AUS vs SA 2nd Test: Match prediction

AUS vs SA 2nd Test: South Africa lost the first Test on tour in Australia. Australia vs South Africa’s second Test begins Monday at Melbourne Cricket Ground. The hosts won their first Test easily and were looking forward to dominating the Boxing Day Test. South Africa must win the second Test to keep their World Test Championship hopes alive. Australian bowlers pounded the visitors. Australian bowlers won both innings. Aussies are benefiting from home conditions, but the visitors may challenge them on a different ground in the second Test. The South African batter leaving early without helping the team was surprising. The Gabba pitch was bowling heaven as the South African bowlers eliminated the Australian hitters. The Proteas want desperately to win the second Test against the hosts.

AUS vs SA 2nd Test: Match details

Match: AUS vs SA 2nd Test, Australia tour of South Africa, 2022

Date: Monday, December 26-2022

Time: 5.00 AM     

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

AUS vs SA 2nd Test: Match Preview

Australia

For the first test match, which took place at Gabba, one of the pitches with the most grass was used, which made it very difficult for the batters on both teams. The difference in the game was the performance of the Australian batsman Travis Head, who was in excellent form and scored 92 runs in the first innings by hitting 13 fours and a six. The only other batter to reach the 30-run plateau in the first inning was Steven Smith (36), who did so. With the WTC finals in mind, Australia would hope that both David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne, who is now ranked as the number one test hitter in the world, would come up to the plate and score runs in a significant match.

On a track that generated excessive pace and bounce, Australia’s fast bowlers were on fire. Australia’s captain, Pat Cummins, took seven wickets, including a five-for in the second innings, and Mitchell Starc claimed five wickets for himself. In addition, spinner Nathan Lyon and teenage pace gun Scott Boland both took four wickets throughout the course of the encounter.

South Africa

For South Africa, Kyle Verreyne was the only batter who appeared to be at ease on the crease. He was responsible for 64 runs scored in the first innings, but he was out without a hit in the second innings after facing only two balls. No other batter was able to reach the 30-run plateau, therefore Temba Bavuma scored 38 runs in the first innings and Khaya Zondo scored 36 runs in the second innings.

The South African batting has appeared to be in disarray throughout the second test, and the team will have a difficult challenge ahead of them when they go up against the Australian bowling assault in the tests that take place on Boxing Day.

Kagiso Rabada was the most effective bowler throughout the match. He took 8 wickets, including 4 wickets in the fourth innings when Australia needed to win by only 34 runs. During the match, Rabada was successful in taking out Warner twice, and he also delivered South Africa with the first wicket.

On the other side, Marco Jansen wowed the crowd when he bowled #1-rated Marnus Labuschagne with the very first ball he threw. This dismissal occurred during Jansen’s session. Anrich Nortje was very effective, as evidenced by the fact that he was able to remove Usman Khawaja from the match on the very first ball of his session. Khawaja was Australia’s highest scorer in tests played this year.

AUS vs SA 2nd Test: Probable playing XI

Australia

Alex Carey (WK), Pat Cummins (C), Scott Boland, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon

South Africa

Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Dean Elgar (C), Sarel Erwee, Khaya Zondo, Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Anrich Nortje, Gerald Coetzee

AUS vs SA 2nd Test: Pitch report

At the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the pitch will provide the batters with extra help, and the spinners will have some opportunities to capitalize on the situation. Both sides will fight against one another to determine which one can bowl first at this spot because it is not predicted that the pitch would alter significantly throughout the course of the game.

AUS vs SA 2nd Test: Weather Report

The weather forecast for the MCG shows that there is a very strong likelihood that the sky will be clear, and there is virtually no risk that any form of precipitation will be falling at any point during the day. The weather report indicates that the temperature will be somewhere in the vicinity of 29 degrees Celsius, which is the ideal temperature for playing a game of cricket.

AUS vs SA 2nd Test: Pre-play prediction

Top batter: David Warner (AUS), Dean Elgar (SA)

Top bowler: Nathan Lyon (AUS), Anrich Nortje (SA)

Best all-rounders: Steve Smith (AUS), Keshav Maharaj (NZ)

Player of the match: David Warner (AUS)

AUS vs SA 2nd Test: Match Prediction

The most recent Test match to end in Australia within two days was in 1931. Up until last Sunday, when Australia overcame South Africa in a quick match in which the hosts lost four wickets while attempting to chase down 34.

As was to be expected, South Africa’s bowlers, especially Kagiso Rabada, who took eight wickets overall in the Test, including all four Australian wickets during their run chase, kept them in the game. The visitors were bowled out for 152 and 99, but the Proteas batting let the team down. When you consider the South African batting order, which is obviously deficient in comparison to the caliber and class of Australia’s fast bowling unit, along with Nathan Lyon’s spin, it’s difficult to see a different result in this second Test. Expect the scores in the first and second innings of the foreign team to at least improve, but ultimately Australia will win the Boxing Day Test once more.

Conclusion