Australia Fight Back As 14 Wickets Fall In World Test Final

World Test Championship final, Lord's (day 1 of five)

Australia 212 each out: Webster 72, Smith 66; Rabada 5-51, Jansen 3-49

South Africa 43-4: Rickelton 16; Starc 2-10

South Africa way by 169 runs

Scorecard

Australia's bowlers fought backmost aft they were bowled retired for a humble full by South Africa arsenic 14 wickets fell connected an engrossing first time of nan World Test Championship final.

Proteas speedy bowler Kagiso Rabada claimed 5 of them aft he helped skittle Australia for 212 soon aft nan beverage interval.

Steve Smith and Beau Webster, who made 66 and 72 respectively, had rescued Australia from a parlous 67-4 pinch a 79-run guidelines for nan 5th wicket.

But Australia's past 5 wickets went down for a paltry 18 runs arsenic Rabada spearheaded South Africa's gait onslaught pinch subject and skill.

The accelerated bowler had travel into nan lucifer pinch thing of a unreality hanging complete him having precocious served a short prohibition for recreational supplier use.

However, his haul present moved him past nan legendary Allan Donald and up to 4th connected South Africa's all-time Test wicket-takers list.

Left nan champion portion of nan evening convention to bat, and pinch Lord's bathed successful sunshine, nan South Africans wilted successful nan look of an Aussie barrage.

Left-arm speedy Mitchell Starc charged successful to region openers Aiden Markram and Ryan Rickelton cheaply.

Markram departed for a duck, undone by an inswinging yorker, while Rickelton tentatively edged to Usman Khawaja successful nan slips.

Australia skipper Pat Cummins past bowled Wiaan Mulder done nan gross earlier Josh Hazlewood snuck 1 past nan defence of Tristan Stubbs.

Temba Bavuma and David Bedingham will resume connected time two, unbeaten connected 3 and 8 respectively.

Under leaden skies successful St John's Wood, South Africa exploited favourable bowling conditions aft Bavuma had won nan toss.

Their early penetration owed overmuch to Rabada, who teased and tormented nan left-handed Khawaja extracurricular his disconnected stump during a intriguing opening passage.

After 20 deliveries – 19 from Rabada – Khawaja was squared up by a rasping shot which angled successful astatine him connected a fourth-stump line. The Aussie opener had small prime but to play, and was snared by a crisp drawback by Bedingham astatine first slip.

Rabada had a 2nd wicket 3 deliveries later erstwhile Cameron Green strayed crossed nan statement and, somewhat disconnected balance, attempted to activity a full-ish shot into nan limb side. Instead, it took a heavy separator and flew to Aiden Markram successful nan cordon.

Rabada punched nan aerial successful triumph. Australia are nan favourites here, but this was a baring of teeth - nan Proteas are not going to rotation complete and person their tummies tickled.

Who would unfastened pinch Khawaja has been a root of nationalist statement Down Under. Nathan McSweeney, Travis Head, Sam Konstas and Smith person each been done nan revolving doorway and it was Marnus Labuschagne thrust into nan breach here.

After a alternatively fortuitous 56-ball 17 he was removed by Marco Jansen, who drew a deliberation bladed separator from Labuschagne into nan gloves of wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne.

The imposing 6ft 8in Jansen's dismissal of Head owed a small much to luck aft nan left-handed Aussie was strangled down nan limb broadside pinch Verreynne taking nan catch.