The era of kangaroos has become the biggest coincidence of cricket, repeated history after 26 years, this mistake will pierce Steve Smith throughout his life

Cricket News Desk. South Africa dominated Australia in the final match of the World Test Championships 2025. The South African team is for the first time close to the WTC title due to the strong batting of Aiden Markram and Temba Bavuma, but there was a special coincidence in this match, which said that the victory was confirmed in the South Africa. In fact, this coincidence is 26 years old when South Africa and Australia were face-to-face in the semi-finals of the ODI World Championships on June 13, 1999. Now something similar has been seen in the final match between Australia and South Africa at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. In fact, the match between South Africa and Australia in the ODI World Championships of 1999 was important to reach the semi -finals of both teams. In this match, Herschelle Gibbs of South Africa left the catch of Australian captain Steve Waugh, after which he scored a brilliant age and tied the match. Exactly 26 years later, Australian Steve Smith in Australia in Australia will face the ICC event, which the team could lose. Steve Smith left the catch of Bawuma. Herschelle Gibbs dropped Steve Waugh’s catch in the ICC World Cup 1999, known when the most expensive catch dropped in cricket history. Vc @icc #opportunity pic.twitter.com/YPV6bpmwpq -Rakesh Tiwari IFS (@rakeshtiwariifs) June 15, 2021 In fact, the third day of the WTC final 2025, Steve Smith left the catch of South Africa. With the help of this life, he recorded half a century and took the team to the threshold of victory. The incident also happened on June 13. This is why it has so far been considered the biggest coincidence in cricket. On the second day of the game, he returned to an unbeaten pavilion after scoring 65 runs for South Africa. Along with Temba Bawuma, Aiden Markram also stands as a wall against Australia. Markram plays 102 runs. South Africa got a target of 282 runs to win the WTC final. At the end of the third day’s game, the South African team scored 213 runs for 2 wickets. On the fourth day, when the team lands to bat, it will have to score 69 runs with 8 wickets left. Share this story -tags