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Aiden Markram has been dropped twice by South Africa in his test career. It’s his own fault. Markram set such a superlative standard out of the gate — three centuries and two 90s in his first six months — that when the runs stopped raining,
Despite losing the World Test Championship final to South Africa, Australia maintain their lead in the latest update of the ICC Test team rankings with the Proteas jumping up to second in the charts.
Australia will have to dust off the cobwebs but are still fancied to successfully defend their World Test Championship crown against equally ring-rusty South Africa in the final at Lord’s, starting on Wednesday.
A low-scoring World Test Championship final is heading to a thrilling conclusion after Australia took a 74-run first-innings lead before being reduced to 144-8 by South Africa by the close of Day 2 at Lord's.