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Test No. 2637

Australia Tour of South Africa 2026
2026-27 season
South Africa vs Australia - 1st Test
09-13 October, 2026 (5-day match)

Australia led the 3-match series 1-0

Venue : Kingsmead, Durban
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 214 runs


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Nic Maddinson b M Jansen
0 
33 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Travis Head c Verreynne b Mulder
9 
19 
2 
0
47.37 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne lbw b Mulder
37 
58 
6 
0
63.79 
»
 Steven Smith c Mulder b M Jansen
25 
53 
0 
2
47.17 
»
 Matt Renshaw c Markram b Harmer
190 
397 
21 
1
47.86 
»
 Alex Carey c Markram b Nortje
14 
44 
1 
0
31.82 
»
 Beau Webster c Verreynne b Markram
4 
2 
1 
0
200.00 
»
 Pat Cummins c Markram b Mulder
43 
98 
6 
0
43.88 
»
 Mitchell Starc b Mulder
6 
25 
1 
0
24.00 
»
 Nathan Lyon lbw b M Jansen
27 
92 
5 
0
29.35 
»
 Josh Hazlewood Not Out
5 
11 
1 
0
45.45 
Extras LB 20, W 2, N 8
30
Total : (all out in 137.2 overs)
390
 RR : 2.84

Fall of wickets : 1-17 (Travis Head, 7.5 ov), 2-24 (Nic Maddinson, 10.2 ov), 3-84 (Marnus Labuschagne, 25.6 ov), 4-84 (Steven Smith, 26.3 ov), 5-120 (Alex Carey, 41.4 ov), 6-124 (Beau Webster, 41.6 ov), 7-210 (Pat Cummins, 73.5 ov), 8-230 (Mitchell Starc, 81.3 ov), 9-364 (Nathan Lyon, 128.4 ov), 10-390 (Matt Renshaw, 137.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Marco Jansen
31
9 
68 
3
2.19
3
1
»
 Wiaan Mulder
27
6 
68 
4
2.52
4
0
»
 Anrich Nortje
28
5 
88 
2
3.14
0
1
»
 Keshav Maharaj
20
0 
75 
0
3.75
1
0
»
 Simon Harmer
28
 .2
1 
68 
1
2.40
0
0
»
 Aiden Markram
3
0 
3 
0
1.00
0
0

South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Aiden Markram c Renshaw b Starc
37 
67 
7 
0
55.22 
»
 Ryan Rickelton c Webster b Hazlewood
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 David Bedingham c Smith b Cummins
49 
73 
9 
0
67.12 
»
 Temba Bavuma c Smith b Lyon
3 
27 
0 
0
11.11 
»
 Tristan Stubbs c Hazlewood b Cummins
32 
66 
3 
0
48.48 
»
 Wiaan Mulder c sub b Cummins
30 
50 
3 
1
60.00 
»
 Kyle Verreynne c Smith b Lyon
13 
20 
2 
0
65.00 
»
 Marco Jansen c Head b Hazlewood
26 
20 
6 
0
130.00 
»
 Simon Harmer Not Out
35 
75 
4 
1
46.67 
»
 Keshav Maharaj c Cummins b Starc
34 
44 
2 
1
77.27 
»
 Anrich Nortje c Smith b Webster
16 
26 
3 
0
61.54 
Extras LB 6, N 3
9
Total : (all out in 78.0 overs)
284
 RR : 3.64

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Ryan Rickelton, 1.3 ov), 2-84 (Aiden Markram, 20.4 ov), 3-93 (Temba Bavuma, 27.2 ov), 4-99 (David Bedingham, 30.1 ov), 5-155 (Wiaan Mulder, 46.3 ov), 6-162 (Tristan Stubbs, 48.2 ov), 7-197 (Kyle Verreynne, 53.5 ov), 8-197 (Marco Jansen, 54.2 ov), 9-249 (Keshav Maharaj, 69.3 ov), 10-284 (Anrich Nortje, 77.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
17
2 
63 
2
3.71
0
0
»
 Josh Hazlewood
16
2 
54 
2
3.38
1
0
»
 Pat Cummins
15
2 
54 
3
3.60
1
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
22
3 
58 
2
2.64
0
0
»
 Travis Head
3
0 
20 
0
6.67
0
0
»
 Beau Webster
3
0 
23 
1
7.67
1
0
»
 Marnus Labuschagne
2
0 
6 
0
3.00
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Nic Maddinson b Nortje
48 
38 
6 
2
126.32 
»
 Travis Head c Bavuma b M Jansen
11 
18 
2 
0
61.11 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne c Bavuma b Maharaj
37 
58 
4 
0
63.79 
»
 Steven Smith c M Jansen b Harmer
27 
41 
3 
1
65.85 
»
 Matt Renshaw c & b Maharaj
82 
99 
7 
2
82.83 
»
 Alex Carey b Nortje
24 
39 
3 
0
61.54 
»
 Beau Webster Not Out
39 
43 
5 
0
90.70 
»
 Pat Cummins Not Out
32 
12 
0 
4
266.67 
Extras B 4, LB 8, W 2
14
Total : (6 wickets dec in 58.0 overs)
314
 RR : 5.41

did not bat: Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood

Fall of wickets : 1-43 (Travis Head, 6.6 ov), 2-72 (Nic Maddinson, 10.6 ov), 3-125 (Steven Smith, 23.5 ov), 4-157 (Marnus Labuschagne, 28.6 ov), 5-205 (Alex Carey, 42.6 ov), 6-270 (Matt Renshaw, 54.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Marco Jansen
8
0 
45 
1
5.63
0
0
»
 Wiaan Mulder
4
0 
24 
0
6.00
0
0
»
 Simon Harmer
25
1 
121 
1
4.84
0
0
»
 Anrich Nortje
12
1 
56 
2
4.67
0
2
»
 Keshav Maharaj
9
0 
56 
2
6.22
0
0

South Africa 2nd Innings
(Target: 421 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Ryan Rickelton c Carey b Hazlewood
2 
12 
0 
0
16.67 
»
 Aiden Markram c Carey b Starc
75 
237 
10 
0
31.65 
»
 David Bedingham lbw b Hazlewood
46 
68 
8 
0
67.65 
»
 Temba Bavuma c Maddinson b Renshaw
1 
18 
0 
0
5.56 
»
 Tristan Stubbs c Carey b Cummins
1 
12 
0 
0
8.33 
»
 Wiaan Mulder c Carey b Hazlewood
29 
110 
3 
0
26.36 
»
 Kyle Verreynne c Smith b Renshaw
1 
3 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Marco Jansen b Hazlewood
35 
54 
6 
1
64.81 
»
 Simon Harmer c Carey b Hazlewood
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Keshav Maharaj Not Out
1 
3 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Anrich Nortje c Lyon b Hazlewood
4 
4 
1 
0
100.00 
Extras LB 6, W 2, N 3
11
Total : (all out in 86.5 overs)
206
 RR : 2.37

Fall of wickets : 1-7 (Ryan Rickelton, 3.3 ov), 2-73 (David Bedingham, 22.6 ov), 3-82 (Temba Bavuma, 29.5 ov), 4-86 (Tristan Stubbs, 32.4 ov), 5-155 (Wiaan Mulder, 66.4 ov), 6-156 (Kyle Verreynne, 67.1 ov), 7-201 (Marco Jansen, 84.2 ov), 8-201 (Simon Harmer, 84.5 ov), 9-201 (Aiden Markram, 85.5 ov), 10-206 (Anrich Nortje, 86.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
16
5 
33 
1
2.06
0
2
»
 Josh Hazlewood
16
 .5
4 
49 
6
2.91
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
14
5 
34 
1
2.43
3
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
20
5 
32 
0
1.60
0
0
»
 Matt Renshaw
13
2 
30 
2
2.31
0
0
»
 Beau Webster
3
2 
4 
0
1.33
0
0
»
 Nic Maddinson
4
1 
18 
0
4.50
0
0

Match details
Points: Australia 12, South Africa 0
Man of the Match: Matt Renshaw (Australia)
Umpires : Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Richard Kettleborough (England)
Third Umpire: Richard Illingworth (England)
Referee : Javagal Srinath (India)
Reserve Umpire: Stephen Harris (South Africa)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Fri, Oct 09 - Australia 1st innings 187/6 (Matt Renshaw 46*, Pat Cummins 33*, 65.2 ov)
Day 2 : Sat, Oct 10 - South Africa 1st innings 27/1 (Aiden Markram 15*, David Bedingham 12*, 8.4 ov)
Day 3 : Sun, Oct 11 - Australia 2nd innings 33/0 (Nic Maddinson 17*, Travis Head 10*, 5.4 ov)
Day 4 : Mon, Oct 12 - South Africa 2nd innings 102/4 (Aiden Markram 45*, Wiaan Mulder 5*, 41 ov)
Day 5 : Tue, Oct 13 - South Africa 2nd innings 206 (86.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
South Africa Simon Harmer, Wiaan Mulder, Tristan Stubbs, Temba Bavuma (Capt.), Ryan Rickelton, Marco Jansen, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Keshav Maharaj, David Bedingham, Anrich Nortje, Aiden Markram
Australia Nic Maddinson, Travis Head, Steven Smith, Pat Cummins (Capt.), Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Matt Renshaw, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Hazlewood, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk)
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