Australia defeated their neighbors New Zealand by 247 runs on day fou🐼r of the second Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and took an impressive 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
New Zealand’s opener Tom Blundell did show the fight, but it wasn’t enough to prevent Kiwis from the loss as the Aussies wrapped up the Blackcaps on 240-9.
Australia, on the other hand, are now one win away to🍸 rewrite history. If they win at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in their next game, it wo♏uld be the first time since 2013-14 Ashes that the Aussies will end the Test summer without a loss or a draw.
Travis Head, for his incredible ton, was gratified with the ‘Player of the Match’ award. Head scored 114 runs in the first innings.
Twitter was also lit up after the match.
Here are the best tweets:
Well done to team on another dominate performanc𓆏e!! Bring on the Syꦉdney Test match now!!!
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93)
Tꦯest over! Well played , victorious by 247 runs 👏🏽 SHOUTOUT to Tom Blundell🤡 for a sensational 121
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS)
Great performance by Australia’s men’s team and a fantastic spectacle at the MCG test thanks to th🐈e Aust and NZ fans who atte♔nded. Aust now in second place in the World Test Championship. Looking forward to the test!
— Kevin Roberts (@KevRobertsCA)
A fine century by Tom Blundell couldn't prevent our Australian men’s team from securing victory by 247 runs in the Boxing Day Test.
Conꩵgrats to our Aussies and thank you to the huge number of people who attended the throughout the Test. See you in🧸 Sydney! 🇦🇺️👏
— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus)
Despite the result it would be a travesty if Melbourne did𓆉 not host New Zealand for a Boxing Day Test for another 32 years.
— Rick Eyre on cricket (@rickeyrecricket)
Superb test cen𝓡tury Tom Blundell, very fine inn🌜ings. 💯
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket)
Tom Blundell 👏👏👏👏
— Scott Styris (@scottbstyris)
Pat Cumm🌞ins ends the year with 99 wickets across the three international formats:
Tests – 59 wkts at ave 20.13
ODIs – 31 wkts at ave 21.61
T20Is – 9 wkts at ave 19.11What a year he has had.
Strong contender for Cricketer of the Year 2019.
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath)
TOM BLUNDELL:
Maiden Test as Keeper: 107* vs WI 2017
Maiden Test as Opener: 15 & 121 vs AUS 2019Only the 2nd player to score a Century in maiden Test as keeper & ma🍎iden Tes♋t as an opener.
[Brendon Kuruppu scored 201* on Test debut while playing as keeper &🍸amp; as opener]
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
Player of the Match is Travis Head, for his wonder൩ful first-innings 114.
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
