Pat Cummins’ Australia are getting ready to enduring a sense that has not been skilled by a bunch of serial winners for over a decade. The senior core of Australia’s ICC World Take a look at Championship 2025 closing taking part in XI towards South Africa at Lord’s haven’t suffered a defeat in an ICC match closing, throughout codecs.
For Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Steve Smith have gained each closing Australia have contested within the final decade, together with the 2015 and 2023 ODI World Cups, the 2021 T20 World Cup, and the final ICC World Take a look at Championship closing towards India in 2023.
For cricket’s most profitable worldwide group, shedding finals or ICC finals for that matter has been a rarefied occasion that their former captain Smith is perhaps the primary and solely Australian participant so far to be a part of two ICC finals defeats. Beginning as a leg-spinning all-rounder, Smith was a part of Australia’s final finals defeat throughout the T20 World Cup 2010 towards England in Barbados.
Batting first, Australia might solely collect 147 runs in 20 overs earlier than England romped to a seven-wicket victory to mark their first ICC title triumph beneath the management of Paul Collingwood. Smith is the one member from that Australia XI to be a part of the WTC 2025 closing, observing the potential of defeat to South Africa whereas making an attempt to defend 281 runs.
South Africa are 69 runs away from victory and inflicting a uncommon defeat to the Aussies within the ICC finals, one which has solely occurred as soon as since 2001 and twice within the earlier century.
Having gained 10 ICC titles throughout codecs, Australia’s first defeat got here of their maiden ICC closing look, taking up the mighty West Indies within the first males’s World Cup closing in 1975. A Mark Taylor-led unit additionally missed out on profitable the 1996 World Cup, shedding to a belligerent Sri Lankan aspect, led by Aravinda de Silva’s century within the closing in Lahore.
A defeat to South Africa will spell the tip to a 15-year spotless report and solely a fourth loss throughout 14 ICC finals in 50 years.
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Australia’s win-loss report in ICC finals throughout codecs
| Group | Consequence | Margin | Opposition | Floor | Begin Date |
| Australia | misplaced | 17 runs | ODI World Cup closing v West Indies | Lord’s | 21 Jun 1975 |
| Australia | gained | 7 runs | ODI World Cup closing v England | Eden Gardens | 8 Nov 1987 |
| Australia | misplaced | 7 wickets | ODI World Cup closing v Sri Lanka | Lahore | 17 Mar 1996 |
| Australia | gained | 8 wickets | ODI World Cup closing v Pakistan | Lord’s | 20 Jun 1999 |
| Australia | gained | 125 runs | ODI World Cup closing v India | Johannesburg | 23 Mar 2003 |
| Australia | gained | 8 wickets | Champions Trophy closing v West Indies | Brabourne | 5 Nov 2006 |
| Australia | gained | 53 runs | ODI World Cup closing v Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | 28 Apr 2007 |
| Australia | gained | 6 wickets | Champions Trophy closing v New Zealand | Centurion | 5 Oct 2009 |
| Australia | misplaced | 7 wickets | T20 World Cup closing v England | Bridgetown | 16 Might 2010 |
| Australia | gained | 7 wickets | ODI World Cup closing v New Zealand | Melbourne | 29 Mar 2015 |
| Australia | gained | 8 wickets | T20 World Cup closing v New Zealand | Dubai (DICS) | 14 Nov 2021 |
| Australia | gained | 209 runs | WTC Closing v India | The Oval | 7 Jun 2023 |
| Australia | gained | 6 wickets | ODI World Cup closing v India | Ahmedabad | 19 Nov 2023 |
| Australia | – | – | WTC Closing v South Africa | Lord’s | 11 Jun 2025 |