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India.com
3 days ago
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- India.com
Mulder reveals Head was shattered after WTC 2025 final defeat, 'you always think about Aussies as being a little bit nasty at times, but...'
Travis Head. New Delhi: After South Africa won the world test championship, Wiaan Mulder talked about his chat with a dejected, yet a polite Travis Head. Mulder, who played number three position on the South African cricket team spoke how Head was ecstatic at the defeat of Australia as well as ecstatic that South Africa had won and it had ended their ICC trophy draught. Mulder negated the image of Australians being aggressive people by putting focus on the correct image of an Australian as a true sport and a champion. 'I actually spoke to him (Head) last night on the phone. He was chuffed for the way it went for us. Obviously he was broken that they didn't win, but I think overall, the spirit of the game was really as high or as good as it could be. You think about the Aussies, you always think about them as being a little bit nasty at times, but I think these guys are true champions,' Mulder told ICC Digital. During IPL 2025, despite limited playing time, Mulder's net sessions against SRH captain Cummins and Head proved beneficial. He found them to be excellent players and credits this experience with contributing to his performance in the WTC 2025 final. 'Heady is one of the top blokes around and Patty is also a great guy. I spent some time with them at the Sunrisers during the IPL and there was a lot of banter. I trained a lot because I didn't play a lot in the IPL and I spent a lot of time facing Pat and facing Heady (in the nets), so there was a lot of banter coming into the WTC,' said the Proteas all-rounder. The 2025 IPL season became short, with Mulder playing one match and not grabbing any wicket and scoring six runs only. He came in as a substitute of the injured Brydon Carse, at a price of 1 crore rupees. During the WTC 2025 final, Wiaan Mulder batted at number three. He failed to score significantly in the first innings, giving up 45 runs while bowling and subsequently dismissed for a low score. In the second innings, he was bowled by Mulder, his SRH teammate. Despite this, he made a valuable contribution of 27 runs from 50 balls, forming a key 61-run partnership with Markram (who scored a century) during the team's pursuit of 282 runs.
NDTV
4 days ago
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- NDTV
South Africa Return To Lord's For More Post-WTC Final Celebrations
Two days after they made history by beating Australia, South Africa's victorious ICC World Test Championship squad returned to the scene of their famous triumph on Monday when they descended on Lord's for more celebrations The entire 15-player squad was on hand with the famous mace at the Home of Cricket to celebrate their five-wicket triumph over Australia that clinched the World Test Championship Final. This was South Africa's first triumph in an ICC tournament in 28 years. According to a report by the ICC website, the players and support staff were in good spirits as they came together for one last look at the Lord's before they return to South Africa, and all-rounder Wiaan Mulder said the celebrations had been spirited. "It's been a very, very good couple of days. Celebrations like I haven't had before, so as a team I think we're super chuffed and no better place to do it than at the Home of Cricket," Mulder was quoted as saying by ICC Digital at Lord's. Mulder admitted he had hardly slept since arriving in London, with nerves leading into the Ultimate Test and the celebrations post-match still taking their toll. And while Mulder revealed all the players and support staff had joined in the frivolity, he said it was a group of players from Western Province that had led the way. "I think it's the Western Province crew, to be honest," Mulder said when asked who had been the best celebrators. "All of them celebrate victory very, very hard. Kyle Verreynne, Dane Paterson, David Bedingham and (batting coach) Ashwell Prince are kind of the leaders of our vibe team, so they have been the guys that have gone all out." Mulder revealed he had been inundated with messages of support from family and friends back home in South Africa, and he had even spoken with Australian batter Travis Head, his teammate along with Pat Cummins at IPL side Sunrisers Hyderabad, after the victory. "I actually spoke to him (Head) last night on the phone," Mulder said. "He was chuffed for the way it went for us. 'Obviously, he was broken that they didn't win, but I think overall, the spirit of the game was really as high or as good as it could be. "You think about the Aussies, you always think about them as being a little bit nasty at times, but I think these guys are true champions. "And the way they go about it, the consistency that they bring to every single day and every single moment of the game, just shows why they're arguably the best team, best sporting cricketing team to ever play the game," Mulder told the ICC.
Int'l Cricket Council
4 days ago
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- Int'l Cricket Council
South Africa return to Lord's for more WTC Final celebrations
By Jonathan Healy, in London South Africa's victorious ICC World Test Championship squad returned to the scene of their famous triumph on Monday when they descended on Lord's for more celebrations. The entire 15-player squad was on hand with the famous mace at the Home of Cricket, just two days after they completed a historic five-wicket triumph over Australia that clinched the World Test Championship Final. The players and support staff were in good spirits as they came together for one last look at Lord's before they return to South Africa and all-rounder Wiaan Mulder said the celebrations had been spirited. "It's been a very, very good couple of days," Mulder told ICC Digital at Lord's. "Celebrations like I haven't had before, so as a team I think we're super chuffed and no better place to do it than at the Home of Cricket." Mulder admitted he had hardly slept since arriving in London, with nerves leading into the Ultimate Test and the celebrations post-match still taking their toll. And while Mulder revealed all the players and support staff had joined in the frivolity, he said it was a group of players from Western Province that had led the way. "I think it's the Western Province crew, to be honest," Mulder said when asked who had been the best celebrators. "All of them celebrate victory very, very hard. Kyle Verreynne, Dane Paterson, David Bedingham and (batting coach) Ashwell Prince are kind of the leaders of our vibe team, so they have been the guys that have gone all out." Proteas celebrate World Test Championship triumph at Lord's | WTC25 Final South Africa players all smiles as they pose with the World Test Championship mace after sealing off a special win at Lord's. Mulder played alongside Australia captain Pat Cummins and star batter Travis Head at Sunrisers Hyderabad in the recent Indian Premier League and the 27-year-old said he enjoyed getting to know the pair during his brief stint with the franchise. "Heady is one of the top blokes around and Patty is also a great guy," Mulder said. "I spent some time with them at the Sunrisers during the IPL and there was a lot of banter. "I trained a lot because I didn't play a lot in the IPL and I spent a lot of time facing Pat and facing Heady (in the nets), so there was a lot of banter coming into the WTC." Ngidi, Mulder remove Webster and Head in quick succession | WTC25 Final Lungi Ngidi and Wiaan Mulder helped South Africa tighten their grip in the second innings with a quickfire brace. Mulder revealed he had been inundated with messages of support from family and friends back home in South Africa and he had even spoke with Head after the victory. "I actually spoke to him (Head) last night on the phone," Mulder said. "He was chuffed for the way it went for us. 'Obviously he was broken that they didn't win, but I think overall, the spirit of the game was really as high or as good as it could be. "You think about the Aussies, you always think about them as being a little bit nasty at times, but I think these guys are true champions. "And the way they go about it, the consistency that they bring to every single day and every single moment of the game, just shows why they're arguably the best team, best sporting cricketing team to ever play the game." ICC World Test Championship Final, 2025NewsICC World Test Championship
Indian Express
4 days ago
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- Indian Express
‘Aiden Markram's knock right up there with either of Travis Head's centuries vs India in WTC and World Cup finals,' says Ricky Ponting
Travis Head hit centuries in two finals in ICC events in the last two years, both against India, to lead Australia to victory on both occasions – at the 2023 World Test Championship Final and 2023 World Cup. Now, South Africa's Aiden Markram nearly played through their second innings in the 2025 WTC Final against Australia and powered them to a historic win and Ricky Ponting thinks that his knock as good as either of the two aforementioned tons scored by Head. 'When you look back through big ICC events, I think the first thing that probably comes to mind is probably Travis Head's innings (137) in the World Cup final, and then the last World Test Championship final (163). And this one's got to be absolutely as good as any of those, considering the stage, considering where South African cricket's been over the last couple of years, particularly their Test side,' Ponting told ICC Digital. The Temba Bavuma-led South Africa side won the WTC final at Lords' last week with a five-wicket win over defending champions Australia. While it was the side's eight successive win in Tests, that mattered for nought compared to the fact that it was the first time since they won the 1998 ICC Knockout Trophy, which has since gone on to become the Champions Trophy. South Africa have since developed a reputation of a team that sends sides considered among the best before tournaments but would always crash out of them, mostly in rather spectacular ways. This time, though, South Africa were clinical while chasing a target of 282 largely thanks to Markram's knock of 136 in 207 balls, his eighth Test century. He had been dismissed for a duck in the first innings. Ponting said that he couldn't believe that Markram was not part of the South African squad that toured Australia for the 2022/23 series. 'To be able to stand up and perform like that when your team needs you the most is what reputations are made of. I think everyone's always known how good a player Aiden Markram was. And I must admit, a couple of years ago when South Africa toured Australia, I couldn't believe that Aiden Markram wasn't in that touring squad at all. He didn't even make the squad. And here we are a couple of years later and he's played one of probably his greatest knocks. I'm sure if you asked him, he'd probably say that that's the knock that he's most proud of in his Test career, and I am pretty sure his teammates who watched it all unfold would probably say the same thing. So, it's a great individual achievement for him, and it's a magnificent achievement for the South African team,' said Ponting.
India Gazette
5 days ago
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- India Gazette
"To be able to stand up....": Ponting speaks on Markram's WTC title-sealing century for South Africa
London [UK], June 16 (ANI): Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting hailed Aiden Markram's title-sealing century against Australia in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final, saying that it is up there with the finest tons scored during the tournament finals. No stranger to scoring big runs on grand occasions, Ricky Ponting has a history of stepping up when it mattered the most. His classic 140 against India in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Final in 2003 and 111* against England in the ICC Men's Champions Trophy in 2009 are some of his finest ODI knocks. Speaking in the aftermath of the epic World Test Championship Final at Lord's, Ponting had high praise for Markram's cracking ton that helped South Africa lift the mace, placing the knock among the best centuries that he could recall on the big stage. 'When you look back through big ICC events, I think the first thing that probably comes to mind is World Cup finals,' Ponting told ICC Digital. 'And then probably Travis Head's innings (137) in the World Cup (2023) final, and then the last World Test Championship final (163). And this one is got to be absolutely as good as any of those, considering the stage, considering where South African cricket's been over the last couple of years, particularly their Test side,' he added. South Africa failed to make the WTC Final in the first two editions of the tournament but found a new direction under the pairing of head coach Shukri Conrad and skipper Temba Bavuma in January 2023. The Lord's win was their eighth successive victory in Tests, one short of their personal best. One of the changes in the South Africa setup under the new leadership was the return of Aiden Markram, who had been dropped from the tour of Australia in the 2022/23 season after an extended poor run with the bat. Markram repaid the faith reposed in him with a spectacular 115 on his return in February 2023, and has looked a more determined batter in the red-ball format since, as exemplified by his fighting ton against India on a tricky surface in Cape Town in January 2024 and his Lord's masterclass. 'To be able to stand up and perform like that when your team needs you the most is what reputations are made of. I think everyone has always known how good a player Markram was,' Ponting added. 'And I must admit, a couple of years ago, when South Africa toured Australia, I could not believe that Aiden Markram was not in that touring squad at all. He did not even make the squad.' 'And here we are a couple of years later and he has played one of probably his greatest knocks. I am sure if you asked him, he would probably say that that is the knock that he is most proud of in his Test career, and I am pretty sure his teammates who watched it all unfold would probably say the same thing.' 'So, it is a great individual achievement for him, and it's a magnificent achievement for the South African team,' he concluded. Coming to the match, on day first, Proteas won the toss and opted to bowl first. They dominated the first session with the ball, as fiery spells from Rabada (5/51) and Marco Jansen (3/49) reduced Australia to 67/4. A 79-run stand between Steve Smith (66 in 112 balls, with 10 fours) and Beau Webster (72 in 92 balls, with 11 fours) and a 46-run stand between Carey (23 in 31 balls, with four boundaries) and Webster took Australia to 212 all out. With the help of early two wickets from Starc and contributions from Cummins and Hazlewood helped Australia reduced South Africa to 43/4 at day one end, with Bavuma (3*) and Bedingham (0*) unbeaten. A six-fer from skipper Pat Cummins (6/28) helped Australia bundle out Proteas for 138 runs and secure a 74-run lead, despite a half-century run-stand between skipper Temba Bavuma (36 in 84 balls, with four boundaries and a six) and David Bedingham (45 in 111 balls, with six fours). In their second innings, Australia was reduced to 73/7, but a 61-run stand between Alex Carey (46 in 50 balls, with five fours) and Mitchell Starc (58* in 136 balls, with five fours), who also put a last wicket stand of 59 runs with Josh Hazlewood. Australia was bundled out for 207 runs, leading by 281 runs. Rabada (4/59) and Ngidi (3/38) were the pick of the bowlers for South Africa. In the run-chase, Proteas lost Ryan Rickelton early, but a 61-run stand between Wiaan Mulder (27 in 50 balls, with five fours) and Markram put Proteas on track. An even gigantic, frustrating 147 run stand between Markram (136 in 207 balls, with 14 fours) and skipper Bavuma (66 in 134 balls, with five fours) followed, rattling Australia. Despite Starc (3/63) attempting to keep Aussies alive, Kyle Verreyne hit the winning runs for South Africa to take them to their first ICC title since the ICC Knockout 1998. Markram took home the 'Player of the Match' award. (ANI)
