South Africa provide hints to WTC25 Final line-up in Arundel warm-up

Arundel (England), June 6 (UNI) South Africa's batting line-up for the World Test Championship Final has been hinted through their warm-up exploits here, with Wiaan Mulder emerging as the likely No.3 three to take on Australia at Lord's.
Mulder batted in the spot against Zimbabwe in their final hit out ahead of the June 11 final, though only made 26 before falling lbw to Tanaka Chivanga.
After losing Aiden Markram for 13 early in the day, the Proteas batting unit picked up through half-centuries from Ryan Rickelton (62), Temba Bavuma (58), Tristan Stubbs (58) to eventually post 313/2, retiring several players to give others batting time in the middle.
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