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Pack mentality: How Cummins, Starc, Hazlewood and Lyon shaped a great Test legacy

Australia’s current Test bowling quartet—Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Nathan Lyon—has cemented its place in cricket history by combining contrasting skills to dominate matches. Their collective effort was on full display in the recent Durban Test against South Africa, where the group dismantled the hosts’ batting lineup with surgical precision.

Hazlewood, in particular, delivered a career-best performance with figures of 6/49, dismantling key partnerships and finishing off the South African tail. The quartet’s synergy became even more evident as they reached a milestone of 600 wickets in just 38 Tests together, now standing at 615 wickets at an average of 25.31 and a strike rate of 52.71—highlighting their ability to maintain pressure across long formats.

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