South Africa beat Australia by five wickets in the World Test Championship final to end their long wait for a major global title.

At Lord’s, on a Saturday heavy with history, South African players did what generations before them could not. They held their nerve. They closed the door. They won. They are the new World Test Champions.

South Africa has won the World Test Championship against titleholder Australia by five wickets after knocking off the last 69 runs required on the fourth morning of the final in London. The