Watch: Ricky Ponting prediction about South Africa batter’s wicket comes true immediately
Australia vs South Africa (Image Credit: Twitter)
Australia and South Africa are locking horns in the ongoing first Test at The Gabba. They are playing a Test series after the 2018 series, which was infamous for the Sandpaper Gate that changed the careers of Steve Smith and David Warner. Meanwhile, talking about the ongoing game, the home team decided to bowl first. The Pat Cummins-led side made the most of the green wicket on offer.
Meanwhile, during the Proteas innings, Marco Jansen tried to hoick Nathan Lyon over deep midwicket. However, the former’s timing was bad and only managed to sky the ball toward the midwicket inside the 30-yard circle. Notably, former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting predicted the dismissal by saying that the field setting will tempt the batter to go big against Lyon.
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Welcome to the newest episode of 'Ricky Ponting predicts exactly what's about to happen'.
Today, we have Nathan Lyon to Marco Jansen…#AUSvSA pic.twitter.com/Hp5cnJaCRO
— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 17, 2022
Talking about the game, batters from both have struggled on the ongoing first day. The Temba Bavuma-led side was bowled out for mere 152 runs in 48.2 overs. For the visitors, wicketkeeper batter Kyle Verreynne was the highest scorer with 64. He is the only batter to score a fifty so far. On the other hand, Bavuma scored 38. Both batters stitched a partnership of 98 runs which was the only positive for the Proteas.
For the Aussies, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon took three wickets each. On the other hand, skipper Cummins and Scott Boland took two wickets. In reply, the Proteas bowlers have been breathing fire. They have taken three wickets with David Warner’s poor form continuing. Kagiso Rabada took the Australian opener’s wicket on the first ball of the innings. At the time of writing, the Kangaroos scored 77/3. The likes of former skipper Steve Smith and Travis Head have stitched a partnership of 46 runs.
