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.
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.
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,
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.
South African captain Temba Bavuma celebrated with his son on the ground after lifting the 2025 World Test Championship (WTC) mace on Saturday, June 14.