The first Test match between South Africa and Australia has ended in two days. The Australian team has won the match by 6 wickets and has taken the lead in the Test series.
Test matches are normally held for 5 days. Otherwise at least 4 days most matches take time. In this case, the fact that the Test match between two strong teams has been completed in two days is causing surprise among the cricket fans.
The South African team is touring Australia for a 3-match Test series. The first test match started yesterday. Australia won the toss and elected to bowl.
Captain Elgar and Charles Hervey batted as openers for the South African team. In this, Elgar was dismissed for 3 runs and Ervey for 10 runs, followed by van der Dusen who was dismissed for 5 runs.
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Then the combination of Bouma – Wicketkeeper Verne held the attack for a while. The pair put on a 98-run partnership for the 5th wicket. Bouma was dismissed for 38 runs and Verne for 64 runs. Apart from Rabada who scored 10 runs in the next innings, the rest were out in single figures as South Africa lost all wickets in 48.2 overs and scored 152 runs in the first innings.
Among the Australian bowlers, Starc and Lyon took 3 wickets each, Cummins and Boland took 2 wickets each.
Then the Australian team started the first innings. At the end of the first day’s play, Australia had scored 145 runs with the loss of 5 wickets.
Australia resumed play today and scored 218 runs in 50.3 overs losing all wickets. Head scored 92 runs and Steven Smith scored 36 runs. South African bowlers Rabada took 4 wickets, Jansen 3 wickets and Nodge 2 wickets.
Trailing by 66 runs, the South Africans continued to bat in the second innings. Unexpectedly, South African wickets began to fall. Openers Charles Hervey took 3 runs, captain Elgar took 2 runs and Vander Dozen next returned to the pavilion for no runs.
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The next pairing of Bouma – Zonda held the attack for a while. This partnership added 42 runs for the 4th wicket. Bauma was dismissed after scoring 29 runs. Maharaj was the only one who scored 16 runs. South Africa lost all wickets and scored 99 runs in 37.4 overs as others kept pace in single digits. Jonda was the highest in the field with 36 runs.
Australia’s Cummins took 5 wickets. After that, the Australian players entered the field towards the easy target of victory if they score 34 runs. But successive wickets saw the team playing. Usman Khawaja 2, David Warner 3, Steven Smith 6, Travis Head 0 runs out. Due to this, the team lost 4 wickets in 24 runs.
Then the Australian team lost 4 wickets in 7.5 overs due to the spares provided by the South African bowlers. Of the 34 run target, 19 runs came in extras. Especially 15 wides have been bowled by the South African bowlers.
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