With the help of Aiden Markrum's solid century, South Africa defeated Australia by 5 wickets at Lord's on Saturday and won the World Test Championship title.

South Africa have finally won the title in their more than a century long Test history. South Africa, who had a target of 282 runs for victory, achieved it by 5 wickets. After 27 years, South Africa won the title of the major cricket tournament.

This success made South Africa forget the heartbreaking defeats suffered by South Africa in major ICC tournaments over the decades. Among them were South Africa's painful defeats in Birmingham 1999, Dhaka 2011, Auckland 2015, Kolkata 2023 and Bridgetown 2024. 

South Africa's victory was possible before launch. Opening batsman Markram got out after scoring 136 runs. At that time, South Africa needed 6 more runs to win. Proteas started the game ahead of 213 runs after losing two wickets. The team needed 69 more runs to win. Markrum was out for a wicket in the first innings. 

However, he started the fourth day from a position of 102 runs. His other side captain Temba Bavu was not out on 65 runs. He is undergoing a hamstring injury. South Africa has a long history of breaking success under pressure, but it was not an easy situation against defending champions Australia, who have a habit of winning consistently.

South Africa had previously made a trip to the final of 18 ODIs and Twenty20 World Cups at once. That one achievement was also achieved in the Twenty-20 World Cup last year. But South Africa lost to India in the deciding match.

Even then, the team needed 30 runs in 30 balls to reach victory and the team still had 6 wickets left. That's why South Africa, which has a habit of losing games, was nicknamed 'Chokers'. This time, South Africa has erased that image for now. 

has done that in this order, which old players Allan Donald, Sean Pollack, AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis could not do. On the fourth day, South Africa lost Bavuma. He could add only one run. Bavu was caught behind the wicket by opposition captain Pat Cummins. This broke his 147-run partnership with Markram. At that time, the team was in a position of 217 runs after losing 3 wickets. 

At Lord's, the sun was shining and the pitch was helping the batters. So the situation was in favor of South Africa. Soon after, Markram delighted his fans with a boundary off the fast bowler Cummins. The supporters knew that there would be no long-term cricket on the fourth day, but they turned out in large numbers. He reduced the target to 50 runs by hitting another boundary off Cummins' ball. 

Cummins then launched Nathan Lyon into a bowling attack. The aim was that his off-spin bowling would put South Africa under pressure. But another fast bowler, Mitchell Starc, dismissed Tristan Stubbs with a superb delivery to keep Australia's confidence alive. Australia also used a new ball weapon, this time luck was not on their side. Markram hit a boundary off Josh Hazlewood and scored 3 runs. 

Markram could not complete his team's goal. Caught by Travis Head at midwicket on a delivery from Hedgewood. With this, his 207-ball innings came to an end. It included 14 fours. Australian players did not forget to congratulate him while returning to the pavilion. The audience also stood and saluted him. In the end, after Kyle Verene completed the formalities of victory, South Africa set the record for the second biggest target chase at Lord's.  South African player Keshav Maharaj, who was very emotional after the

victory, said, 'We were not just a team, we had the whole country behind us. We always want to be good and play a good game. As a cricket loving nation we are heading in the right direction. After nearly 25 years of constant pain, we have finally tasted success, so we are all very emotional. Diversity is our identity, we are a rainbow country. This title will help our country to be more united.