Australia won by 10 wickets against India in their 2nd Test match and thus Australia already ensure their victory in this test series even without playing the last test match yet. In this match, India won the toss and opted to Bat First. In the 1st inngins, India did 180-10 runs which is similar score like as they did in first test match. Youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal got out on zero runs. Besides kohli and rohit did worse as they aren't in the form now. Shubman Gill, KL Rahul tried to make some runs, specially Nitish Reddy(42) did higher score. Mitchell Starc got 6 wickets alone. Besides Australia did 337-10 runs in first inngins where Marnus Labuschagne(64) did half century and Travis Head(140) showed his legendary performance with his century. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj got four wickets each. Apart from that, after the start of 2nd inngins, India failed to improve their batting performance and did around same 175-10 runs.
With the win, the Australia team has levelled the 5-match series 1-1. We've got 4 more matches, and those are going to be interesting. Pacers have ruled the second test match, and let's see what's going to happen in the third test match. The third test match is scheduled at the Gabba ground, which is much more favourable for the fast bowlers. Based on that, the upcoming match will also be a low-scoring one, as the first test match in which the Indian team won. 
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December 09, 2024, 06:56:52 PM
December 09, 2024, 06:49:51 PM
Australia won by 10 wickets against India in their 2nd Test match and thus Australia already ensure their victory in this test series even without playing the last test match yet. In this match, India won the toss and opted to Bat First. In the 1st inngins, India did 180-10 runs which is similar score like as they did in first test match. Youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal got out on zero runs. Besides kohli and rohit did worse as they aren't in the form now. Shubman Gill, KL Rahul tried to make some runs, specially Nitish Reddy(42) did higher score. Mitchell Starc got 6 wickets alone. Besides Australia did 337-10 runs in first inngins where Marnus Labuschagne(64) did half century and Travis Head(140) showed his legendary performance with his century. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj got four wickets each. Apart from that, after the start of 2nd inngins, India failed to improve their batting performance and did around same 175-10 runs where players did poor batting once again. Pat Cummins got five wickets alone. Besides when it came to Australia turn, they easily did 19 runs and won the test match without losing any wicket in second innings.
December 09, 2024, 02:53:45 PM
India vs Australia
India played both of its innings bad this time and Australia's one good inning made them win. It looks like a pitch that favors bowling but Australia batsmen specially Travis head played a very confident aggressive cricket scoring good runs in short time rather than trying to defend to save wickets. The game ended in 3 days and would give more time for the players to rest for the next test.
South Africa vs Sri Lanka
It is still hard to call. Sri Lanka needed 348 runs to win and have all the time but they were already 5 wickets down making 122. Dhananjay de Silva and Kushal Mendis have now developed a good partnership which if they saved for today could make them win.
India played both of its innings bad this time and Australia's one good inning made them win. It looks like a pitch that favors bowling but Australia batsmen specially Travis head played a very confident aggressive cricket scoring good runs in short time rather than trying to defend to save wickets. The game ended in 3 days and would give more time for the players to rest for the next test.
South Africa vs Sri Lanka
It is still hard to call. Sri Lanka needed 348 runs to win and have all the time but they were already 5 wickets down making 122. Dhananjay de Silva and Kushal Mendis have now developed a good partnership which if they saved for today could make them win.
Even though the Australian team won, but they should make focus on their weakness still. I knew they have won the game but it does not mean they will take the opponent lightly now. In the same time, I knew they won the most World Cup but still they have to focus on their weaknesses and at what point, they faced trouble.
I think Australia needs a good opener and they can replace to Usman Khawaja. Usman Khawaja is the opener of Australia since many years but now the time has come to change it or if they can't change then focus on his recent performance otherwise they have to pay for this in the further games.
If we took the same on the Indian team then in this match, Jaiswal and KL Rahul do not perform well. Last time KL Rahul scored good in the second innings and at the same time Jaiswla made more than 160 runs but the point to say is this, the team would not be play consistently if after doing a bad performance in multiple matches and then scored 100 in single innings cannot be a good thing.
Also Virat Kohli is not in form. He scored a 100 after multiple low scores dismissals in the last games but now still he is not scoring well and does not played valuable innings after the World Cup.
December 09, 2024, 01:29:22 PM
In the first innings against Australia, India collected 180 runs and in the second innings, India collected 175 runs, that is, India managed to score 355 runs against Australia in 2 innings.
Against 355 runs in 2 innings, the Australian team managed to score 337 runs in their first innings and managed to score 19 runs without a wicket in the second innings, that is, Australia secured a big win against India. The way Australia bowled against India in the second innings was something to watch.
Mitchell Starc in particular proved that his ball is not a slow ball at all, he is still effective and he is still one of the best in-swing bowlers in the world. By winning this match against India, Australia went a long way to reach the final of the Test Championship.
Against 355 runs in 2 innings, the Australian team managed to score 337 runs in their first innings and managed to score 19 runs without a wicket in the second innings, that is, Australia secured a big win against India. The way Australia bowled against India in the second innings was something to watch.
Mitchell Starc in particular proved that his ball is not a slow ball at all, he is still effective and he is still one of the best in-swing bowlers in the world. By winning this match against India, Australia went a long way to reach the final of the Test Championship.
December 09, 2024, 12:28:14 PM
However, Sri Lanka will play an away series against New Zealand in the last week of December. I am waiting to see how Sri Lanka performs in this series. Sri Lanka's situation is now much like Bangladesh, the team can only do well in home matches.
It doesn't really matter much anymore in my opinion. South Africa and Australia most probably will play the WTC final based on their points in the table. I doubt they can win a series against the Kiwis on their turf.Drawing that particular series is most probably the best that they can achieve based on their recent performances.
December 09, 2024, 11:05:24 AM
Today 2 nd test game was played between South Africa team and Sri Lanka team and this game was hosted on St George's stadium. Sri Lankan tour to South Africa series was ended today with concluded this 2 nd test game and player of series award goes to Bavuma but player of game award was credited by Dane his effort in bowling line was excellent. In 1 st turn of Sri Lanka team, Dane took down 5 wickets in 22 overs and gave 71 runs. In 2 nd turn, he took down 2 wickets in 12 overs and gave 33 runs. South Africa effort in 1 st turn was outstanding and both Kyle and Ryan made great progress and both made brilliant century. But in 1 st turn, both teams showed almost equal effort but in 2 nd turn of Sri Lanka, their Batsman did not perform well and made only 238 runs and lost game by 109 runs. Congratulations South Africa team to win this test series with win all 2 games.
I think if the Sri Lanka would bat first then there might be some chances for Sri Lanka to at least they would get closer to the win. In the first innings when Sri Lanka was batting, they scored nearly to the England first innings total but in the 2nd innings, they just lost the way maybe because of the pressure of the target to make or break the match.
However, if they would bat first then it might be better for them to bat with no type of pressure and at the same time taking their time. If they would get the lead in the first innings, the 2nd innings is usually easier to bat because players know at the back of their mind that they have a high lead with them.
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December 09, 2024, 10:50:33 AM
Temba Bavuma played outstanding throughout the series and helped South Africa to whitewashed Sri Lanka by Winning back to back 2 test matches. South Africa won this test by huge margin of 109 runs. While chasing down a target of 348 runs Srilanka only managed to score 238 runs all out. The Player of the Match is Dane Paterson for his all around performance especially in bowling in first inning they picked 5 important wickets and in second inning Dane Paterson also picked 2 crucial wickets. I think Srilanka will chase down this target but they give disappointed batting performance only Dhananjaya de Silva captain of Srilanka played some responsible inning.
In the last few series, we have seen good performance from Temba Bavuma. Temba Bavuma is in very good form at the moment. He has been able to bat well in almost every match. In every innings of this series against Sri Lanka, we have seen Temba Bavuma's responsible batting. South Africa has been able to collect big runs because of Temba Bavuma.
Sri Lanka team is very strong in their home series. A few days ago, we saw that Sri Lanka performed well against New Zealand in the home series. But the team was not able to do well against South Africa. If this series against South Africa had also been Sri Lanka's home series, then maybe South Africa would not have been able to win so easily. However, Sri Lanka will play an away series against New Zealand in the last week of December. I am waiting to see how Sri Lanka performs in this series. Sri Lanka's situation is now much like Bangladesh, the team can only do well in home matches.
December 09, 2024, 10:45:00 AM
The South African team is in the best position in the points table by playing very few matches and there are no Test matches in 2024, so it is assumed that the best two teams in the WTC ranking will definitely qualify.
The first Test match between visiting Pakistan and host South Africa will start from December 26.
December 09, 2024, 10:43:44 AM
South African International test cricket team won the first test match by 109 runs. South African batters and bowlers played excellent in last match and won the match in the 5th day of test match. Bavuma played crutial role in this match and played excellent in both innings of match ,he made 78 runs in the first inning of match and in the second inning he made 66 runs and gave good effort in this match. And one more batter gave excellent effort and that was Rickelton who made century in the first inning of match and applied pressure on opponent team .Nissanka made from the the Sri Lankan International test team and he made 89 runs in the first inning of the match but no one could make century from that team and that is big reason they lost this match because score was not big to chase and all team out in second inning by making only 238 runs.
Back to back wins for the South African team and they won the test series in a style. South Africa's team won the toss and they decided to bat first, gave the target of 358. South Africa got a small lead in the first innings. In their second innings, they again batted well and made over 300 runs.
Now if we see the Sri Lanka innings, they were all out for 320 runs in the first innings. It was surely not possible for Sri Lanka to chase this big total and Sri Lanka also failed to draw the match and eventually they lost the match. They didn't bat well in the 2nd innings and were all out at 238 runs.
December 09, 2024, 10:38:19 AM
Temba Bavuma played outstanding throughout the series and helped South Africa to whitewashed Sri Lanka by Winning back to back 2 test matches. South Africa won this test by huge margin of 109 runs. While chasing down a target of 348 runs Srilanka only managed to score 238 runs all out. The Player of the Match is Dane Paterson for his all around performance especially in bowling in first inning they picked 5 important wickets and in second inning Dane Paterson also picked 2 crucial wickets. I think Srilanka will chase down this target but they give disappointed batting performance only Dhananjaya de Silva captain of Srilanka played some responsible inning.
Today 2 nd test game was played between South Africa team and Sri Lanka team and this game was hosted on St George's stadium. Sri Lankan tour to South Africa series was ended today with concluded this 2 nd test game and player of series award goes to Bavuma but player of game award was credited by Dane his effort in bowling line was excellent. In 1 st turn of Sri Lanka team, Dane took down 5 wickets in 22 overs and gave 71 runs. In 2 nd turn, he took down 2 wickets in 12 overs and gave 33 runs. South Africa effort in 1 st turn was outstanding and both Kyle and Ryan made great progress and both made brilliant century. But in 1 st turn, both teams showed almost equal effort but in 2 nd turn of Sri Lanka, their Batsman did not perform well and made only 238 runs and lost game by 109 runs. Congratulations South Africa team to win this test series with win all 2 games. 
December 09, 2024, 07:06:24 AM
Sri Lanka have lost just 3 wickets. And Sri Lanka have managed to collect a big score of 242 by losing 3 wickets. So it can be expected that Sri Lanka will be able to collect more than 450 in their first innings. Because on this pitch, South African bowlers are not able to make any advantage.
We were proved wrong. We thought it won't be hard for Sri Lanka to score more than 450 runs. But the African bowlers did an amazing job. As I said in my previous posts, it's not like South african bowlers cannot do anything. They have a good bowling line up and they can take all the wickets in a single session. Credit to Dane Paterson who took five wickets and did not let Sri Lanka to take lead. South Africans lose four wickets already and have a 283 runs lead and it is the first session of day four. If they play the remaining two sessions, I hope they will be able to take a lead of 450 which will be enough to win the match. Meanwhile, South africa lose another wicket while I was writing.
Temba Bavuma is in excellent form
December 09, 2024, 05:54:33 AM
India vs Australia
India played both of its innings bad this time and Australia's one good inning made them win. It looks like a pitch that favors bowling but Australia batsmen specially Travis head played a very confident aggressive cricket scoring good runs in short time rather than trying to defend to save wickets. The game ended in 3 days and would give more time for the players to rest for the next test.
May be we can say Indian took Australian very lightly after magnificent victory in first match and that some become trap for Indian team in second test match, yeh it's absolutely true that especially head aggressive innings really push them indian bowlers confidence and some how they can't deliver best line and length which allow Australian to settle down build partnership and put some good number on scoreboard. Also for me sledging of Indian youngsters to starc somehow help him to bring back his true colors and that's what he become the main character of thier victory. Anyway that defeat can make things abit tough for Indian to the test championship and may be few more defeat can neglect thier chances to play final. Let's see how Indian can filled thier weak zone for next game India played both of its innings bad this time and Australia's one good inning made them win. It looks like a pitch that favors bowling but Australia batsmen specially Travis head played a very confident aggressive cricket scoring good runs in short time rather than trying to defend to save wickets. The game ended in 3 days and would give more time for the players to rest for the next test.
December 09, 2024, 05:52:56 AM
Even if the target of 320+ is given, it will be enough to win if the South African bowlers are able to bowl in a controlled manner from the beginning of the innings.
The target was enough to beat Sri Lanka. Did you notice that both teams lost their 20 wickets in this match?
BTW, South Africa is now No. 1 in the World Test championship table. I don't know which team has how many matches before the final. But I guess the South Africans played well and they deserve to be a finalist this time. We have almost six more months before the final match of the World Test Series. According to the point table, I think only three teams will compete to be finalists which are South Africa, Australi, and India. The rest of the teams do not have many chances.
December 09, 2024, 05:33:24 AM
If South Africa lose to Sri Lanka in the second Test match, Sri Lanka might have a great chance to play the Test Championship. Sri Lanka need only 143 runs to win against South Africa today, If the Sri Lankan batsmen can bat with patience today then maybe they will win this match today.
Yeah. I don't see that happening. 143 is not a small score especially when they already lost 5 wickets and Mendis along with De Silva are their last proper batsmen. They might come close, but winning is way too tough.Sucks to see India probably dropping out of the WTC final race, but they deserve this after the washout against the Kiwis on their own turf.
The South African team is in the best position in the points table by playing very few matches and there are no Test matches in 2024, so it is assumed that the best two teams in the WTC ranking will definitely qualify.
December 09, 2024, 05:32:09 AM
South Africa vs Sri Lanka; at the end of fourth day play, we have slightly advantage for the home side but still we have good work by the Sri Lanka as they are currently chasing 348 have 205 for 5 Kusal Mendis 39 and Dhananjaya de Silva 39 have good partnership of 83 runs which helps them after double strike by Keshav Maharaj who done good damage to visitors while they were set for good end of this day.
Although South Africa won the first Test match, the bowling performance of South Africa was at least good. But in this match, South Africa could not perform well, there was a lot of pressure from Sri Lankan players, both in terms of bowling and batting.
Sri Lanka lost the first Test match by a huge margin, but in the second Test match, Sri Lanka gave them a befitting reply. In the end, every batsman performed well in the Sri Lankan team, Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva are the two players I remember as the most hardworking. However, this Test series turned into a draw and both teams are ready to maintain their performance properly.
December 09, 2024, 04:37:10 AM
South Africa vs Sri Lanka; at the end of fourth day play, we have slightly advantage for the home side but still we have good work by the Sri Lanka as they are currently chasing 348 have 205 for 5 Kusal Mendis 39 and Dhananjaya de Silva 39 have good partnership of 83 runs which helps them after double strike by Keshav Maharaj who done good damage to visitors while they were set for good end of this day.
Although South Africa won the first Test match, the bowling performance of South Africa was at least good. But in this match, South Africa could not perform well, there was a lot of pressure from Sri Lankan players, both in terms of bowling and batting.
Sri Lanka lost the first Test match by a huge margin, but in the second Test match, Sri Lanka gave them a befitting reply. In the end, every batsman performed well in the Sri Lankan team, Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva are the two players I remember as the most hardworking. However, this Test series turned into a draw and both teams are ready to maintain their performance properly.
December 09, 2024, 02:20:20 AM
If South Africa lose to Sri Lanka in the second Test match, Sri Lanka might have a great chance to play the Test Championship. Sri Lanka need only 143 runs to win against South Africa today, If the Sri Lankan batsmen can bat with patience today then maybe they will win this match today.
Yeah. I don't see that happening. 143 is not a small score especially when they already lost 5 wickets and Mendis along with De Silva are their last proper batsmen. They might come close, but winning is way too tough.Sucks to see India probably dropping out of the WTC final race, but they deserve this after the washout against the Kiwis on their own turf.
December 09, 2024, 02:15:44 AM
South Africa vs Sri Lanka; at the end of fourth day play, we have slightly advantage for the home side but still we have good work by the Sri Lanka as they are currently chasing 348 have 205 for 5 Kusal Mendis 39 and Dhananjaya de Silva 39 have good partnership of 83 runs which helps them after double strike by Keshav Maharaj who done good damage to visitors while they were set for good end of this day.
Although South Africa won the first Test match, the bowling performance of South Africa was at least good. But in this match, South Africa could not perform well, there was a lot of pressure from Sri Lankan players, both in terms of bowling and batting.
Sri Lanka lost the first Test match by a huge margin, but in the second Test match, Sri Lanka gave them a befitting reply. In the end, every batsman performed well in the Sri Lankan team, Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva are the two players I remember as the most hardworking. However, this Test series turned into a draw and both teams are ready to maintain their performance properly.
Sri Lanka had a big disaster in the 1st Test match due to which they lost that match by 233 runs. But in the 2nd Test match they came back. There has been a big change in Sri Lankan cricket in recent times that is why they are very much capable to sustain in any situation of the match. In the 2nd Test, both Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva made a good partnership. I think both of them are enough for Sri Lanka to win the match.
December 09, 2024, 01:31:37 AM
India vs Australia
India played both of its innings bad this time and Australia's one good inning made them win. It looks like a pitch that favors bowling but Australia batsmen specially Travis head played a very confident aggressive cricket scoring good runs in short time rather than trying to defend to save wickets. The game ended in 3 days and would give more time for the players to rest for the next test.
South Africa vs Sri Lanka
It is still hard to call. Sri Lanka needed 348 runs to win and have all the time but they were already 5 wickets down making 122. Dhananjay de Silva and Kushal Mendis have now developed a good partnership which if they saved for today could make them win.
India played both of its innings bad this time and Australia's one good inning made them win. It looks like a pitch that favors bowling but Australia batsmen specially Travis head played a very confident aggressive cricket scoring good runs in short time rather than trying to defend to save wickets. The game ended in 3 days and would give more time for the players to rest for the next test.
South Africa vs Sri Lanka
It is still hard to call. Sri Lanka needed 348 runs to win and have all the time but they were already 5 wickets down making 122. Dhananjay de Silva and Kushal Mendis have now developed a good partnership which if they saved for today could make them win.
Even though the Australian team won, but they should make focus on their weakness still. I knew they have won the game but it does not mean they will take the opponent lightly now. In the same time, I knew they won the most World Cup but still they have to focus on their weaknesses and at what point, they faced trouble.
I think Australia needs a good opener and they can replace to Usman Khawaja. Usman Khawaja is the opener of Australia since many years but now the time has come to change it or if they can't change then focus on his recent performance otherwise they have to pay for this in the further games.
December 09, 2024, 01:18:30 AM
South Africa vs Sri Lanka; at the end of fourth day play, we have slightly advantage for the home side but still we have good work by the Sri Lanka as they are currently chasing 348 have 205 for 5 Kusal Mendis 39 and Dhananjaya de Silva 39 have good partnership of 83 runs which helps them after double strike by Keshav Maharaj who done good damage to visitors while they were set for good end of this day.
Although South Africa won the first Test match, the bowling performance of South Africa was at least good. But in this match, South Africa could not perform well, there was a lot of pressure from Sri Lankan players, both in terms of bowling and batting.
Sri Lanka lost the first Test match by a huge margin, but in the second Test match, Sri Lanka gave them a befitting reply. In the end, every batsman performed well in the Sri Lankan team, Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva are the two players I remember as the most hardworking. However, this Test series turned into a draw and both teams are ready to maintain their performance properly.
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