The final match of the World Test Championship 2025 is being played between Australia and South Africa at the historic ground in Lord’s. On the first day of the match, the all -rounder who played a 3 Test match for Australia, caught in the beach Majdar, became a distress, whose great batsman Ricky Ponting has praised him fiercely. Actually, this player is none other than the 31 -year -old beardster. This WTC final match of Webster is the fourth Test match of his career, but the manner in which he batted on the first day is being discussed a lot.

The team saved half -century

Ricky Ponting, former captain of Australia cricket team, has praised the Bu Webster. Webster played a brilliant innings of 72 runs for the team in the first innings of the World Test Championship Final against South Africa at Lord’s. Due to his innings, Australia could reach 212 runs in the first innings in front of South Africa.
Webster made his debut in Sydney in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test match against India earlier this year. In front of South Africa, this player scored 72 runs from 92 balls. This was the highest score of any batsman in the first innings for Australia.

Ponting received praise

This performance of webster has been appreciated by former captain Ponting. Talking to ICC Digital after Australia’s first innings, Ponting said, ‘If you remove those runs, the scorecard looks completely different. I think it tells a lot about how comfortable it is in his game and how comfortable it is even when it is in Australian mid -order.

He further said, ‘What I liked today was that Australia was in some trouble. The wickets were falling, but they were able to maintain their natural sports style by going to the webster field. The way he wanted to play, he played and tried to be aggressive and tried to put some pressure on the South African bowlers.

Smith also played a good innings

Apart from webster, former captain Steve Smith batted well. He stayed at the crease for about three hours and scored 66 runs. Keeper Alex Carrie scored 23 runs. At the same time, Rabada took 5 wickets for 51 runs for South Africa. Ponting said, ‘The second thing is that the bowlers were getting good help from the pitch. We know that in early June, the bowlers get good rhythm from the Dux ball in Britain. But this shows that if you freeze at the crease like Smith and Bu, then you can make a big score. However, Australia’s fast bowlers also gained an edge at the end of the first day. Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Cummins bowled brilliantly and South Africa finished the day’s game at 43/4.