Century in wtc final players list: The final match of the World Test Championship between Australia and South Africa is being played from June 11. During this time, South African batsman Aidan Markram has scored a brilliant century on the third day of the final. Prior to Markram, only two batsmen have scored a century in the final of the World Test Championship. Both batsmen are from Australia. No Indian batsman has scored a century in the history of the final of the World Test Championship.

Markram became the third batsman to score a century in WTC final

Marakram has become the third batsman to score a century in the World Test Championship final. Australia gave a target of 282 runs to South Africa in the final. South Africa, who descended for the run chase, had a poor start. Ryan Ricelton was dismissed early. Since then, Markram took over the innings of South Africa. Markram completed a century in 156 balls. They are still standing at the crease by scoring 102 runs.

Markram has hit 11 fours in this innings. He played a century partnership for the third wicket with captain Tamba Bawuma. Bawuma is also playing for 65 runs. By the end of the third day’s play, South Africa has scored 213 runs for two wickets. South Africa needs only 69 runs to win the ICC title after 27 years.

Steve Smith and Travis Head have scored centuries in WTC final before Markram

Markram is the third player to score a century in the World Test Championship final. Prior to this, these feat has been done by Steve Smith and Trevid heads of Australia. Both players scored a century against India in the final match of the World Test Championship 2023. Smith scored an innings of 121 runs. In this innings, he hit 19 fours. At the same time, the head scored an innings of 163 runs. He hit 25 fours and a six in this innings. This brilliant innings of both played an important role in winning the title to the team.

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Aus vs sa final day 3 highlights: By the end of the third day’s play in the final of the World Test Championship 2025, South Africa has scored 213 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. The African team is very close to victory, which is now to score only 69 runs to pick up the trophy. On the third day, Aidan Markram has scored 102 runs till the stumps, while Tamba Bawuma is still unbeaten on 65 runs despite being injured. While the bowlers dominated the first 2 days, the batsmen dominated on the Lord’s ground on the third day.

On the third day, Australia carried forward its innings with a score of 144/8. Mitchell Starc shared a 59 -run partnership for the 10th wicket with Josh Hazlewood. Australia scored 207 runs in the second innings thanks to Stark’s unbeaten 58 -run innings, leading to a target of 282 runs in the fourth innings.

South Africa just 69 runs away from victory

When South Africa started chasing a target of 282 runs, it started very poorly. Ryan Ricelton was dismissed for just 6 runs. The second wicket shared a 61 -run partnership between Aidan Markram and Vian Mulder, but then the Mulder was dismissed for 27 runs. When the team’s second wicket fell, South Africa still needed 212 runs.

Aidan Markram’s century, breeze’s courage

After the dismissal of Vian Mulder, Aidan Markram and captain Tamba Bawuma took responsibility. He initially batted in a strict style and then carried forward the scoreboard rapidly. By the end of the third day’s play, the partnership for his third wicket has been 143 runs. Markram has scored 102 runs, while the bone is unbeaten by scoring 65 runs.

As the Australian bowlers got out of oil, Mitchell Starc proved to be very expensive, who scored runs at an economy rate of about 6. However, he also jerked both the wickets of South Africa. Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lion also could not take wickets.