Highest Successful Chase At Lords:- Day 3 of the ICC WTC Final 2025 started with the game hung in balance as Australia were eight down with a lead of 212 runs.
Kagiso Rabada, who has been South Africa’s spearhead man in his Test, struck early on day 3 with an lbw dismissal of Nathan Lyon, and it seemed the Proteas would get a target of around 230.
However, what followed was as shocking as it was applaudable: No. 9 batsman Mitchell Starc and No. 11 batsman Josh Hazlewood put on a defiant partnership of 59 runs in 135 balls, keeping the South Africans in the field for the entire first session today.
South Africa’s frustrations grew with each passing run, with each passing delivery, and more so with each passing boundary as Starc brought up his fifty and Hazlewood hung around steadfastly to give Starc company as the lead swelled beyond 260. This stand of 59 is now the fifth-highest 10th-wicket partnership by a visiting team at Lord’s in Test cricket.
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Australia set a target of 282 runs for South Africa, which now seems more than a daunting task as it felt at the start of the day; it is now a mountain of a task, especially given how batting has been tough in this match and Australia’s all-time-great pace trio working together with Nathan Lyon, Australia’s second-most successful Test spinner.
The history of Lord’s is also now against South Africa as they stare at an immense target of 282 runs.
What Is Highest Successful Chase At Lords’ In Test Cricket?
The Highest Successful Chase At Lords’ in Test Cricket was made by the West Indies in 1984 against England when the West Indies chased down the target of 342 runs with the help of Gordon Greenidge’s double century. The second-Highest Successful Chase At Lords in Test Cricket was made by England in 2004 against New Zealand by scoring 282 runs, the exact same target set for South Africa in the ICC WTC Final 2025.
South Africa will have to bat against history because to win the ICC WTC Final, they will have to record the second-Highest Successful Chase At Lords in Test cricket.
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