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South Africa wins the World Test Championship, its first major cricket title in 27 years
- South Africa triumphed over Australia by five wickets at Lord's on Saturday morning to claim the World Test Championship, earning their first significant cricket championship in nearly three decades.
- South Africa entered as underdogs with a history of near misses in ICC tournaments since 1992, making this their first WTC final appearance.
- Aiden Markram scored a crucial 136 runs in a six-hour innings before South Africa knocked off the final 69 runs, with Kyle Verreynne hitting the winning drive into the covers.
- Markram said, "It's been a very long time coming," as emotions ran high among the players who were proud of their achievement.
- The victory sparked celebrations at Lord's and marked South Africa's successful completion of the joint second-highest fourth-innings run chase in 141 years at the home of cricket.
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