have a better record in their last five tosses, Australia can turn out to be lucky again with the toss in another ICC final

SA vs AUS WTC 2025 Final Predicted Top Batters

Travis Head: Travis Head has been a main man in Australia’s last two ICC title wins winning players of the match award in the finals of 2023 WTC final and the 2023 ODI World Cup respectively. He will be looking to step up again in another ICC final and guide Australia to back-to-back WTC titles.

SA vs AUS WTC 2025 Final Predicted Top Bowlers

Marco Jansen: Marco Jansen can turn out to be a key performer for South Africa in a big WTC final against Australia. He has been in great touch in the red-ball format from the last few months and has been a constant wicket-taker.