Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc were part of Australia’s playing XI in the WTC 2025 final.
South Africa defeated Australia at Lord’s on Saturday to win the 2025 ICC World Test Championship (WTC). This was South Africa’s first WTC title win, which broke Australia’s streak of becoming consecutive champions. Along with this, the record of Australian fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood being invincible in the finals was also broken.
Mitchell Starc’s great final record
Mitchell Starc played the first final of his career in 2012 for Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League, where his team was victorious. After this, he also played in the finals of the 2012 Champions League, 2015 World Cup, 2021 T20 World Cup, 2023 World Test Championship, 2023 World Cup and 2024 IPL. His team won all these matches. Starc was also the Player of the Match in the final twice.
Josh Hazlewood’s undefeated journey
Josh Hazlewood was also undefeated in the finals. He started his final winning journey with the 2012 Champions League T20. After this, his teams won the title in the finals of 2015 World Cup, 2020 Big Bash, 2021 IPL, 2021 T20 World Cup, 2023 World Cup and 2024 IPL. Hazlewood participated in a total of seven finals and won all of them.
Unbeaten record broken at Lord’s
Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood’s winning streak in the finals ended in the eighth match at Lord’s. South Africa created history by defeating Australia by 5 wickets. Starc performed brilliantly in this match, taking 5 wickets and also scoring a half-century. However, Hazlewood’s performance was poor and he could take only two wickets, which became a major reason for Australia’s defeat.
