Lord's Chaos: WTC Final Delivers Most Thrilling Championship Battle
Lord's witnessed a chaotic evening session packed with incredible moments - brilliant deliveries, poor shots, dropped catches, dozens of near-misses, overturned decisions, no-balls, horror collapse and finally admirable resistance. An entire Test match's worth of action was crammed into just 28 overs after the afternoon break. Following an extraordinary session, the World Test Championship (WTC) Final hangs in the balance: Australia leads by 218 runs but has only two wickets remaining. As has been the case throughout this encounter, it's a position both teams would be disappointed with yet still accept. For South Africa, being two wickets away from victory with a 218-run lead represents a fantastic position, especially considering Australia held a 74-run first-innings advantage. However, at one point the Aussies had just a 147-run lead with three wickets in hand. From 73/7, Australia managed to add 71 more runs for the loss of just one wicket. South Africa will begin ...