Two hours after contemplating retiring hurt, courageous captain Temba Bavuma had jubilant South African fans singing his name.
Bavuma, the diminutive No.4, is poised to become the man to lead the Proteas to a drought-breaking world cricket title at Lord's on Saturday.
After decades of heartbreaking near-misses, often against Australia, South Africa are just 69 runs away from winning the World Test Championship final.
