South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has surpassed Jacques Kallis to become South Africa’s fifth-highest wicket-taker across all formats during the World Test Championship 2025 Final against Australia at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on Thursday.Rabada delivered an outstanding performance in the championship final, claiming five wickets for 51 runs in the first innings, helping South Africa dismiss Australia for 212 runs. He followed this with three more wickets on Day 2 of the match.The 30-year-old paceman now has 574 international wickets, moving ahead of Kallis’s 572 wickets. Rabada achieved this milestone in 242 matches across Tests, ODIs, and T20Is, while Kallis’s wickets came from 513 international games during his 19-year career.
Former South African captain Shaun Pollock holds the overall record for most wickets for South Africa in international cricket, with 823 wickets in 414 matches.Rabada has also made his mark in another statistic, having bowled 57 no-balls in test cricket as of October 2024. India’s Jasprit Bumrah follows with 24 no-balls.Quiz: Who’s that IPL player?In the ongoing World Test Championship Final, Australia recovered from a precarious position of 66/6 in their second innings. A crucial partnership between Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc helped Australia extend their lead to 218 runs by the end of Day 2.Carey’s resistance ended when Rabada dismissed him for 43 in the second-last over of the day. Mitchell Starc (16 not out) and Nathan Lyon (1 not out) were at the crease when Australia finished Day 2 at 144/8.The match saw Australia fighting back through Carey’s impactful innings, though Rabada continued to pose a threat with his bowling, securing three wickets in the second innings to add to his five-wicket haul in the first.
