They beat defending champions and outright favourites, Australia, by five wickets at Lord's in London this afternoon.

It was the Proteas' first victory at a final of an ICC event in 27 years. Captain Temba Bavuma the worked hard to reach the finals.

“We've got ourselves in the final where there were doubters as to the route that we had to take when we won against so-called weaker teams. We are happy that we were able to perform like this and hopefully that squashes that and I think for us as a country here's an opportunity for us as divided as we are at times to forget all of that rejoice in that moment and just be one. I’m sure the people will be celebrating it with us and you can trust that we will be celebrating.

--Reuters--