WTC Finals: Lords AS Australia and South Africa created a rare record after 145 years. Cricket news
The World Test Championship (WTC )’s early day is the Lords Deliver High Drama, extraordinary bowling and a historical statistical discrepancy between South Africa and Australia. Kagiso Rabada stole the show with a brilliant five -wicket race, helping South Africa bowl for just 212. Marco Jansen provided strong support with three wickets. But Australia fought a tough battle in the final session. Mitchell Starc led his accusation with two wickets, while Pat Cummins and Josh Hazelwood left South Africa for 43 runs with one -one. Day 1 produced a bizarre moment at a 145 -year Test cricket in England at any time. For the first time in 561 trials on English soil, the number 1 batsmen of both teams were rejected for zero in the first innings. Australia’s Usman Khwaja and Aiden Markram of South Africa were unfortunate pair.
The magic of Rabada for 51 for 51 in 15.4 overs not only increased the pace in favor of South Africa, but also increased its place in history books. The 30 -year -old surpassed Allen Donald’s 330 Test wickets, reaching 332 in 71 matches, which is South Africa’s fourth biggest wicket -taker.Quiz: Who is that IPL player? Rabada became just the second bowler for Kyle Jaimison (2021 Final vs India) for five in the final of WTC. She is also the only South African after Jacques Kalis (1998 ICC Knocout Trophy Final) to do so in the final of the ICC tournament. On an average of 19.27, with 11 wickets in five ICC knockout matches, Rabada is now in third place among those who took South African wickets in such games, tied with Sean Pollock and Alan Donald, and behind Jacks Kallis (14).
