Former South African wicketkeeper-batter and head coach Mark Boucher has picked Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs as two key players for South Africa in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final. The Temba Bavuma-led side will face Pat Cummins & Co. in the WTC 2025 final at Lord’s in London from June 11 to 15. According to Boucher, “Ryan Rickelton has been playing nicely for Mumbai Indians (MI), and he was actually on the tour that we went to England (in 2022) as well,” Boucher was quoted as saying by ESPN Cricinfo. “He’s actually played quite a few games in England as well, so he’ll know the conditions. And Tristan Stubbs has come back and played a lot of domestic cricket and basically forced his way into the Test side because of the runs that he’s got. On paper, Australia will probably feel that they’ve got a better batting line-up than what we have, but have we got the attitude to go out there and, in a one-off game, just leave it all out there? Absolutely,” he added. According to Boucher, if the Proteas manage to get the better of the Aussies in the WTC final next week, then it could mark the start of an entirely new era. “A lot of people have criticised South Africa, which is not really fair,” Boucher said. “You play what’s in front of you, and with all due respect, the sides that we’ve played against, we probably should have beaten, and we’ve done that. So we find ourselves in a final. But I wouldn’t say that it has got the crowds going in our country. Everyone’s very excited about it now. As the opportunity arises, a lot of people are going to travel over to London, spend all their Rands and go watch what should be a good match. If we win it, I think then that could be the turnaround for Test cricket in our country.” South Africa defeated Bangladesh in a two-match series played away from home and won home series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan in addition to playing a 1-1 draw against India at home last year.