London, June 13 -- The Australian pair of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood made history on Friday, putting on the joint-highest-ever 10th-wicket partnership in an ICC tournament knockout match.

Starc, Hazlewood achieved this feat during the ICC World Test Championship final against South Africa on Friday. Coming into day three at 144/8, Australia lost Nathan Lyon early, but Starc struck a historic half-century, the first one by a batter number nine or below in an ICC tournament knockout match, while Hazlewood's solid defence helped his partner accumulate runs. They both put on 59 runs for the final wicket, enabling the Aussies to set a 282-run target for the Proteas.

They have now joined the New Zealand pair of Jeetan Patel and James F...