Delhi: The ICC World Test Championship (WTC) The first day of the final of the 2025 final was completely named after fast bowlers. Passengers like Kagiso Rabada, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Marco Yansen and Josh Hazlewood wreaked havoc in this match being played at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in England. A total of 14 wickets fell on the very first day of the match, causing Australia lead to the match. Many big records were also made amidst this fire of fast bowlers. Veterans like Rabada and Stark created history with their brilliant performance.
South African star Pesar Rabada took 5 wickets on the first day and completed 50 wickets against Australia in Test cricket. Along with this, Rabada broke a big record and left behind Jaspreet Bumrah and became the best strike rate bowler against Australia (among the players taking at least 50 wickets). Rabada’s strike rate is now 38, which is excellent for any bowler at this level. Bumrah is the only other bowler whose strike rate is below 40.
At the same time, Australia’s fast bowler Mitchell Starc also registered his name in the record book. Stark has now become the highest wicket -taking bowler in ICC finals. He has left Mohammed Shami of India behind. Shami took 10 wickets in 6 innings in the ICC finals, while Stark now has 11 wickets, and he has another innings in this match.
Stark took two wickets against New Zealand in the 2015 ODI World Cup final. After this, he also took 4 wickets in the World Test Championship final against India in 2023. Apart from this, he took 3 wickets against India in the 2023 ODI World Cup final. Now this time in the WTC final, he has taken two wickets on the first day.
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