The Australian Cricket Team have announced their squad for the second Test-Match of the 2024 Border-Gavaskar Trophy versus India and fast-bowling all-rounder Beau Webster has been included in the roster for the upcoming contest. The 2nd Test will be played in Adelaide from the 6th of December onwards.
30-year-old Webster has been included in the squad as a backup for the injured Fast Bowling all-rounder Mitch Marsh. The 33-year-old suffered a muscle-strain during the opening test in Perth, which the Men in Blue won by a big margin go 295 runs. The Kangaroos are trailing the Rohit Sharma-led team by a margin of 0-1 in the five-match Test-series.
“I felt really good after scoring handy runs and picking up good amount of wickets representing Australia-A versus India-A. Whenever you get the chance to represent the ‘A’ team, it’s just a single level below Test Cricket, so it motivates you to perform well and get selected in the longest format of the game. It was a really happy and a proud moment for me to receive a phone call directly from George Bailey, the chairman of selectors of the Men’s Cricket Team of Australia following the conclusion of the contest  versus New South Wales. I cannot wait to join the Test Team,” Webster said.
Webster eager to make his Test-Cricket debut
Fast Bowling All-Rounder Beau Webster has not made his International debut for the Aussies yet. But, he has performed exceptionally well in the Domestic First-Class tournament of Australia, the Sheffield Shield. The 30-year-old has amassed 1,788 runs with the help of nine fifties and five magnificent hundreds. 
The all-rounder was also impressive in Tasmania’s contest versus the New South Wales of the Sheffield Shield where he managed to play good innings of 61 &amp; 49 runs respectively and he also managed to dismiss the opposition batters five times
Webster has the ability to use the seam of the ball at it’s best in seam bowling along with aggressive-batting nature. In the previous edition of the Sheffield Shield, Webster was also given the Player-of-the-year award . Additionally, the all-rounder has found success in maintaining his good rhythm and form in the current edition of the competition as well.

‘No changes will be made in the Starting XI for the Day-Night Test-Match in Adelaide’
Despite suffering a humiliating defeat in the opening fixture of the 2024 Border Gavaskar Trophy series, the Mighty Australians will not be making any changes to their Starting XI for the Adelaide pink-ball Test-Match, Andrew McDonald-the coach of Australia confirmed. The Adelaide test-match will be kicking off from the 6th of December onwards. Australia’s squad for the 2nd BGT Test-Match versus Team India Pat Cummins (Captain), Mitchell Starc, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Alex Carey (WK), Nathan McSweeney, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Beau Webster, Mitch Marsh, Josh Inglis, Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland. 

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Beau Webster attacks the short pitched delivery | Image: Getty Images

Beau Webster replaces injured Mitch Marsh as Australia names an unchanged playing XI for the pink-ball Test in Adelaide.

BGT 2024: Australia unveil their squad for the 2nd test, this player has been added as cover for Mitch Marsh

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ICC WTC Points Table: England's home season is being fruitful for them as they have claimed their fourth win in a row. The home team England have won the first Test against Sri Lanka and are 1-0 up in the series. This series of wins has put England from the last position to the Top 4 ranks in the Latest Updated ICC WTC points table 2023-25.



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Sri Lanka are on a tour of England for a series of three test matches. The absence of Ben Stokes was one of the major concerns for the English Team coming to this Test Series but Olie Pope and his leadership skills never made us miss Stokes.



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The visitors won the toss and opted to bat first. They didn't receive a warm welcome from the home side as England pushed Sri Lanka into terrible situation in the first half hour only. Sri Lanka lost three wickets within 7 overs of the day with just 6 runs on the board. 



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Sri Lanka were not allowed to make a comeback against the fiery English bowling attack but later assault by skipper Dhananjaya De Silva and <a href="https://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/39678/milan-rathnayake">Milan Rathnayake</a> added individual 70+ runs and Sri Lanka ended their first innings at 260 runs. 



England also lost wickets in regular intervals, nevertheless, the overtook Sri Lanka by 57th over. The maiden century by wicketkeeper batter James Smith was the dominating factor for England in the first innings. Riding over his crucial innings England were 122 runs in lead after first innings.



Again, in the second innings, Sri Lanka lost two wickets within 10 balls and England were simply on the driving seat. Angilo Methews, and Dinesh Chandimal showed the fighting spirit and they took Sri Lanka to lead again. Kamindu Mendis came again for rescue and smashed a valient century to give Sri Lanka some space to defend in the fourth innings.



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England needed to chase 205 runs in the fourth innings and they got a fluent start to ease things off. Joe Root led the England's innings with his not-out 62 and with the loss of five wickets, England took just 57 overs to chase down the target and sealed the match.



Let's Take a look at the the ICC WTC points table updated after ENG vs SL 1st Test:



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England, after winning the four test matches in a row have made a big jump from 9th rank to the 4th rank. They, now, have played 14 tests and have won 7 and have a PCT of 50%. 



Sri Lanka, on the other hand, have won 2 out of the 5 matches, they played. With the PCT of 40%, they are ranked 5th. 



India and Australia are at the top of the WTC Points Table with 68.52% and 62.50% wins. 



<figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><thead><tr><th>POS</th><th>TEAM</th><th>MAT</th><th>WON</th><th>LOST</th><th>DRAW</th><th>DED(-)</th><th>POINTS</th><th>PCT</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>INDIA</td><td>9</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>74</td><td>68.52</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>AUSTRALIA</td><td>12</td><td>8</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>10</td><td>90</td><td>62.50</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>NEW ZEALAND</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>36</td><td>50.00</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>ENGLAND</td><td>14</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>1</td><td>19</td><td>69</td><td>41.07</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>SRI LANKA</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>24</td><td>40.00</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>SOUTH AFRICA</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>28</td><td>38.89</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>PAKISTAN</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>22</td><td>36.66</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>BANGLADESH</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>12</td><td>25.00</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>WEST INDIES</td><td>9</td><td>1</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>20</td><td>18.52</td></tr></tbody></table><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">ICC WTC points table 2023-25</figcaption></figure>



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ICC WTC Points Table Updated After ENG vs SL 1st Test | England in TOP 4 With Commanding Victory

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Pacers are having a day out here at Jeddah on the second day of the much anticipated IPL auction, as after several among batters and all-rounders went unsold, the pacers are making the banks of the franchises shaken up. First of all, Marco Jansen, the lanky pace bowling all-rounder from the Proteas, goes for the biggest bid of the day from the first session, with the Punjab Kings showing immense interest in the left-arm seamer.



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 Followed by a short break, the teams now seemed too determined, with the likes of Rajasthan Royals, Gujarat Titans, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, and RCB all looking forward to decking up their pace bowling set. India?s one of the most anticipated pacers, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, also the greatest ever Indian in the history of the IPL, gets rewarded for his consistency, as RCB bring him in for a whopping INR 10.75 crore, the only double-digit bid for the day.



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 While Indian pacers other than Bhuvi, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepak_Chahar">Deepak Chahar</a> earns a huge bid going to the arch-rivals MI from the Men in Yellow. While followed by him are Tushar Deshpande to the Rajasthan Royals, while Mukesh Kumar was retained by the Capitals using the RTM.



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Coetzee is the only overseas bowler now going to the Gujarat Titans pace deck alongside national mate Kagiso Rabada, pairing for a breathtaking pace bowling duo.



Akash Deep gets a new franchise in the Lucknow Super Giants, who have their first player of the day and quite intriguing a futuristic option seemingly for the Super Giants.



Lockie Ferguson off at base price to the Punjab Kings.



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The IPL Auction  Day 2 sees its first major jump; A pacers day out Bhuvneshwar Kumar sold for INR 10.75 Crores to RCB

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BGT: The Indian Cricket Team, under the leadership of stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah kicked off the 2024 Border Gavaskar Trophy on the best possible note as they went on to secure a comfortable victory versus the Australians in the opening fixture of the series.



After being bundled out for a mere score of 150 runs in the 1st inning on the first day of the Perth Test-Match, the Men in Blue brought their A game forward and turned things around as they initiated an all-out on the Aussies for 104 runs and managed to take a decent first-inning lead of 46 runs.



Captain Jasprit Bumrah wrecked havoc with the ball registering yet another five-wicket-haul and ended the first inning with figures of 5-30 next to his name. He received a tremendous amount of support from the duo of debutant Harshit Rana (3-48) and Mohammed Siraj (2-20) as the home side didn't have any answer versus the excellent bowling performance of the Indians.



In the 2nd inning of the Perth Test-Match, the Jasprit Bumrah-led team put up a masterclass with the bat, with the opening duo of KL Rahul (77 runs in 176 deliveries) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (161 runs in 297 balls) stitching a mammoth partnership of 201 runs for the opening wicket, the highest ever opening wicket stand by an Indian batting pair in the history of the Border-Gavaskar-Trophy in Australia.



22-year-old Yashasvi Jaiswal's 161 run knock helped him the become just the second batter ever in the history of the sport to convert his first 4 Test Cricket tons into 150s. This knock of the Southpaw played a crucial role in helping his side win the Perth Test-Match



Legendary batsman Virat Kohli also managed to bring up his highly-awaited 30th century in the longest format of the game, going past the tally of Legendary Australian batsman Don Bradman. In order to score some quick runs, Kohli got involved in a really good partnership of 77 runs in just 52 deliveries with debutant Nitish Kumar Reddy (38" Runs) before the Men in Blue declared their second inning for a mammoth score of 487-6. The Indians set a huge target of 534 runs for the Aussies, their highest ever in the history of the longest format of the game versus their fierce-rivals.



A defeat for the Kangaroos was guaranteed as their batters didn't look comfortable at all out their in the middle versus the Indian bowling unit and eventually they got all-out for a score of 238 runs, suffering a defeat by a margin of 295 runs.



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BGT: Updated WTC Points-Table following India's win in the 1st Test-Match

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