WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Highlights: Game hangs in balance after rollercoster day 2 after 14 wickets fall

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Truly compelling session of cricket. Lead up to 106, but Rabada has ensured the Proteas are in with a sniff.

49-7 in this session. Six for Cummins, two for Rabada, one run-out. These bowlers have been something else.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: This might be amongst one of the best fast bowling duels of all time. Kagiso Rabada single-handedly making a difference. Removes Khawaja, and two balls later, gets Cam Green out, again, this time on a duck. Identical to the wicket in the first innings.

28-2, the lead is into triple digits, but South Africa staying alive thanks to their lead man.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Much more confident from the Aussie openers. Dealing with Rabada and Jansen much more safely, and keeping the runs ticking over. 12-0 — the longer the stay in, the closer Australia get to a near-guarantee of a victory.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Just a truly inspired performance by the Australian captain. Digs it in short at Rabada, who can't help but have a go. It's hit really well, but Beau Webster is out at deep square leg, and he takes a fine catch diving forward, low to the ground.

The plan was telegraphed but it works. SA all out for 138, it's a lead of 74 for the Aussies.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Bad to worse! Maharaj can at the very least hold a bat, but he has run himself out here. Gunned down by a fair distance. 138-9 now.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Cummins has been unplayable! And that should be the wicket that truly hammers home Australia's advantage. It's typical Cummins — pitch, just enough movement, and suckers the set batter. Outside edge gobbled up by Carey, and Bedingham is out for 45.

135-8, 77 still the deficit, and an inspirational mini passage of play has set Australia up for the win here. Wow.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Patrick Cummins, he is just unstoppable! First gets Verreynne, and then the new man Jansen, and Australia are in total control!

Jansen tentative, catches a leading edge while trying to just feel at one, and it's a good catch by Cummins on the return.

Three wickets today, all three for the skipper, who is now up to 4 for the innings. 126-7, Australia in total control.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Just the start Australia wanted to this session! Cummins sends one in at the stumps, and Verreynne shuffles across. It strikes him on the pads, and the umpire thinks it's sliding down. The Aussie captain reviews (after an awkward collision with the batter) and guess what — it's three reds!

Not the beginning South Africa wanted to this session, but Cummins is ecstatic. Now 126-6, Jansen walks in. This is all the batting the Proteas have.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Not a long break at all, just a few raindrops passing through. 

Massive session for South Africa. Best batting conditions, and they need Bedingham to go on and get a big one here.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: The Australian fielders were getting ready to head out, but they've been sent back. Clouds were forming over the ground during the break, and the heavens have opened. The hover cover makes its way onto the pitch, as do regular covers for the field.

So a brief pause here. The players from both teams having a chat in the Long Room, the umpires also there to take a look with their umbrellas.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Wow, last over before lunch, and there's something tot talk about! Bedingham inside edges one which trickles down and lodges in his pad. Carey tries to get around, but bedingham handles it and drops it on the ground.

The Aussie players have smiles on their faces, and the umpires convene and decide nothing doing. But a sketchy moment for Bedingham, who moves onto 39* with a couple of fine boundaries in the last over before lunch.

The deficit down to 91. Set up very nicely.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Bedingham and Verreyne are SA's last recognised batting pair, and need to have a big, big partnership through the afternoon session here. Just 10 minutes of the morning left to survive, but one milestone down, as they reach triple digits.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Against the run of play, there's the wicket! South Africa's hearts will sink. These two were looking so well set and one of them needed to get a big one. Bavuma's cover drives have been hitting open space, but on this occasion, he presents Labuschagne a chance. The Aussie man takes two quick steps to his right and dives, holding on to a really good sharp grab.

SA still trail by 118.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Much much better from South Africa through day two so far. More positive, intentional batting, giving Cummins and the Aussie think-tank something to think about.

It's 94-4 after 38, both batters looking very solid.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Wow! Bavuma caught right in front of his stumps by Hazlewood, and he looks gone for all money. With only two or three seconds left on the DRS timer, Bavuma goes up. Replays show that Bavuma has nicked it on the snicko. 

He took so long to review, did he think he missed it? Whatever the case, he survives, as SA stay alive — just.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Beautiful lofted cover drive from Bavuma. He's taken the knock-backs to heart. South Africa won't want to die trying, but still so much work left to do.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Bavuma was criticised for somewhat going into a shell yesterday, and he takes a long stride and throws his hands at a couple. Runs will be crucial today to throw these bowlers off their length.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Score: Starc was phenomenal yesterday, and he's here now, older ball but fresh and raring to go. Big day's play ahead, sun has come out just a touch. Bavuma on strike.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Updates, South Africa vs Australia: Starc put in a stunning opening spell. Meanwhile, Cummins and Hazlewood have taken a wicket each, leaving SA at 43/4, and they are still 169 runs behind Australia's 212.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Updates, South Africa vs Australia: Day 1 was a 14-wicket day and Australia are marginally ahead. Although Rabada took a fifer, decent contributions from Smith and Webster have put Australia in a good position. Meanwhile, Starc struck twice.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Updates, South Africa vs Australia: Speaking on his recent doping ban, Rabada said, “Yeah, obviously it wasn't my best moment, as I've alluded to. Now, life moves on. I think every game that I play for South Africa, I try to do my best. I didn't try to give any more or any less effort than I usually do in all the games that I play for South Africa. So that's all I tried to do today.”

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Updates, South Africa vs Australia: For the Aussies, Mitchell Starc struck twice. Meanwhile, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins took a wicket each.

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Updates, South Africa vs Australia: Speaking after he final session on Day 1, Webster said, “I had a bit of luck no doubt. Managed to get through that period and get through some of those spells and get a score on the board. [On the surface] I've played a bit of County cricket here and there but with Rabada and Jansen coming in it was quite tough. I just did some minor adjustments to my technique and it was tricky with the slope but we got a score on the board. We saw in the last session the ball is still moving around, Starcy had the ball on a string. It's tricky for a batsman. Our bowling attack's been so strong. We know if we don't quite get it down with the bat, our bowlers will get it down. Outstanding effort from the boys.”

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Updates, South Africa vs Australia: Bedinghan (8*) and Bavuma (3*) will resume batting for SA, who are currently at 43/4! SA trail by 169 runs!

WTC Final 2025, SA vs AUS Live Updates, South Africa vs Australia: Hello and welcome everyone, to our live coverage of Day 2 of the ongoing WTC Final! SA face AUS, and Day 1 saw some plenty of action as Kagiso Rabada also took a fifer. Stay tuned folks!