WTC Final 2025 Day 2 Highlights : The second day of the final of the ICC World Test Championship 2025 is over. On the second day of the game, both the teams appeared in turn dominating each other. At present, Australia has held their hold in this match. By the end of the second day’s play, Australia have scored 144 runs losing 8 wickets in their second innings and has got a good lead of 218 runs. Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lion were at the crease till the day’s play was over.
David Bedingham played valuable innings
On the second day of the game, South Africa scored 138 runs losing all wickets in their first innings. The batsman David Bedingham, who scored the most runs for the team, was. David scored 45 runs in this match. He hit 6 fours during his innings. He was supported by South Africa team captain Temba Bavuma in a great way. Temba scored 36 runs. He hit 4 fours and 1 six during his innings. The two players had a valuable partnership of 65 runs for the fifth wicket, due to which the South Africa team could return to the match after a poor start.
However, after the dismissal of these two players, the South Africa team collapsed for just 138 runs. For South Africa, Ryan Ricelton scored 16 runs while Kellene scored just 13 runs. For Australia, captain Pat Cummins took 6 wickets while bowling deadly. He did not let any batsman of South Africa dominate him and took wickets in continuous intervals. Apart from Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc took 2 wickets while Josh Hazlewood took 1 wicket.
Alex Carrie’s strong innings
Australia scored 212 runs losing all wickets in their first innings. Now till the end of the second day’s play, he has scored 144 runs losing 8 wickets in the second innings. The team’s start was quite bad and they lost their wickets at consecutive intervals. For the team, Marnas Labushen scored 22 runs in the second innings. Usman Khwaja was dismissed for 6 runs. Cameron Green could not even open his account while Steve Smith scored 13 runs. Travis Head returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs. For the team, Alex Carrie scored 43 runs while batting. He was the only batsman to put pressure on the bowlers of South Africa. So far, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Engidi have taken 3-3 wickets for South Africa. Marco Janson and Vian Mulder took 1-1 wickets.