PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa are within touching distance of a place in next June’s World Test Championship final at Lord’s but must win at least one of their two tests against Pakistan, which start with the Boxing Day encounter in Pretoria.
A run of five successive test victories in the last five months -- over the West Indies, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka -- has catapulted South Africa to first in the WTC standings and given them a strong chance of a place against either Australia, India or Sri Lanka in the one-off final in London.
