WTC Final 2025: Pat Cummins shocks 6 wickets in Lord’s and 300 Test wickets, broke several records together
Pat Cummins broke the back of South Africa in the World Test Championship final, wreaking havoc at Lord’s. He took 6 wickets for just 28 runs and made a big record after another. This performance can not only become the turning point of the match, but also broke the records of many veterans.
Australia captain Pat Cummins wreaked havoc on South Africa in the final of the World Test Championship 2025. On the second day, he took 6 wickets for just 28 runs and gave South Africa to 138 runs in the first innings.
Cummins dismissed Vian Mulder on the first day, but the real blast took place on the second day. He started by dismissing captain Temba Bavuma (36), then in a single over, Kyle Viren (13) and Marco Jansen (0). After this, David Bedingham was also caught by wicketkeeper Carrie and completed five wickets. Cummins did not stop, he dismissed the last wicket Kagiso Rabada (1) and made South Africa’s innings work. With this spell, he also broke two big records.
The best bowling figure in ICC final – Kallis’s record broken
Cummins broke the record of the best bowling figure in the ICC finals with a 6/28 figure in the WTC final. Earlier this record was named after Jacques Kallis of South Africa, who took 5/30 in the 1998 Champions Trophy final. This spell of Cummins has now become the deadliest spell of ICC finals.
The highest wicket bowler in WTC finals
Cummins completed 10 wickets in a total of three innings of the World Test Championship Finals (2021 and 2025) with 6 wickets in this match. Earlier this record was named after Mohammed Shami of India, who took a total of 8 wickets in two finals. Now Cummins has become the highest wicket -taking bowler in WTC Finals.
WTC 2023-25 the highest wicket
With this final, Cummins completed 79 wickets in the WTC 2023-25 bicycle, which is more than any bowler. He is followed by Jaspreet Bumrah (77 wickets) and Mitchell Starc (74 wickets). This figure shows that Cummins have been the most influential bowlers in this entire WTC bicycle.
The highest wicket-taking bowlers in WTC 2023-25
- Pat Cummins (Australia) – 79*
- Jaspreet Bumrah (India) – 77
- Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 74
- Nathan Lion (Australia) – 66
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 63
WTC 2023-25 the highest 5 wicket hall
Cummins has now become the most often five wicket bowlers in this WTC bicycle (6 times). He is followed by Noman Ali, Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin, who is named 5-5 times five wicket halls. This figure suggests that he gave the team a breakthrough on every big occasion.
WTC 2023-25 the highest five wicket bowlers
- Pat Cummins (Australia) – 6
- Noman Ali (Pakistan) – 5
- Jaspreet Bumrah (India) – 5
- Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 5
300 wickets completed in Test career
The last wicket of South Africa’s innings was very special for Kagiso Rabada Cummins. This was his 300th Test wicket. Crossing this figure at the age of 31 is a big achievement for any fast bowler. Now he has become the eighth bowler to take 300+ wickets in Test cricket for Australia.
The highest wicket -taking bowlers in Tests for Australia
- Shane Warne – 708
- Glenn McGrath – 563
- Nathan Lion – 553
- Michelle Stark – 384
- Dennis Lily – 355
- Mitchell Johnson – 313
- Brett Lee – 310
- Pat Cummins – 300*
