South Africa might be chasing their hardest 69 runs in opposition to Australia on Day 4: Dale Steyn

South Africa might be chasing their hardest 69 runs on Day 4 at Lord’s, stated Dale Steyn on Friday, June 13. Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma’s heroic innings have introduced the Proteas on the cusp of historical past on the World Check Championship Last 2025. The workforce wants simply 69 runs within the final two days of the Check match to complete their 27-year winless run at an ICC occasion.

Aiden Markram scored a measured century in 155 balls on Friday, whereas Bavuma, battling cramps, hit a sensational 65-run knock, serving to South Africa to 213/2 on the finish of the day’s play. The unbeaten duo walked again into the dressing room surrounded by a standing ovation on the Residence of Cricket.

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Talking after the match, Steyn identified the great thing about Check cricket and stated that the Proteas might be chasing the toughest 69 runs of their lives, as Australia weren’t going to offer it up that simply.

Day 4 additionally has numerous rain predicted, so circumstances may closely be in favour of the quick bowlers on Saturday.

“The curler coaster of Check match cricket implies that we’ll come again tomorrow and there is nonetheless 69 runs to get. Now, it appears simple, however Australia usually are not going to put again and quit this battle simply but. That is going to be 69 of the toughest runs that the South Africans should battle for tomorrow. And in the event that they handle to get it, I imply, will probably be a incredible achievement,” Dale Steyn instructed the broadcaster after the match.

“The UK produced an excellent day of cricket at present. The wicket had flattened out, the solar was out. It is a typical day of English circumstances. We have seen it—the primary two days had been troublesome. Right this moment, it flattened out. Tomorrow can have its variations. It might be harder to bat once more, it might be flat once more. We do not know, but it surely’s been an unbelievable Check match to this point these three days,” he concluded.

Australia head coach Daniel Vettori reiterated Steyn’s level on the press convention on Friday, stating that it was a matter of only one wicket at Lord’s.