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LONDON: Australia captain Pat Cummins broke a plethora of records after claiming six wickets on the second day of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 final against South Africa here at The Lord’s.
Cummins’ fiery spell bundled out South Africa for a modest 138-run score, which helped the defending champions secure a healthy 74-run lead.
With his outstanding figures of six for 28, Pat Cummins reached the 300-wicket mark, making him the eighth Australian to achieve this feat.
Most Test wickets for Australia
Shane Warne – 708 wickets in 145 matches
Glenn McGrath – 563 wickets in 124 matches
Nathan Lyon – 533 wickets in 133* matches
Mitchell Starc – 384 wickets in 97* matches
Dennis Lillee – 355 wickets in 70 matches
Mitchell Johnson – 313 wickets in 73 matches
Brett Lee – 310 wickets in 76 matches
Pat Cummins – 300 wickets in 68* matches
The right-arm pacer’s bowling figures in the WTC final were also the best by a Test captain at the Lord’s Cricket Ground.
Pat Cummins became the first captain in history to take a five-wicket haul in an ICC final, and he now holds the record for the most five-wicket hauls as a skipper in Test cricket.
Additionally, the Sydney-born pacer also surpassed his compatriot Mitchell Starc in claiming the most wickets in ICC finals
Most Wickets In ICC Finals
| Player | Wickets |
| Pat Cummins | 12 |
| Mitchell Starc | 11 |
| Mohammed Shami | 10 |
| Trent Boult | 8 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 8 |
| Kyle Jamieson | 8 |
The star pacer also surpassed India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah for most wickets in the WTC 2023-25 cycle. Pat Cummins now has 79 wickets, going past Bumrah’s tally of 77 wickets.
At the time of filing this report, Australia were 115-7 in their second innings with a lead of 189 runs.
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