Who Said What? What did Temba Bavuma & Pat Cummins say after WTC 2025 Final?

South Africa, led by Temba Bavuma, scripted history after defeating Australia by five wickets in the WTC 2025 Final to lift the silverware at the Lord’s in London on Saturday, June 14. This was 

Shifting our focus to the details of the game, Australia was asked to bat first after losing the toss. However, they failed to live up to the expectations as they could post only 212 runs in 56.4 overs, with Kagiso Rabada pocketing a brilliant five-wicket haul. 

In reply, South Africa got bundled out for 138 runs in 57.1 overs as Pat Cummins scalped a six-wicket haul as Australia bagged a handsome lead to stay ahead of the proceedings at the half stage of the match.

In the third innings, Australia managed to score only 207 runs to take a 281-run lead. Kagiso Rabada continued his good form, picking up another four wickets. In the fourth innings, Markram smacked a 136-run knock off 207 balls to take his side to a five-wicket win.

On that note, let’s take a look at who said what after the WTC 2025 final.

Temba Bavuma, SA captain

“It has been a special couple of days, at some point, felt like we were back in South Africa with all the support in the stands. We have prepared hard for this, we have worked hard for this moment. We came here with a lot of belief but also with a lot of doubters and we are happy that we were able to play well enough to get that type of result. Special moment for us as a team, a special moment for the people back home, probably will really sink in a couple of days but it's been special. 

The energy was there, we have been wanting this as a team, we have been kind of knocking at the door, being relentless, getting ourselves into positions where we can be in finals. We have gone through the heartache, we have gone through the disappointment, seen it with the past players who have come before us and the sun is on us at the moment. That responsibility we have been carrying and hopefully this is one of many. 

KG is a massive player. A couple of days ago, I went to the ICC Hall of Fame in Leeds, I think in a couple of years KG will be one of those guys. He came into the game with controversy behind him. He was motivated to do what he needed to do and like a champion he came and did what he did. (Markram) Unbelievable, a couple of people were asking why Aiden was in the team. Stats, yes are important but character is something we look at and a guy like Aiden, he carries all those traits. 

We knew in the second innings, we are gonna have to come out and play and he led it in like true Aiden fashion. Another massive player for us. Character has been a big thing for us as a team and those two guys are the ones who carry that. As a team we got ourselves into the final, there were doubters as to the route that we took, supposedly playing weaker teams. We are happy we are able to perform like this and hopefully that kind of squashes that. 

For us as a country, here's an opportunity for us, as divided as we are at times, to forget all of that, to rejoice in this moment and just be one. I'm sure the people back home will be celebrating it with us and you can trust that we will be celebrating it massively as well.”

Pat Cummins, AUS captain

“Things can change pretty quickly but unfortunately it's a bridge too far. (where did the game change?) There's always a few things, having a pretty decent first innings lead, that's where you kind of want to bat the opposition out of the game, did not quite do that. Maybe if we had batted another session as well, the conditions kind of helped us a little bit more. 

They were fantastic, that fourth innings wasn't a lot on that wicket but they did not really give us a chance. A bit of both, it has been a wonderful two years, the guys have performed really well to get us here, did not come together in this game, no doubt for the first two days, the bowlers were fantastic and always looked like the ball was darting around. Yeah that's right. You were always clapping each run but knowing it's looking like the wicket was starting to flatten out, again it can change over here quickly in England, unfortunately it did not really do that for us. 

We gave just about everything a chance, I thought Lyono bowled particularly well here, looked threatening, just didn't quite get a wicket, Aiden was fantastic and Temba, that partnership did not really give us a chance. They showed why they are in this final. Deserved champions, all facets really, on all four days they just kept themselves in the game. 

When they got a sniff, they took a few wickets, fantastic, so congratulations to Temba, the staff and all the players. Prefer the Oval last time. It's fantastic, it's the pinnacle, I love Test cricket. It's something you build towards the two years. It's a huge achievement to make the final and then a one-game shootout, it's a fantastic kind of spectacle, the crowd's been amazing. Unfortunately it did not go our way this week but it's a great week.”

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