Delhi: The final match of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 is being played between South Africa and Australia at the historic Lord’s ground in London. By the end of the second day’s play, Australia has scored 144 runs for 8 wickets in their second innings and has got a total lead of 218 runs. Australia dominates the match, but South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has kept the match exciting with his fatal bowling.
Rabada has taken a total of 8 wickets in this Test so far. In the first innings, he took five wickets to Australia for 212 runs, while in the second innings he took three more wickets. His performance has maintained the protiaz in the match, but the batting of the team still remains a matter of concern.
South Africa’s first innings flopped and the team collapsed for just 138 runs. In response to this, Australia scored 212 runs in the first innings and then scored 144/8 in the second innings. If South Africa has to return to the match, they will have to take the remaining two wickets early at the beginning of the third day, so that they will get a small target in the fourth innings.
Kagiso Rabada made embarrassing record
However, Rabada’s ability to take wickets is being praised, but there has been another big concern for him, which is no-ball. Rabada is at the top of the list of bowlers throwing the most no-balls in Test cricket since October 2024. He has thrown 57 no-balls during this period, which is the highest by any bowler.
In this list, he was followed by Jaspreet Bumrah (24), Gus Atkinson (20), Marco Yansen (19), Vian Mulder (18), and Dane Patterson (17). South African bowlers have threw a total of 113 no-balls in seven Tests played during this period, which is the highest compared to any team. After this comes India’s number, which has put 61 no-balls.
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