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. (Photo Source: James Worsfold/Getty Images)

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Preview

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

stadiumMelbourne Cricket Ground

Clear

11.1°C

humidity88% (Humidity)

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Injury and availability news

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Pitch Report

The pitch at Melbourne Cricket Ground offers a balanced surface for both batters and bowlers. The pacers are likely to dominate with the new ball as fans witnessed in the last Boxing Day match here. Batters are likely to score a good amount of runs when the ball gets old.
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243

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Player Picks

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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.

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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.

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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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8.5

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.

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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.

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Players
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Kyle Verreynne

7.5

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Dean Elgar

8.5

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Steve Smith

9

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Marnus Labuschagne
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9

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David Warner

8.5

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Marco Jansen

8

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Travis Head
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9

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Kagiso Rabada

9

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Anrich Nortje

8.5

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Pat Cummins

9

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Mitchell Starc

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