South Africa, Temba Bavuma
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ESPN Cricinfo on MSNThis was Temba Bavuma's WTC and he can own itThe current world Test champion team is Temba Bavuma 's and he is owning it.
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South Africa, led by Temba Bavuma, broke their 27-year jinx of not winning an ICC Trophy. The Proteas defeated Australia by five wickets to win the WTC Final, and the victory will go down in history as the one who finally broke that dreaded ICC curse. The Proteas also did in in style, winning eight Tests in a row to win the title.
At Lord's, it was strains of that authentic anthem 'Shosholoza' streaming in from some corner with Saffer fans, that truly rung in the arrival of cricket as a champion sporting unit, to be gloried in.
Temba Bavuma-led South Africa defied odds and defeated Pat Cummins' Australia to clinch the World Test Championship (WTC) mace at Lord's on Saturday. The victory was a combined effort by the Proteas unit but there were few standout performers,
Bavuma, hence, became the second captain, after Percy Chapman in the 1920s, to win nine of their first ten Tests, and the second captain after Warwick Armstrong, also in the 1920s, to go unbeaten in his first ten Tests.
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Temba Bavuma scripted history on Saturday after his side clinched the World Test Championship (WTC) title, an ICC trophy after 27 years of waiting. Now, the Proteas skipper has set out his next goal for an ICC trophy which
Temba Bavuma captained South Africa to a historic World Test Championship victory, their first ICC title in 27 years, defeating Australia by five wick
The media in South Africa went into a state of meltdown, and were quick to point out the resilence and gutsy nature of the team.