Pat Cummins exacts revenge on South African batsman after being T-boned in scary scenes

Australian skipper Pat Cummins has exacted sweet revenge after a bizarre and brutal incident with a South African rival in the WTC final.

Pat Cummins broke the record for best bowling figures by a captain at Lord’s in a Test match on Friday (AEDT) after he was almost broken in half early in the second session.

Beginning day two in serious trouble at 4-43, South Africa put together a resilient first session, heading to lunch at 5-121.

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But the Aussie skipper came out firing in the second session, striking twice in the same over before being cleaned up in a bizarre incident.

The Australian skipper rattled Kyle Verreynne on his pads and immediately went up appealing as he ran backwards down the pitch.

As the umpire began to shake his head, Cummins collided with Verreynne.

“He was absolutely T-boned there,” Matthew Hayden said of Cummins.

You can watch the Pat Cummins collision in the player at the top of the page.

Pat Cummins was T-boned in scary scenes. Image: Amazon Prime

Cummins fortunately escaped injury and reviewed the call, with the umpire’s decision overturned to out.

And fans saw the light side of the incident, with both players escaping injury.

“Cummins just toppled Verreynne twice in one ball,” one fan wrote.

“Got him … twice,” another added.

From there the 32-year-old tore through the Proteas tail, taking six wickets for just 28 runs and in doing so broke the record for best bowling figures by a captain at Lord’s in a Test match.

The previous record of 6-101 was held by Bob Willis, set back in 1992 against India.

“It’s great, I’ve got some family here as well,” Cummins said speaking about the milestone.

“It’s way more than I could’ve asked for so really happy. For any fast bowler, 300’s a big number — it means you’ve battled a few injuries and niggles and got through it and played well in different conditions.”

Pat Cummins leapt to his feet after being T-boned and reviewed immediately. Image: Amazon Prime

Pat Cummins' successful review. Image: Prime

World Test Championship final hangs in the balance

The match is on a knife’s edge at stumps on day two after Australia collapsed to be 8/144 in its second innings to lead by 218 runs – after earlier knocking South Africa over for 138.

A remarkable 28 wickets fell in two days on a pitch which, while offering some assistance to the quicks, was by no means unplayable.

But a match scheduled for five days, it could now finish before the end of the third.

“In England when it’s overcast, the ball seems to do a bit more,” Starc told the BBC.

“Everyone is quick to jump on the batters but you’ve got to notice the good bowling from both sides.”

Ngidi, meanwhile, insisted South Africa were still in the game. “It’s in the balance right now,” he said. “Two wickets in hand, if we can knock those over and maybe chase 225, people are going to get their money’s worth.”