Australia vs South Africa Test Match Series 2022
Australia best South Africa by 6 wickets to claim the test match
AUS vs SA: Pat Cummins’ seven wickets were a major factor in Australia’s victory over South Africa by six wickets in the first Test of the three-match series at The Gabba in Brisbane. Australia’s second innings ended with them being run out for 99 runs, and the Proteas gave them a target of 34 runs.
Australia bowled South Africa out for 152 on Saturday after captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bowl first. The hosts then scored 218 runs, building a 66-run lead after the first innings. Their leading scorer was Travis Head, who had 92.
AUS vs SA: A day for bowlers to remember
The bowlers were the standout players in this Gabba test, a Few days ago West Indies faced the same situation and now it’s South Africa who is the victim of the Australian pace attack. Not to forget South Africa’s bowlers were also strong and managed to clean out Australia in the first Test.
This test match had 144.2 overs where a total of 24 wickets fell, this was the stats of the full day. Then if you specifically look at the second-day results a total of 19 wickets fell on that day.
This shows how this bowling performance changed the outcome of the match. This test will go in the books of history as it is a day for bowlers to remember for their lives.
AUS vs SA: Captain Leading from the front
Skipper Pat Cummins was once again the key player in cleaning out South African players. Both the first innings and especially the second innings. Pat Cummins picked up 2 wickets in the first innings and five wickets in the second innings.
AUS vs SA: South African Bowlers
Rabada was the standout player in the South Africa team as he picked up four wickets in the first innings in 17.3 overs. He was bowling at an economy rate of 4.3. Marco Jansen was the other bowler who picked up 3 wickets in his 9 overs. Nortje picked up two wickets and Lungi Ngidi also grabbed a wicket to close out Australia for 218 in the first innings.
Second Innings South Africans had less total to defend (35 runs). But here also Rabada grabbed four wickets but couldn’t stop Australia from finishing the test match with 6 wickets in hand.
AUS vs SA: What’s Next?
So, there concludes this brief Test match. After dominating the first Test, Australia will be hungry to win the following match and win the series. They have accrued significant Test Championship points whereas South Africa now drops to third place and loses its second place.
Now let’s move on to the Boxing Day Test. Which begins at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on December 26 at 5.00 am IST.
