Australia's Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood scripted history by smashing the joint-highest 10th-wicket partnership in an ICC knockout match during the World Test Championship (WTC) final against South Africa.

Resuming Day 3 at 144 runs for the loss of eight wickets, the 'Baggy Greens' lost the early wicket of Nathan Lyon. Despite the loss of a wicket, Starc kept fighting and posted a crucial half-century. With this, he also became the first player to score a half-century by coming into to bat at number nine below in an ICC knockout match.

Shouldering him was Hazlewood, who scored 17 runs in three balls, including two boundaries. The duo posted a partnership of 59 runs for the last wicket, which in return helped Australia set a target of 282 runs against South Africa.