The excitement of the World Championship of Legends 2025 is now reaching its final stage. In a thrilling semi-final match, South Africa Champions defeated Australia Champions by just 1 run to secure their place in the final.
WCL 2025: The World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2025 has now reached its final stage. In the tournament's first semi-final, South Africa Champions entered the final after defeating Australia Champions by one run in a thrilling match. With this victory, South Africa Champions will now face Pakistan Champions on August 2nd.
After winning the toss and electing to bat first, the South African team scored 186 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, the Australia Champions team remained in the fight till the last over but could only score 185 runs in 20 overs.
Batsmen provided a b start
The batsmen of South Africa Champions put on a b performance in this crucial match. Openers Morne van Wyk and JJ Smuts gave the team a solid start. Van Wyk played a quick-fire innings of 57 runs, while Smuts scored 76 runs to take the team to a competitive score. However, captain AB de Villiers could not make a significant impact with the bat this time and was dismissed for just 6 runs.
JP Duminy contributed 14 runs, but his innings was also short. Despite this, the team managed to score 186 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. Peter Siddle was the most impressive bowler for Australia, taking 4 wickets and trying his best to control South Africa's run rate.
Australia's brilliant but incomplete effort
Chasing the target, Australia Champions got off to a great start. The opening pair of Shaun Marsh and Chris Lynn added 45 runs to give the team a good start. Marsh scored 25 and Lynn scored 35. After that, D'Arcy Short played an innings of 33 runs, but all the batsmen could not convert good starts into big innings.
In the end, Daniel Christian played an explosive innings of 49 runs off 29 balls (3 fours, 3 sixes) and brought Australia close to victory. However, they needed 10 runs to win in the final over, but they could only score 8 runs, resulting in the team losing by 1 run.
The bowling of South Africa Champions proved decisive in this match. Hardus Viljoen and Wayne Parnell took 2 wickets each to break Australia's run rate. With a mix of accurate yorkers and slow balls in the final overs, they also prevented a dangerous batsman like Daniel Christian from scoring runs.
