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Australia's Pat Cummins Rips Through South Africa Batting in WTC Final

  • Leading Australia in the 2025 World Test Championship final at Lord's, Pat Cummins delivered a standout bowling performance by claiming six wickets for 28 runs against South Africa.
  • Pat Cummins surpassed a 43-year-old record previously held by Bob Willis by achieving the most impressive bowling performance by a captain in Test matches at Lord's, while also becoming the first captain to take a five-wicket haul in an ICC final.
  • Australia dismissed South Africa for just 138 runs in their first innings, securing a 74-run lead, with Cummins claiming key wickets including those of Temba Bavuma and Kagiso Rabada.
  • Cummins completed 300 Test wickets, becoming the eighth Australian to do so and surpassed Mitchell Starc’s tally to lead all bowlers with 12 wickets in ICC finals.
  • Cummins’s bowling haul and Australia’s first-innings lead put South Africa under significant pressure, shaping the momentum of the ongoing final at Lord's.
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PerthNow broke the news in City of Perth, Australia on Thursday, June 12, 2025.
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