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Test No. 2638

Australia Tour of South Africa 2026
2026-27 season
South Africa vs Australia - 2nd Test
18-22 October, 2026 (5-day match)

3-match series level 1-1

Venue : St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to field first
Result : South Africa won by an innings and 31 runs


South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Aiden Markram b Boland
11 
28 
2 
0
39.29 
»
 Marques Ackerman c Carey b Boland
6 
38 
0 
0
15.79 
»
 David Bedingham c Carey b Boland
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Temba Bavuma c Carey b Starc
179 
334 
18 
1
53.59 
»
 Matthew Breetzke c Carey b Starc
4 
17 
0 
0
23.53 
»
 Ryan Rickelton c Renshaw b Boland
31 
51 
5 
0
60.78 
»
 Wiaan Mulder c Renshaw b Starc
13 
38 
1 
0
34.21 
»
 Marco Jansen c Head b Boland
85 
100 
9 
3
85.00 
»
 Simon Harmer b Labuschagne
82 
157 
10 
1
52.23 
»
 Kagiso Rabada Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras LB 8, W 5, N 1
14
Total : (9 wickets dec in 127.1 overs)
425
 RR : 3.34

did not bat: Anrich Nortje

Fall of wickets : 1-12 (Aiden Markram, 8.4 ov), 2-12 (David Bedingham, 8.5 ov), 3-25 (Marques Ackerman, 14.3 ov), 4-40 (Matthew Breetzke, 21.3 ov), 5-92 (Ryan Rickelton, 39.4 ov), 6-110 (Wiaan Mulder, 49.6 ov), 7-242 (Marco Jansen, 80.5 ov), 8-425 (Simon Harmer, 126.6 ov), 9-425 (Temba Bavuma, 127.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
24
 .1
4 
89 
3
3.68
1
1
»
 Josh Hazlewood
14
2 
43 
0
3.07
0
0
»
 Scott Boland
29
7 
81 
5
2.79
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
26
3 
96 
0
3.69
0
0
»
 Beau Webster
19
6 
43 
0
2.26
0
0
»
 Matt Renshaw
8
1 
33 
0
4.13
0
0
»
 Nic Maddinson
5
0 
24 
0
4.80
0
0
»
 Marnus Labuschagne
2
0 
8 
1
4.00
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Nic Maddinson c Harmer b Rabada
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Travis Head lbw b M Jansen
14 
24 
3 
0
58.33 
»
 Scott Boland c Rickelton b M Jansen
2 
14 
0 
0
14.29 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne c Harmer b Nortje
14 
25 
3 
0
56.00 
»
 Steven Smith b Mulder
28 
88 
2 
0
31.82 
»
 Matt Renshaw c Harmer b M Jansen
12 
48 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Alex Carey c Rickelton b M Jansen
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Beau Webster c Markram b M Jansen
13 
28 
2 
0
46.43 
»
 Pat Cummins c Breetzke b Mulder
7 
16 
1 
0
43.75 
»
 Mitchell Starc c Rickelton b Rabada
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Josh Hazlewood Not Out
2 
3 
0 
0
66.67 
Extras B 4, LB 1, N 1
6
Total : (all out in 42.3 overs)
99
 RR : 2.33

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Nic Maddinson, 0.4 ov), 2-11 (Scott Boland, 5.1 ov), 3-22 (Travis Head, 9.2 ov), 4-45 (Marnus Labuschagne, 13.6 ov), 5-65 (Matt Renshaw, 29.4 ov), 6-65 (Alex Carey, 29.6 ov), 7-84 (Beau Webster, 37.4 ov), 8-96 (Steven Smith, 40.4 ov), 9-97 (Mitchell Starc, 41.2 ov), 10-99 (Pat Cummins, 42.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Kagiso Rabada
12
2 
33 
2
2.75
0
0
»
 Simon Harmer
5
 .3
0 
9 
0
1.64
0
0
»
 Aiden Markram
1
1 
0 
0
0.00
0
0
»
 Marco Jansen
11
2 
33 
5
3.00
0
0
»
 Anrich Nortje
3
 .3
0 
5 
1
1.43
0
0
»
 Wiaan Mulder
9
 .3
3 
14 
2
1.47
1
0

Australia 2nd Innings (f/o)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Nic Maddinson c Rickelton b Rabada
8 
10 
1 
0
80.00 
»
 Travis Head b Mulder
121 
190 
15 
0
63.68 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne c M Jansen b Harmer
39 
98 
4 
0
39.80 
»
 Matt Renshaw b Rabada
11 
23 
2 
0
47.83 
»
 Beau Webster lbw b Harmer
8 
33 
0 
0
24.24 
»
 Scott Boland b Mulder
40 
166 
6 
0
24.10 
»
 Steven Smith c Breetzke b Rabada
3 
20 
0 
0
15.00 
»
 Alex Carey Not Out
37 
69 
4 
0
53.62 
»
 Pat Cummins b Mulder
4 
8 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Mitchell Starc b Rabada
11 
28 
1 
0
39.29 
»
 Josh Hazlewood c Markram b M Jansen
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, LB 5, N 4
13
Total : (all out in 107.1 overs)
295
 RR : 2.75

Fall of wickets : 1-8 (Nic Maddinson, 2.4 ov), 2-100 (Marnus Labuschagne, 31.6 ov), 3-123 (Matt Renshaw, 38.5 ov), 4-150 (Beau Webster, 47.5 ov), 5-209 (Travis Head, 74.4 ov), 6-225 (Steven Smith, 82.1 ov), 7-256 (Scott Boland, 94.6 ov), 8-262 (Pat Cummins, 96.5 ov), 9-290 (Mitchell Starc, 104.5 ov), 10-295 (Josh Hazlewood, 107.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Kagiso Rabada
23
3 
77 
4
3.35
1
0
»
 Marco Jansen
17
 .1
3 
34 
1
1.98
0
0
»
 Wiaan Mulder
21
5 
64 
3
3.05
2
0
»
 Simon Harmer
39
8 
93 
2
2.38
1
0
»
 Aiden Markram
7
1 
18 
0
2.57
0
0

Match details
Points: South Africa 12, Australia 0
Debuts: Marques Ackerman (South Africa)
Umpires : Arno Jacobs (South Africa) and Richard Illingworth (England)
Third Umpire: Richard Kettleborough (England)
Referee : Javagal Srinath (India)
Reserve Umpire: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Sun, Oct 18 - South Africa - 20/2 in 12.2 overs (MJ Ackerman 5, T Bavuma 4)
Day 2 : Mon, Oct 19 - South Africa 1st innings 97/5 (Temba Bavuma 41*, Wiaan Mulder 2*, 43 ov)
Day 3 : Tue, Oct 20 - Australia 1st innings 3/1 (Travis Head 1*, Scott Boland 2*, 4 ov)
Day 4 : Wed, Oct 21 - Australia 2nd innings 156/4 (Travis Head 87*, Scott Boland 2*, 54 ov)
Day 5 : Thu, Oct 22 - Australia 2nd innings 295 (107.1 ov) - end of match

Teams:
South Africa Aiden Markram, Anrich Nortje, David Bedingham, Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen, Marques Ackerman, Matthew Breetzke, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Simon Harmer, Temba Bavuma (Capt.), Wiaan Mulder
Australia Alex Carey (wk), Beau Webster, Josh Hazlewood, Marnus Labuschagne, Matt Renshaw, Mitchell Starc, Nic Maddinson, Pat Cummins (Capt.), Scott Boland, Steven Smith, Travis Head
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