India, June 14 -- Australia suffered a rare loss in an ICC final, something that the country's cricket ethos isn't used to happening to them often. Ultimately, they were outlasted in the ICC World Test Championship final by South Africa, who turned up when it mattered most and ended their own long curse to lift the Test Mace.

Australia were the dominant force in Test cricket over the previous cycle, but weren't able to defend their WTC title and make it count at Lord's. Nevertheless, losing skipper Pat Cummins only had good words to say about his team's performance over the last two years, and had no qualms with the tournament coming down to a one-off winner-takes-all contest in a format that has historically been based on extended serie...