What will happen if the SA vs AUS WTC 2025 final ends in a draw or a tie?

South Africa will face Australia in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London starting Wednesday, June 11. The Proteas side, led by Temba Bavuma, finished on top of the WTC 2025-25 points table, with points percentage (PCT) of 69.44. Defending champions Australia ended in second position, with PCT of 67.54.

Both the finalists announced their respective playing XIs a day before the final. South Africa have picked Lungi Ngidi over Dane Paterson among the pacers. For Australia, it was a tough call between Josh Hazlewood and Scott Boland. The latter was again unfortunate to miss out.

The South Africa vs Australia WTC 2025 final is expected to be a tough contest. In case of a draw or a tie in the summit clash, both the teams will share the trophy. The same will be the case if the match gets abandoned due to any reason.

To tackle possible rain interruptions, a reserve day is available - June 16. However, the reserve day will only be activated if time is lost across the five days of the Test due to bad weather and a result is not achieved. An attempt will be made to try and make up for lost time inside the five days. If that does not happen, then the reserve day can be utilized with the aim of deciding the winner.

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Lord's weather report for SA vs AUS WTC 2025 final

As per AccuWeather, rain could affect Day 3 of the SA vs AUS WTC 2025 final Test at Lord's on June 13. The morning weather prediction for Friday states that conditions will be mostly sunny and hot. However, during the afternoon time, conditions are likely to be mostly cloudy, with a couple of showers also predicted. Rain and thunderstorms could interrupt proceedings in the evening as well.

The weather forecast is much brighter for the opening day of the WTC final Test. AccuWeather states that it will be partly sunny and pleasantly warm in the morning. There is low prediction for rain during the duration of the Test match on Wednesday. The weather forecast for days 2, 4 and 5 of the WTC final is also mostly on the positive side, with very little rain expected.