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The Proteas will win. No, the Australians will win. It will be a drawn contest in the end and tons and tons of runs will be scored. Well, actually, the bowlers will rule the roost and the spinners will come to the party actually. There's so much happening in the minds of the cricket fans and there's countless theories that many are anointing at this point in time with the high-octane WTC final about to begin.
But while who gets to rule in the end at Lord's is something that only the future can reveal, what is quite revelatory is the fact that there are numerous team and individual records at this great cricketing venue that are worth noting and appreciating.
Having said that, let us delve into some interesting Lord's statistics that are perhaps about as interesting and they are amazing. So here they are:
Average first-inning score at Lord's?
It could be said that the Test match at Lord's is going to be a run-scoring encounter, even though it may not exactly be a run-feast of sorts.
The average first-inning score at the venue has been 310 and hence, the contemporary fans of cricket would want some aggressive and pleasant run-scoring and what would be great for the Aussie fans would be to note that their team has an average team score of 301 at the venue.
So imagine if someone like Head, who has a century here in the past (WTC final), gets going, then how will it be? Surely, the Proteas bowling cauldron won't.
Which team in history of Test cricket has posted highest team total at Lord's?
This is something that may not particularly pleasure the South Africans one bit.
It was back in the year 1930 when the mighty Sir Donald Bradman-powered team scored a mammoth 729 for 6 wickets, which remains to this day the highest-ever team total at Lord's and the result went, without much of a surprise, went Australia's way, who won by 7 wickets.
In this contest, the highest-scorer was Sir Don Bradman who made 254 runs.
How many Test centuries have been struck at Lord's on the whole?
It is a rather wonderful and amazing statistic to note that, as on date, there have been no fewer than 251 Test centuries that have been hit at Lord's. The most recent being from the bat of Joe Root, who made 103 in 2024. The first, however, at Lord's came way back in the year 1884 where A.G. Steel who England who had hit 148.
What does Australia's record playing at Lord's look like?
Australia, ever-competitive and always attacking whether in colour clothing or the Test whites, hold the sort of record here that would please them endlessly if they look back at it.
When it comes to the last century of playing Test cricket at Lord's, then the Australians have only lost thrice.
But if one were to think of the last 140 years of Tests being played here at Lord's, as many as 40 Tests have happened here. Of these, 18 games have been aced by the Australians while there have been 15 draws and 7 defeats.
How does South Africa's record at Lord's look like?
South Africa's success at this particular venue hasn't really been all that great or something to make considerably pleasing headlines about. Having said that, of the 18 Tests that the Proteas have played at Lord's, they've only been able to win just 6 contests before.
Having said that, the Proteas have also endured 8 defeats at this ground.
What happened at Lord's before when SA and AUS collided?
Somewhere, it's interesting and surprising to note that prior to the WTC final of 2025, which is about to begin in the next few hours, the two teams have met at this venue very long back.
In fact, so far back in time did the two teams collide at the venue that it was back in the year 1912.
Although, on that occasion, it was Australia who came out on top in the contest by a margin of 10 wickets.
