Thirteen years ago, former captain Graeme Smith, who took South Africa to number one in the Test rankings, has hoped that Tenba Bawuma’s team will repeat history in the World Test Championship final against Australia from June 11.
Under the captaincy of Smith, South Africa defeated England in 2012 to finish in the Test rankings. Smith scored 259 runs which is also the highest score of a foreign batsman.
South Africa is eyeing the first ICC title in more than two decades, which was defeated by India in the T20 World Cup final last year. On the other hand, the Australian team, captained by Pat Cummins, would like to keep the WTC mace with him, who last defeated India at the Oval in June 2023.
SA20 League Commissioner Smith said, “Loaders are special, very special. He has a lot of positive memories in my mind. ”
He said, “The feeling of going down the stairs on the field on the field is different. This is one of the moments of raging in your career. I scored a double century there in 2003, won the Test match, Makhaya Entini took ten wickets and this is our golden memories of that ground.
South Africa’s successful Test captain said, “We were at its peak as a team in 2012. We had such a great player and coaching staff. ”
South Africa performed well in ICC tournaments in the last two years, entering the semi -finals of the Men World Cup, Champions Trophy, played the T20 World Cup final and now playing the ICC World Test Championship Final.
Regarding the development of South African cricket after the commencement of SA20, Smith said, “The players have definitely got a great platform from Betway SA20 and it is on them to take advantage of it.” A player like Ryan Ricelton took full advantage of this and is now part of the team in every format.
The South African team for the WTC final includes SA 20 star player two -time champion Sunrisers Eastern Cape captain Aiden Maqram, the third session’s most prized player Marco Yansen, Durban Super Giant captain Spinner Keshav Maharaj, MI Cape Town Kagiso Rabada and the most run -scorers in the league. (Language)
