AUS vs SA Highlights: Proteas thrashed again, Ruthless Australia wins MCG test by an innings and 182 RUNS: Watch HIGHLIGHTS

AUS vs SA Highlights – Australia vs South Africa: Australia has once again thrashed South Africa to win MCG test by an Innings and 182 RUNS. The Proteas proved to be no match for the rampaging Australian squad. Nathan Lyon picked 3 & Scott Boland 2 on DAY 4 to wrap South African 2nd innings for just 204. Temba Bavuma was the lone warrior for the visitors with a knock of 65. The visitors needed to score 387 in 2nd innings to make Australia bat again – but they fell shot by 182. With this win Australia has not only won the series but has almost secured entry into World Test Championship FINAL: Watch Australia vs South Africa HIGHLIGHTS with InsideSport.IN

Earlier in 1st session Mitch Starc took out Sarel Erwee for 21. Scott Boland than ended Theunis de Bruyn innings for 28. Khaya Zondo was run out for 1.

DAY 3 RECAP: At Stumps on Day 3, South Africa were 15/1 in their 2nd innings. Pat Cummins took out Dean Elgar without scoring. Australia declared after taking a lead of 387 runs. Hosts 1st innings score read 575/8. Alex Carey scored his 1st test hundred to further push South Africa to brink.

Carey in partnership with Cameron Green added 117 runs for 8th Wicket. Carey was out for 111. Earlier Anrich Nortje picked quick wickets of Travis Head (51) & David Warner (200) on 3rd DAY Morning.

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South Africa 2ND Innings SCORECARD

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Sarel Erwee	lbw b Mitchell Starc	21	41	1	0	51.22
Dean Elgar (C)	c AT Carey b Pat Cummins	0	3	0	0	0.00
Theunis de Bruyn	c Steven Smith b SM Boland	28	68	2	0	41.18
Temba Bavuma	c (sub MS Harris) b Nathan Lyon	65	144	6	0	45.14
Khaya Zondo	runout (TM Head)	1	19	0	0	5.26
Kyle Verreynne (WK)	lbw b SM Boland	33	40	5	0	82.50
Marco Jansen	lbw b Nathan Lyon	5	29	0	0	17.24
Keshav Maharaj	runout (Mitchell Starc / Marnus Labuschagne)	13	20	2	0	65.00
Kagiso Rabada	c Pat Cummins b Nathan Lyon	3	12	0	0	25.00
Anrich Nortje	Not out	8	18	1	0	44.44
Lungi Ngidi	b Steven Smith	19	21	2	1	90.48
Extra	8 (b 1, w 0, nb 2, lb 5)
Total	204/10 (68.5)
Yet To Bat

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	18	4	62	1	3.44
Pat Cummins	16	8	20	1	1.25
Scott Boland	15	2	49	2	3.27
Nathan Lyon	17	1	58	3	3.41
Steven Smith	2.5	0	9	1	3.18

AUS vs SA DAY 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Aussies take complete CONTROL of MCG Test, SouthAfrica on backfoot after Carey maiden Test TON and Cummins early STRIKE: CHECK AUS SA HIGHLIGHTS

A premature end to Day 3 sees our Aussie men firmly in control of this match.

Join us back tomorrow for a bumper day of cricket as our boys chase a series victory against South Africa 🤞🏻 pic.twitter.com/uscvLxTu7q

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) December 28, 2022

Wicketkeeper Alex Carey savoured a maiden century before Australia declared at 575 for eight, bringing tea early on Day three of the second Test with South Africa’s hopes of levelling the series all but gone.

South Africa, bowled out for 189 in the first innings and trailing 1-0 in the three-match series, will need 386 runs to make Australia bat again at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. All-rounder Cameron Green was unbeaten on 51 despite nursing a broken index finger that saw him retire on day two.

Tail-ender Mitchell Starc was 10 not out. He was struck on the helmet by all-rounder Marco Jansen on the last ball before home skipper Pat Cummins called his batsmen in.

Warner scored his 25th Test century of just 145 balls. While the double hundred came off his willow from 245 balls.

During the knock, Warner also achieved milestone of 8,000 TEST RUNS. Along with Steve Smith, he stitched 200 runs-plus partnership for 3rd wicket. Smith departed after scoring 85.

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Sarel Erwee	Not out	7	21	0	0	33.33
Dean Elgar (C)	c AT Carey b Pat Cummins	0	3	0	0	0.00
Theunis de Bruyn	Not out	6	18	0	0	33.33
Extra	2 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	15/1 (7)
Yet To Bat	Temba Bavuma, K Zondo, K Verreynne, M Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	4	1	13	0	3.25
Pat Cummins	3	3	0	1	0.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
D Elgar	1-0	1.3

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Australia 1st Innings SCORECARD

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
David Warner	b Anrich Nortje	200	255	16	2	78.43
Usman Khawaja	c K Verreynne b Kagiso Rabada	1	11	0	0	9.09
Marnus Labuschagne	runout (Anrich Nortje / Keshav Maharaj)	14	35	1	0	40.00
Steven Smith	c TB de Bruyn b Anrich Nortje	85	161	9	1	52.80
Travis Head	b Anrich Nortje	51	55	7	1	92.73
Cameron Green	Not out	51	177	5	0	28.81
Alex Carey (WK)	c & b M Jansen	111	149	13	0	74.50
Pat Cummins (C)	c K Verreynne b Kagiso Rabada	4	3	1	0	133.33
Nathan Lyon	c K Zondo b Lungi Ngidi	25	17	3	1	147.06
Mitchell Starc	Not out	10	12	0	1	83.33
Extra	23 (b 5, w 1, nb 5, lb 12)
Total	575/8 (145)
Yet To Bat	SM Boland

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Kagiso Rabada	28	1	144	2	5.14
Lungi Ngidi	22.1	2	98	1	4.42
Marco Jansen	28	1	89	1	3.18
Anrich Nortje	25	1	92	3	3.68
Keshav Maharaj	41.5	3	135	0	3.23

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Usman Khawaja	1-21	6.4
Marnus Labuschagne	2-75	18.3
Steven Smith	3-314	74.1
TM Head	4-395	93.3
David Warner	5-395	93.4
Pat Cummins	6-400	94.2
Nathan Lyon	7-440	100.6
AT Carey	8-557	140.5

David Warner became 1st Australian to smash a DOUBLE TON on his 100th Test
It’s Warner’s 25th Test century, and one that comes after a lean run of scores against the red ball.
Warner was averaging around 20 this year heading into the Boxing Day Test.
In passing 78, Warner also became just the eighth Australian to make more than 8,000 Test runs.
After David Warner, Cameron Green also got retired hurt.
Earlier, At the start of DAY 2, Marnus Labuschagne was run out for 14.

AUS vs SA DAY 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Aussies take complete CONTROL of MCG Test, SouthAfrica on backfoot after Carey maiden Test TON and Cummins early STRIKE: CHECK AUS SA HIGHLIGHTS

David Warner day at the MCG! Some brilliant batting in very tough conditions and we finish the day with a lead of 197.

Thank you to the 42,614 fans who joined us in the scorching heat, we’ll see you back for a big day of cricket tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/Ohk4IObLW8

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) December 27, 2022

Earlier on DAY 1, Allrounder Cameron Green took a career-best 5-27 as Australia ripped through South Africa’s fragile batting before piling on late runs to seize control of the second Test in Melbourne on Monday.

After the visitors were dismissed for 189, an aggressive David Warner, in his 100th Test, was unbeaten on 32 and Marnus Labuschagne was not out on five to steer the hosts to 45-1 at stumps on day one. Usman Khawaja was out for one, caught behind by Kyle Verreynne off Kagiso Rabada.

AUS vs SA DAY 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Aussies take complete CONTROL of MCG Test, SouthAfrica on backfoot after Carey maiden Test TON and Cummins early STRIKE: CHECK AUS SA HIGHLIGHTS

A proper day of Test cricket comes to a close on Boxing Day! South Africa lead by 144 runs in what has been a great contest so far.

See you back for Day 2 tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/2srGlbSgEU

— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) December 26, 2022

Australia won the first of three Tests by six wickets inside two days on a hostile and green Gabba pitch in Brisbane last week.

South Africa 1st Innings – 189/10

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Dean Elgar (C)	runout (Marnus Labuschagne)	26	68	2	0	38.24
Sarel Erwee	c Usman Khawaja b SM Boland	18	31	3	0	58.06
Theunis de Bruyn	c AT Carey b C Green	12	31	2	0	38.71
Temba Bavuma	c AT Carey b Mitchell Starc	1	8	0	0	12.50
Khaya Zondo	c Marnus Labuschagne b Mitchell Starc	5	19	0	0	26.32
Kyle Verreynne (WK)	c Steven Smith b C Green	52	99	3	0	52.53
Marco Jansen	c AT Carey b C Green	59	136	10	0	43.38
Keshav Maharaj	c Pat Cummins b Nathan Lyon	2	9	0	0	22.22
Kagiso Rabada	b C Green	4	5	1	0	80.00
Anrich Nortje	Not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Lungi Ngidi	b C Green	2	6	0	0	33.33
Extra	7 (b 3, w 0, nb 1, lb 3)
Total	189/10 (68.4)