After years of heartbreak in ICC tournaments, the Proteas finally broke the jinx by defeating Australia in the WTC Final 2025 by five wickets last week at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground.
However, South African legend AB de Villiers believes that the job isn’t finished yet. Despite the historic triumph, the former captain feels Test cricket still needs more attention and better scheduling to truly grow in South Africa.
AB de Villiers said on BBC World Service's Stumped podcast, “We've had some very disappointing and sad ends to a lot of campaigns, especially the World Cups, but now it's time to start believing that we can do this more often.
AB de Villiers demands bigger Test plans for South Africa after WTC glory at Lord’s
According to the current schedule, the Proteas side will play only four Test matches in the next 16 months—two of them against Zimbabwe, which don’t even count towards the new ICC World Test Championship cycle 2025-27, and another two in India later this year.
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AB de Villiers suggests "four-year cycle" for WTC
De Villiers also called for a change in the WTC format. He suggested a longer cycle, like four years, to make it fairer and better planned. He also hopes South Africa gets to play more Test matches in the future.
He signed off by saying, “Maybe a four-year cycle would be nice. We've done that in the past with one-day internationals, so why not in Test cricket? It would make sense, and it would give the organizers just so much more time to get a really fair, well-balanced system out there.”
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