South Africa ignore Aussie sledges to go from chokers to champions
Video caption,ICC World Test Championship final day four highlights: South Africa v Australia
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Author,Timothy Abraham
Role,BBC Sport Journalist at Lord's
1 hour ago
"Surely, we can't mess this one up?" Shaun Pollock said as the lift at the Lord's media centre plummeted downwards shortly after stumps on day three.
The fact the former South Africa captain, here on commentary duties, felt even the slightest tinge of nervousness after a day of batting domination offers an insight into the cricket psyche of his country.
That there still was a chance the Proteas - who carried the moniker as professional sport's biggest chokers - could somehow contrive to make a dog's dinner of scoring 69 runs to win the World Test Championship (WTC).
Aiden Markram resumed on an unbeaten century but like many of his team-mates, had a restless night at their London hotel pondering how things might pan out.
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