WTC Final 2023-25 Lord’s Day 1 : The final match of the World Test Championship 2023-25 is being played between the defending champions Australia and South Africa teams at the historic ground in Lord’s. The first day of this match was the name of the bowlers. The two teams together lost a total of 14 wickets. During this time, such an incident was also seen, which had never happened in the history of 145 years of England cricket. Test matches are being played in England since the year 1880, but this time the fans had never seen what happened.
Such incident happened for the first time in 145 years
This is the first time in the history of the 561 Test matches played in England, when the number-1 batsman of both teams (the first ball of the innings) was out without opening an account in the first innings. Which included Usman Khwaja of Australia and Aden Markram of South Africa. This incident made the match more exciting, as the failure of the top batsmen of both teams increased the initial pressure. The match between Australia and South Africa was already expected to be tough, but the incident further enhanced the bowlers’ edge.
On the first day of the match, the start of both batsmen in this match played on Lord’s ground was very bad. Usman Khwaja could not open the account even after facing 20 balls and lost his wicket. Usman Khwaja was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada. On the other hand, Aidan Markram lost his wicket in the very first over of the innings. He became the victim of Mitchell Starc on the sixth ball of the first over.
This was the first day’s game
In this match, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. His decision proved to be correct and the entire team of Australia returned to the pavilion for only 212 runs. Kagiso Rabada of South Africa took 5 wickets. But by the end of the first day’s play, South Africa lost 4 wickets for 43 runs in their first innings. In such a situation, the second day of the game is going to be very important for both teams. The Africa team would like to return to the game as soon as possible, while Australia will look at the opposing team cheaply.