WTC Final Aiden Markram: South Africa defeated Australia to win the World Test Championship 2023-25 ​​cycle. He won by 5 wickets in the final match which started on June 11. The African team created history on Saturday (June 14) at the prestigious Lord’s Cricket Ground in England. He has won an ICC tournament after 27 years. The last time South Africa won the ICC Nockout Trophy in 1998. Later the Champions Trophy of this tournament was done.

Markram won South Africa

Aden Markram contributed significantly to South Africa’s victory. He created history by scoring a century in the second innings. Markram gave his team victory by playing an innings of 136 runs. He was awarded the Player of the Match Award. He scored a century in the fourth innings of the match. He equaled the records of Australia’s legendary batsman Don Bradman and Indian cricket team chief selector Ajit Agarkar.

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History created in Lord’s

Markram Lords became the sixth foreign batsman to score a century in the fourth innings of a Test match at Cricket Ground. Before that, five cricketers did this feat. Among them are former India cricketer Ajit Agarkar. He was mainly fast bowler in his career and sometimes used to play some big innings with the bat. One of them is an unbeaten 109 runs against England in the fourth innings of Lord’s Test in 2002. In the fourth innings of Lord’s Test, Bradman first scored a century. He scored an unbeaten 102 against England in 1938.

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Foreign batsman who scored a century in the fourth innings of Lord’s Test

Don Bradman (Australia)- 102* Run- England- 1938
Roy Fredrix (West Indies)- 138 runs- England- 1976
Gordon Greenies (West Indies)- 214* Run- England- 1984
Ajit Agarkar (India)- 109* Run- England- 2002
Michael Clarke (Australia) 136 runs- England- 2009
Aden Markram (South Africa- 136 runs- Australia 2025.