Aiden Markram has been dropped twice by South Africa in his test career. It’s his own fault. Markram set such a superlative standard out of the gate — three centuries and two 90s in his first six months — that when the runs stopped raining,

Aiden Markram scored an unbeaten century as South Africa edged tantalisingly close to an unlikely success in the World Test Championship final, needing 69 runs to dethrone Australia after reaching 213-2 at stumps on the third day at Lord’s on Friday.

Day 4 gets set in motion as Australia and South Africa renew their rivalry at the ICC World Test Championship which will be a final day. South Africa need just 69 to create history at Lord's. It will be their first ICC Trophy after 1998 after all the ghosts from the past.