AUS vs SA Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For 2nd Test
Travis Head has scored one 150-plus and two 90-plus knocks in his last four Test matches.
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Australia (AUS) will be hosting South Africa (SA) in the second Test match at Melbourne Cricket Ground starting on Boxing Day. Australia managed to win the opening Test match by six wickets on a pace-friendly surface at The Gabba's pitch. Bowlers dominated the entire match as the fixture finished in just two days. South Africa's first innings collapsed on 152 runs and Australia scored crucial 218 runs in their first innings. Australian captain Pat Cummins took five wickets in the second innings to bowl out the visitors on just 99 runs and then chased the 34-run wicket with six wickets remaining.
The star Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood will miss another game as he continues his recovery from a side strain. South African team is expected to make changes to their squad and is likely to play with four specialist pacers and one spinner for the Melbourne Test.
Match Information
Australia vs South Africa, 2nd Test
South Africa tour of Australia, 25 Dec 2022, Sun, 5:00 AM IST, Melbourne Cricket Ground
Weather Report
Melbourne Cricket GroundClear
27.1°C
49% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
Australia
AT Carey (wk), Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, TM Head, C Green, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins (C), Mitchell Starc, SM Boland
Bench : MS Harris, Michael Neser, LR Morris
South Africa
K Verreynne (wk), D Elgar (C), HE van der Dussen, T Bavuma, SJ Erwee, K Zondo, M Jansen, K Rabada, KA Maharaj, A Nortje, L Ngidi
Bench : H Klaasen, TB de Bruyn, SR Harmer, G Coetzee, LB Williams
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
243
Average Score
Player Picks
Marnus Labuschagne AUS | BAT
The in-form Australian batter ranks first in the current ICC Test Batter's chart and has been in sensational form lately with three hundreds from his last three Test matches.
Steve Smith AUS | BAT
The star batter smashed 200 runs against West Indies in the first match in Australia's last Test series. He has scored over 8000 runs in Test cricket at an amazing average of 60.41 so far.
Pat Cummins AUS | BOWL
The Australian captain bowled the match-defining spell in the last match by taking five wickets in the second innings and took a total of seven wickets across two innings.
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Alex Carey
AUS | WK
The experienced Australian wicketkeeper-batter scored 22 runs in the first innings and didn't get a chance to bat in the second. He has struggled for the big knocks across formats lately and should be avoided for the Dream11 selection for this fixture.
Keshav Maharaj
SA | BOWL
The veteran South African spinner bowled only two overs across two innings in the first Test match and is unlikely to make any impact at the pace-friendly MCG pitch.
Last Updated On - Dec 11 2024 2:30 PM
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