South Africa defeated Australia by one run in the second semi -finals. (Photo-screenshot/x)
WCL 2025, Semifinal: The stage of the title match of the World Championsship of Legends (WCL) 2025 has been decorated. The team of Pakistan and South Africa will face face to face in this final match to be played in Birmingham on August 2. Earlier, 41 -year -old captain in second semi -final match AB de Villiers Because of the great fielding of South Africa, Australia defeated Australia and made it to the finals. In the first semi -finals, Team India refused to play with Pakistan in protest against the terrorist attack in Pahalgam. After this, Pakistan reached the final without playing.
Australia lost on the last ball
WCL 2025 Batting first in the second semi -finals, the team of South Africa Champions scored 186 for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Australia Champions, chasing the target, needed three runs off the last ball, but the exact throw of captain AB de Villiers dashed his expectations and Australia lost by one run in a thrilling match. The Australian team could only manage 185 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
Australian Legends Needed 3 Runs Off 1 Ball & Ab De Villiers Pulled Off a Perfect Throw To Take South Africa Legends to the Finals of the WCL 2025.
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De Villiers flops with bat in semi -finals
Earlier, South African opener JJ Smats and wicketkeeper batsman Morne Van Wan Wan managed to score 186 runs with the help of Morne Van Vik’s brilliant half -century innings. In this match, captain AB Dibilers could not do anything special and returned to the pavilion after scoring only 6 runs. After this Smuts and Vik shared 111 runs in 60 balls for the second wicket.
Smuts scored 57 runs in 41 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six, while wicketkeeper batsman Morne Van Van Van scored 76 runs in 35 balls with 5 sixes and 7 fours. Apart from these two, no batsman could score a big score. For Australia, Peter Cydel took the most 4 wickets. D Arie Short got two wickets. Captain Brett Lee took a wicket. Australia started fast to chase the target of 187 runs.
Australia’s fast start
Chasing a target of 187 runs in South Africa Australia The Champions started fast. Opener Sean Marsh (25) and Chris Lynn (35) added 45 runs in 27 balls for the first wicket. After the first wicket fell, Marsh carried forward the innings with D Arie Short (33), but Australia’s innings stumbled as Marsh was out.
For Australia, Daniel Christian scored the most unbeaten 49 off 29 balls with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes. After this, no batsman could stand at the crease and the Australia team could score 185 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Australia needed three runs off a ball to win on the last ball, but Vennell’s brilliant bowling and exact throw of AB de Villiers dashed the expectations of the Kangaroos.
