It’s been an eventful day for the cricket fans. The Indian team has levelled the Test series against Australia after beating the hosts in Melbourne while New Zealand have set a target of 373 runs for Pakistan in the first Test at Bay Oval. Here’s a recap of what all happened in the day.
Chasing a paltry 70 runs on the fourth day of the second Test in Melbourne, India went over the line by 8 wickets to level the series. The visitors suffered a defeat in the first Test but came back strong under Ajinkya Rahane’s captaincy and won the match.
Australia began the day at 133/6 and were bowled out for 200 to set India a target of 70 runs. Rahane’s side had some early hiccups but a fine partnership between Shubman Gill and the captain steadied the ship for the side. The two put an unbeaten 51 for the third wicket and saw India home.
Sydney has been confirmed as the venue of the third Test between the two sides.
New Zealand have set a target of 373 runs for Pakistan in the first Test at Bay Oval. Pakistan began the proceedings on a disappointing note and lost a couple of wickets at the score of 0. Azhar Ali and Haris Sohail tried to hold on to the innings but Sohail too departed at an individual score of 9. Pakistan ended the day’s play at 71/3 needing 302 more to win with one day to go.
South Africa beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 45 runs in the first Test in Centurion. South Africa rode on Faf du Plessis’ 199 to post 621 in reply to Sri Lanka’s 396. Later, Sri Lanka began the proceedings on a disappointing note as they lost early wickets. The visitors kept losing wickets at regular intervals before getting bowled out for 180. Kusal Perera scored 64.
The Australian team were slapped with a fine of 40% match fees and penalised four ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate during the second Test against India.
Sydney Thunder etched a win by a huge margin of 75 runs against Melbourne Stars in Canberra. Chasing, 220 in 20 overs, the Stars never looked comfortable during the chase and lost wickets regularly. They were eventually bundled out for 144.
Earlier, Sydney Thunder had been clinical with their batting performance against Melbourne Stars and posted a mammoth 219/7 in 20 overs. Riding on Alex Hales’ 29-ball 71 and a brisk half-century from Ferguson, Thunder thoroughly dominated the Stars bowling attack. Usman Khawaja too chipped in with 37 runs off 31 balls.
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