New Delhi, June 14 -- Fourteen wickets fell on Day 1 of the World Test Championship final between Australia and South Africa. Day 2 saw another 14 wickets fall. Then, came Day 3 and the sun. Suddenly, a pitch that looked tailor-made for bowling eased out. Just four wickets fell on a day that the South Africans will remember with great cherish. To begin the day, Mitchell Starc made 58 not out in Australia's second-innings total of 207 all out on the third day, to leave South Africa chasing 282 for victory in the London sunshine. Australian skipper Pat Cummins, during the end of the Day 2 presser, had hoped for 20-30 runs in the morning, he got his wish and more. Once Australia got those runs, most would have installed them as favourites. But South Africa, particularly Aiden Markram (102*) and Temba Bavuma (62*), had other ideas. They put together a 143-run partnership to take the Proteas to the doorstep of a very famous win. At the close of play on Day 3, SA were 213/2, needing just 69 more to win with eight wickets in hand. If they win they will have achieved the second-highest victorious run-chase in a Test at Lord's, just above the 281 England needed to beat New Zealand in 2004. And while Australia are serial winners of major cricket titles, the only piece of International Cricket Council silverware South Africa have to their credit is the 1998 ICC Knockout, a forerunner of the Champions Trophy. But with South Africa, as we have all learned, it is never over till it's over. When they see the finish line, that is when things have traditionally become more interesting and that is why they'd like to avoid any quick wickets on Day 4. The composure and control that Markram, who scored his eighth and probably most important Test century, and Bavuma, who battled a hamstring injury, batted with spoke volumes of their focus. It is also why SA would have loved to finish the game on Friday itself. A new day, as we have seen during the match, can be a different game. Earlier, it looked like Starc's day. After making a fifty with the bat, he struck an early blow in his primary role when the left-arm fast bowler had Ryan Rickelton caught behind edging a wide yorker to leave South Africa 9/1. He also removed Wiaan Mulder when the number three fell for 27 after his checked drive was caught low down at cover by Marnus Labuschagne to end a second-wicket partnership of 61. Starc almost had a third wicket when South Africa captain Temba Bavuma, on two, got a thick edge only for Steve Smith, in a helmet at an advanced slip position, to drop a fast-travelling catch and leave the field with a finger injury. When Australia resumed their second innings on Friday on 144/8, already 218 runs ahead, it looked as if the match might finish inside three days. South Africa enjoyed an early breakthrough when Kagiso Rabada had Nathan Lyon plumb lbw to leave Pat Cummins' men 148/9. But tailender Starc, dropped in the gully on 14 by Marco Jansen late on the second day, kept the Proteas at bay, ably assisted by Josh Hazlewood on an increasingly flat pitch. With any early moisture in the surface long gone, conditions for batting were now as good as at any time in the match. Starc completed the 11th fifty of his 97-Test career when he slashed towering left-arm quick Jansen over the cordon for his fourth four in 131 balls faced. Part-time spinner Markram eventually succeeded where the frontline bowlers had failed when Hazlewood tried to slap a dragged-down delivery over cover, only for his mistimed shot to be caught at cover to end a 59-run partnership for the last wicket. Paceman Rabada took 4-59 to finish with nine wickets in the match....