WTC Final: Australia take control as wickets tumble at Lord’s

Test Match Special

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Agnew is joined by Sir Alastair Cook, Firdose Moonda and Jim Maxwell after the first day of the World Test Championship Final at Lord’s. 14 wickets fell on a dramatic day – we hear from Australia top scorer Beau Webster, as well as South African fast bowler Marco Jansen.

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0:00.0	No, but Tom, he says to me, what are you wearing?
0:04.2	He's like, you look ridiculous.
0:05.6	His invite said yoga party.
0:07.5	You were spot on, bro.
0:08.4	No, no, no.
0:09.1	His text auto-corrected.
0:11.0	So what was it meant to say then?
0:12.4	Toga party.
0:13.8	What?
0:14.2	Oh no.
0:14.6	So they all came as Romans.
0:16.4	Well, I never thought of it like that.
0:18.5	You about? Never thought of it like that. You About. Join me, Roman Kemp, and me, Tom Gremlin, for our weekly catch-up, otherwise known as a podcast.
0:24.9	You About?
0:25.6	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:29.7	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:33.2	This is the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.
0:38.5	Hello, I'm Jonathan Agnew.
0:39.6	Welcome to Lords, where it's been a fascinating day's play on the first day of the World Test Championship final.
0:45.1	Zafka closed on 43 for 4, having bowled Australia out for 212, with Kugisa Rabada taking five wickets.
0:52.9	Coming up, we'll get the thoughts of Sir Alaston Cook,
0:54.9	Jim Axel from the ABC and Ferdost Munda from Cricinfo,
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