South Africa win World Test Championship
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South Africa's men's cricket team have finally - after decades of near misses - gotten over the line to win silverware.The Proteas beat defending champions Australia by five wickets at Lord's to win the World Test Championship.
Patrice Motsepe, however, was born in Soweto, the home of the two most supported clubs in South Africa. At the turn of the 21st century, the names of Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates were more famous, but they were not initially more successful than Sundowns since the end of apartheid and then the launch of the South African Premiership in 1996.
South Africa goes in as the underdog against titleholder Australia in the World Test Championship final at Lord's from Wednesday. Australia has been there and done that with a squad packed