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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Updated - 27 Apr 2024, 11:00 IST

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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

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Clear

21.5Ā°C

49% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

Australia

W
W
W
W
W

South Africa

L
NR
L
L
W

Players Stats in current Series

336 Runs

4Ā Matches

2

Temba Bavuma

SA - bat

185 Runs

4Ā Matches

3

Dean Elgar

SA - bat

167 Runs

4Ā Matches

4

Sarel Erwee

SA - bat

161 Runs

4Ā Matches

5

139 Runs

4Ā Matches

127 Runs

2Ā Matches

71.95

4Ā Matches

2

69.85

4Ā Matches

3

Lungi Ngidi

SA - bowl

61.11

3Ā Matches

4

Dean Elgar

SA - bat

48.27

4Ā Matches

48.13

2Ā Matches

6

Temba Bavuma

SA - bat

46.37

4Ā Matches

1

Kagiso Rabada

SA - bowl

14 Wkts

4Ā Matches

2

Anrich Nortje

SA - bowl

7 Wkts

4Ā Matches

3

Lungi Ngidi

SA - bowl

6 Wkts

3Ā Matches

4

Marco Jansen

SA - all

5 Wkts

4Ā Matches

5

4 Wkts

4Ā Matches

6

3 Wkts

1Ā Match

1

Simon Harmer

SA - all

3.05

2Ā Matches

2

Marco Jansen

SA - all

3.29

4Ā Matches

3

Anrich Nortje

SA - bowl

3.34

4Ā Matches

4

3.57

4Ā Matches

5

3.63

1Ā Match

6

Lungi Ngidi

SA - bowl

3.72

3Ā 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

(will be added when there is an update)

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.

243

Average Score

Player Picks

9
C

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.

9
C

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.

9
C

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.

8.5

Dean Elgar SA | BAT

The South African captain scored just five runs across two innings in the first Test match against Australia but remains a key batter for his team in this fixture.

9

Travis Head AUS | BAT

The in-form batting all-rounder won the player of the match in the opening Test for scoring the highest 92 runs in the first innings. He has scored one 150-plus and two 90-plus knocks in his last four Test matches.

9

Kagiso Rabada SA | BOWL

The star South African pacer was excellent in the opening Test match with eight wickets across two innings and has taken 265 wickets at an impressive average of 22.12 in Test cricket so far.

7.5

Kyle Verreynne SA | WK

The South African wicketkeeper-batter scored the highest 64 runs off 96 balls in the first innings of the first Test match.

8

Mitchell Starc AUS | BOWL

The star left-arm pacer took three wickets in the first against in the opening Test and added two more in the second innings to play a crucial role in Australia's dominant win.

8.5

Scott Boland AUS | BOWL

The 33-year-old pacer has been in sensational form ever since making his debut in Ashes last year. He has taken 25 wickets in five Test matches so far at an average of just a little over 10.

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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.

8.5

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 - Apr 27 2024 11:00 AM

Players
11/11

Team 1

AUS

6 : 5

SA

Credits Left
6/100

Head To Head
Kyle Verreynne

7.5

Dean Elgar

8.5

Steve Smith

9

Marnus Labuschagne
C

9

David Warner

8.5

Marco Jansen

8

Travis Head
VC

9

Kagiso Rabada

9

Anrich Nortje

8.5

Pat Cummins

9

Mitchell Starc

8

Players
11/11

Team 1

AUS

6 : 5

SA

Credits Left
6/100

Grand League
Kyle Verreynne

7.5

Dean Elgar

8.5

Steve Smith
C

9

Marnus Labuschagne

9

Usman Khawaja

8

Travis Head

9

Kagiso Rabada
VC

9

Anrich Nortje

8.5

Lungi Ngidi

8

Pat Cummins

9

Scott Boland

8.5

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