Australia vs South Africa: Captain Pat Cummins lauds group efficiency, reserves particular reward for David Warner

Australia vs South Africa: Captain Pat Cummins was elated after his aspect’s win towards South Africa to seal a collection win at Melbourne. The captain lauded the efficiency of his group.

Melbourne,UPDATED: Dec 29, 2022 12:31 IST

Australia have fun a wicket on the MCG Test vs South Africa. (Courtesy: Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: Australia captain Pat Cummins was elated after their win over South Africa within the 2nd Test match of the three-game collection. Cummins’ Australia rolled over the guests in a mammoth victory on the Boxing Test match. The hosts gained by a margin of an innings and 182 runs on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Australia braved accidents of their Test match and gained collectively as a group.

“It (the win) is right up there. We have had some great contests with South Africa, hadn’t won against them at home in 20 years I think, so pretty special. I thought how Warner and Smith batted in the heat was pretty gutsy. Starc and Green as well, put their injuries behind and turned up. Davey was superb, you could see his energy from ball one and to do it in his 100th Test is awesome,” the captain mentioned.

Starc and Green each injured their fingers within the second Test match. While Starc ws capable of bowl within the second innings of the sport, Cameron Green didn’t play any additional half within the second innings of the match. Starc himself mentioned that he might be out for at the least 2 weeks.

Barring Warner, Alex Carey hit a century as properly, sealing Australia an enormous first innings whole, one which Australia did not surpass in two innings mixed.

“He (Carey) has really cemented his place in the Test side and to get a hundred in a Boxing Day Test is special. He’s (Lyon) good to go, just winded himself. Starc and Green will definitely miss the Sydney Test. Boxing Day is a pretty huge event and this year was even more special as we celebrated Warnie,” the captain concluded his publish match interplay.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Dec 29, 2022