WTC Final: Cummins did not back down even after the collision with Kyle Verene, took a review as soon as he got up, got a big wicket; VIDEO
PAT Cummins Collides Kyle Verryenne: On the second day of the World Test Championship 2025 at Lord’s, there was a scene with Pat Cummins that surprised everyone. On the second day, during the match, there was a strong competition between Kyle Verene, but Cummins immediately woke up and took a big decision, which changed the attitude of the match. This incident of Lord’s caught everyone’s attention.
On the second day of the World Test Championship final at Lord’s, an interesting moment was seen which overturned the match. Australia captain Pat Cummins crashed into South Africa’s wicketkeeper batsman Kyle Verraine and both fell on the ground. But what Cummins did was Kaabil-e-Praise.
This incident happened in the 52nd over of the innings. Cummins bowled the ball on the leg stump line, which Verene flicked towards deep square leg. Verraine ran to take the run and the Cummins were running backwards. Meanwhile, both the players collided strongly and both fell on the ground.
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But Cummins immediately woke up and indicated the review without losing time. The third umpire saw in the replay that the ball went through the pad and Australia got a big wicket and the broken important partnership and the Kamal of Cummins proved to be once again.
Not only this, 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. Jacques Kallis’s 1998 Champions Trophy was left behind in 5/30 in the final as Cummins made the best spell 6/28 so far in the final.
Cummins has now become the highest wicket (10) bowler at the World Test Championship Finals, overtaking Mohammed Shami (8). Apart from this, he has taken the highest 79 wickets in the WTC 2023-25 bicycle, which is more than any bowler.
And yes, know this too, Rabada’s wicket also became his 300th wicket of Test career. That is, in a single day, Cummins lodged himself even more deeply in history.
