List Of Records Australia And South Africa Can Break In WTC 2025 Final
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Players from both South Africa and Australia will have a chance to break multiple records in the WTC 2025 final, which will be played from June 11 to 15 at Lord's.
Defending champions Australia will face South Africa in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final at the iconic Lord's from June 11 to 15. Pat Cummins will captain in the Baggy Greens, whereas the Proteas will play in their maiden WTC final under Temba Bavuma's leadership. The South African team topped the WTC 2023-25 table and are coming into the final on the back of securing seven back-to-back wins. On the other hand, Australia defeated India 3-1 at home and then whitewashed Sri Lanka in the two-match series played away from home earlier this year to book a place in the second straight WTC final.
The summit clash is expected to be a nail-biting contest, as both teams have multiple players in their squads who are capable of winning the match single-handedly.
The Aussies will have high expectations from ace batter Steve Smith, who has more than 10,000 runs to his name in Test cricket, and he also scored a century against India in the 2023 WTC final as well.
During the WTC 2025 final at the Home of Cricket, players from both teams will have a chance to break multiple batting, bowling and captaincy records.
Here's a look at the list of records that can be broken during the WTC 2025 final:
(-) If Australia beat South Africa, then the Baggy Greens will become the first team to win multiple WTC titles and also become the first team to successfully defend their WTC title.
(-) Travis Head has scored 318 runs in three innings of two ICC finals played so far for Australia. If he manages to score at least 94 runs in the WTC 2025 final, then he will break Virat Kohli's record of most runs in ICC finals. Kohli has amassed a total of 411 runs in nine ICC finals for India.
(-) Pat Cummins has dismissed 73 batters in WTC 2023-25, whereas Mitchell Starc has 72 wickets to his name. If Cummins dismisses at least five batters and Starc takes at least six wickets, then they will go past Jasprit Bumrah's tally of 77 and become the highest wicket-taker in WTC 2023-25.
(-) Nathan Lyon has 10 five-wicket hauls to his name in WTC, and if he takes at least one fifer in the WTC 2025 final, then he will equal R Ashwin's record of most fifers (11) in WTC.
(-) Temba Bavuma has won 8 out of 9 WTC matches played so far as South Africa captain in WTC. South Africa's win in the WTC 2025 final will help Bavuma extend his tally of wins to 9, and he will also become SA's most successful captain in the WTC. As of now, he is tied with Dean Elgar (8 wins in 16 matches).
(-) If Australia beat South Africa in the WTC 2025 final, then Steve Smith, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc will become the joint most successful players in ICC tournament history. As of now, all four of them have four ICC titles each to their name, and former Australian captain Ricky Ponting tops the list with five ICC titles.
(-) Kagiso Rabada has dismissed 327 batters in 70 Tests played so far. If he takes at least four wickets in the WTC 2025 final, he will go past Allan Donald's tally of 330 wickets and become South Africa's fourth most successful bowler in Test cricket. If he takes at least seven wickets, then he will go past Jacques Kallis's tally of 572 wickets and become South Africa's fifth most successful bowler in international cricket.
(-) Keshav Maharaj needs 2 wickets in the WTC 2025 final to become the first South African spinner to take 200 Test wickets. If he dismisses at least six batters, then he will become the first South African spinner to take 300 wickets in international cricket.
(-) Pat Cummins needs six wickets in the WTC 2025 final to complete 300 dismissals in Test cricket. As of now, he has 294 wickets to his credit in 67 Tests.
(-) If Lyon dismisses at least 11 South Africa batters in the WTC 2025 final, he will break Glenn McGrath's record of 563 wickets and become Australia's second leading wicket-taker in the five-day format of the game.
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