The ICC has announced that the two correct teams that will face each other in the WTC Final of the year 2025 are Australia and south Africa. The match is planned to happen at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London from June 11 to 15, 2025 With June 16 planned as a buffer day.
The Aussies qualified for the final after emerging six-wicket winners against India in the New Year Test at Sydney. This victory made them qualify for the championship final where they want to retain the WTC title that India beat them in the inaugural final in the last year’s WTC Final at The Kia Oval in June.
South Africa joined the party with a two wicket victory over Pakistan at Centurion at the end of December. This makes it their debut season in a WTC Final, which is one of the breakthroughs in the Proteas journey to the tournament.
The WTC Final is played between two teams who are competing at the top of the points table after two-years tournament cycling in Test cricket. The 27 series and 71 matches of the league stage are divided where every team of the six teams will play three at home and three away series.
Fans of cricket are waiting for this exciting and tense meeting of two titans of the sport. The match shall be eventful, and interesting, in view of the fact that the two teams have packed their competitive rosters, and boast of a long standing in the game of cricket.
Die hard fans who wish to partake in the occasion of the final can show their interests in the tickets through the [Lord’s Cricket Grounds website]. The ICC has also stated that the next WTC Final will also take place at Lord’s in 2027, making the ground retain its name, the ‘Home of Cricket’.