Aussies on top at Lord's

PAT Cummins starred for Australia before South Africa hit back through Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi as ball continued to dominate bat in an absorbing World Test Championship final.

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Australia were in the ascendancy after captain Cummins collected six for 28 to move to exactly 300 Test wickets, with South Africa lurching from 94 for four and 126 for five to 138 all out in reply to 212.

But this Lord's showpiece still hangs in the balance as Rabada's double strike was followed by Ngidi dismissing talisman Steve Smith, plus Beau Webster and Cummins, to leave Australia shell-shocked.