Lord's rises to Markram as the Proteas are crowned World Test Champions!

"OLE, Ole, Ole!"The Proteas are World Test Champions!

- ZAAHIER ADAMS

A sentence so short but yet holds so much gravitas due to everything that has gone before.

When Kyle Verryenne struck the winning runs through the covers on yet another glorious sunlit day in St John's Wood, the curse on South African cricket was finally broken dating back to that very first World Cup back in 1992. Chokers, they will be called no more.

In a Test that had more twists and turns than a Simply Come Dancing episode on the BBC, it was ultimately Aiden Markram's sublime 136 that stole the show and steered the Proteas' to this historic five-wicket victory.

The only blot on this Proteas' fairytale was that Markram was not there at the end when the crowning moment arrived, falling to a brilliant catch by Travis Head with only six runs still required.