After bowling out South Africa for 138 runs on the second day of the WTC final being played between Australia and South Africa, Australia scored 144 runs for eight wickets in the second innings on the second day of the ICC World Test Championship final and took their total lead to 218 runs. It is getting a little difficult for South Africa from here.

In front of the stormy bowling of Pat Cummins (six wickets for 28 runs), South Africa's team was reduced to just 138 runs in 57.1 overs, giving Australia, who scored 212 runs in the first innings, a lead of 74 runs. Mitchell Starc also took two wickets for 41 runs. David Bedingham was the top scorer of the team with 45 runs in 111 balls with the help of six fours. Captain Temba Bavuma played an innings of 36 runs. Australia's lead crosses 200

Australia lost seven wickets for 73 runs in the second innings in front of sharp bowling by Lungi Ngidi (three wickets for 35 runs) and Kagiso Rabada (three wickets for 44 runs), but Alex Carey (43 runs, 50 balls, five fours) and Starc (16 not out) shared 61 runs for the eighth wicket to take the team's total lead beyond 200 runs. At the end of the day's play, Nathan Lyon was supporting Starc by scoring one run.

Australia had a bad start.

Australia had a bad start in the second innings. Opener Usman Khawaja (06) was caught by wicketkeeper Kyle Verreyne off Rabada while Cameron Green (00) was caught by Wiaan Mulder off the same fast bowler. Marnus Labuschagne (22), who was challenged to save his place in the Test team, failed once again and got caught by Verne off Marco Jansen's ball. Labuschagne was opening the innings for the first time in this match. Steve Smith (13), who scored a half-century in the first innings, was also caught LBW off Lungi Ngidi's ball.

Australia's top order flopped.

Another batsman Beau Webster (09), who scored a half-century in the first innings, hit a four off Ngidi but was caught LBW off the next ball, taking Australia's score to 64 for five. In the next over, Wiaan Mulder bowled Travis Head (09) while Ngidi uprooted Cummins' (06) stumps. Carey and Starc then took charge of the innings. Starc completed the team's century in the 34th over with a run off Jansen's ball. Starc was lucky on the score of 12 runs when Verene dropped his catch off Rabada's ball.

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