11/06Result
Final, ICC World Test Championship at London, Jun 11-14 2025
South Africa won by 5 wkts
Player of the Match
Aiden Markram
Aiden MarkramSouth Africa
11/06Result
Final, ICC World Test Championship at London, Jun 11-14 2025
South Africa won by 5 wkts
Player of the Match
Aiden Markram
Aiden MarkramSouth Africa

2.14pm Australia's openers will return shortly. Ashish will step in.

2.09pm Cummins gets a stand ovation as he walks off with 6 for 28 and 300 career scalps. Extraordinary from the skipper. He has taken five of Australia's six today and the other was a run out. Australia has a 74-run lead which looks vital given the sun is out. South Africa lost 5 for 12 to trump Australia's collapse of 5 for 20 yesterday. Bavuma and Bedingham's great work in the first session has gone down the drain thanks to Cummins' performance.

Sampath Bandarupalli: Fewest balls to take 300 wickets in Test cricket: 11817 - Kagiso Rabada 12602 - Waqar Younis 12605 - Dale Steyn 13672 - Allan Donald 13725 - Pat Cummins 13728 - Malcolm Marshall

In the lead-up to the World Test Championship final between Australia and South Africa at Lord's on June 11, ESPNcricinfo, Star Sports and JioHotstar are inviting you to help us pick the greatest Test of the 21st century. We should finalise the winner before the final ends. We have the Eden Gardens epic pitted against India's famous win over England in Chennai and England's Ashes thriller at Edgbaston. We also have Dravid's Adelaide heroics against Stokes' Headingley miracle and Perera's Durban special. So, cast your votes and let us know which of these Tests you think were better.

57.1
W
Cummins to Rabada, OUT, Webster holds a stunner at deep square! Cummins has 300 Test wickets! Chest high short ball, Rabada takes it on and nails it flat to deep square, Webster initially didn't see it in the deep. He finally picked it up as it dropped short of him, he dived forward and plucked in those huge fingers just above the turf

K Rabada c Webster b Cummins 1 (14m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 16.66

Field is set for another short ball barrage. Short leg, a gully and men back everywhere including a fly slip

END OF OVER:
57 | 3 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 138/9

  • Lungi Ngidi0 (1b)
  • Kagiso Rabada1 (5b)
  • Mitchell Starc13-3-41-2
  • Pat Cummins18-6-28-5

Sanvir: "As a South African, it is a "hands on your head" moment when there is a run out in a test match where runs are needed to save a deficit."

56.6
0
Starc to Ngidi, no run, 140kph, full on off, he plays a textbook off drive straight to mid-off

Around the wicket

56.5
W
Starc to Maharaj, 1 run, OUT, Has Maharaj run himself out? He has! Crazy cricket. 142kph, angled into leg, he clips it behind square, Head gives chase. Head isn't the quickest fielder but that never went far enough to get two. Maharaj took it on. Head's throw was good and Carey collects well to remove the bails and beat Maharaj's sliding bat

KA Maharaj run out 7 (25m 15b 1x4 0x6) SR: 46.66

Around the wicket. Three slips

56.4
0
Starc to Maharaj, no run, shorter, wide of off, 140kph, Maharaj lets it go
56.3
0
Starc to Maharaj, no run, flash and miss! Full and wide, angled across, he tries to drive through cover but misses

Arfaa: "You don't suppose Patty was bothered by Jimmy's comment about Rabada being better than him? "

56.2
1
Starc to Rabada, 1 run, back of a length, wide of off, he sits back and square drives to deep point

Two slips, a short leg and two back in the deep legside

56.1
1
Starc to Maharaj, 1 run, back of a length, on off, 139kph, he defends off the back foot to mid off and takes one

Rabada is fine to continue. Starc is back on. Over the wicket. Two slips, a gully and a short leg

END OF OVER:
56 | (wicket maiden) | SA: 135/8

  • Kagiso Rabada0 (4b)
  • Keshav Maharaj5 (11b)
  • Pat Cummins18-6-28-5
  • Nathan Lyon8-3-12-0

Rabada is OK. He's smiling. But the South African doctor is out to do a mandatory concussion test

55.6
0
Cummins to Rabada, no run, flushed in the helmet! Another cracking short ball, Rabada is caught in a horrible spot and turns his head to cop it on the side of the grill
55.5
0
Cummins to Rabada, no run, 143kph, into the shoulder! He ducked into it! Short bumper but it doesn't get up, Rabada turns his head late and gets pinned on the front shoulder

Short leg in

55.4
0
Cummins to Rabada, no run, 135kph, back of a length on off, he stays leg side showing all three, he defends from the crease

Stays around

Namooh Shah: Pat Cummins becomes only the 2nd visiting captain to claim a 5-fer at Lord's after Daniel Vettori in 2008. Vettori is Australia's bowling coach and will be thrilled.

55.3
0
Cummins to Rabada, no run, around the wicket, short into the body, he pulls but is hit on the body

299 wickets for Cummins. Most 5-fers as Test Captain Imran Khan 12 Richie Benaud 9 Pat Cummins 9 Bishan Bedi 8

55.2
W
Cummins to Bedingham, OUT, edged and Carey hangs on! Cummins has five! Sensational from the skipper! Good length, angled in, straightening up the slope, Bedingham caught on the crease, slices across the line with his bat plane, gets a thin edge and Carey moves nicely low to his right to pouch it

DG Bedingham c †Carey b Cummins 45 (158m 111b 6x4 0x6) SR: 40.54

55.1
0
Cummins to Bedingham, no run, bouncer, high outside off, he swivels to pull but bails out as it sails through to Carey

END OF OVER:
55 | 5 Runs | SA: 135/7

  • Keshav Maharaj5 (11b)
  • David Bedingham45 (109b)
  • Nathan Lyon8-3-12-0
  • Pat Cummins17-5-28-4
54.6
0
Lyon to Maharaj, no run, fuller on off, 87kph, he sits right back to defend
54.5
0
Lyon to Maharaj, no run, 87kph, good length on off, sliding on a touch, he's back to defend

Liz: "feel like it's time to bring Starc on to clean up the tail "

54.4
4
Lyon to Maharaj, FOUR, sliced over cover! 87kph, tossed up high outside off, he skips out and lofts inside out over cover
54.3
0
Lyon to Maharaj, no run, 89kph, flighted and dropping on off, he defends
54.2
0
Lyon to Maharaj, no run, spinning into leg, he's back to tuck it to short leg
54.1
1
Lyon to Bedingham, 1 run, good length wide of off, 92kph, he chops a cut to cover point

Still Lyon continues. Surprised Starc has not been called on with Maharaj in

END OF OVER:
54 | 1 Run | SA: 130/7

  • Keshav Maharaj1 (6b)
  • David Bedingham44 (108b)
  • Pat Cummins17-5-28-4
  • Nathan Lyon7-3-7-0
53.6
0
Cummins to Maharaj, no run, full, wide of off, he drives firmly to wide mid-off and Labuschagne makes a nice save

Three slips and deep square goes back this delivery

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South Africa 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9AK MarkramRD Rickelton
2nd61AK MarkramPWA Mulder
3rd147T BavumaAK Markram
4th24T StubbsAK Markram
5th35DG BedinghamAK Markram
6th6DG BedinghamK Verreynne