TestNo. 2637Men

Australia v South Africa

Australia won by 214 runs

Australia tour of South Africa, Match 19 October 2026 to 13 October 2026Kingsmead, Durban

Australiabatted first

390 & 314/6d58 ov

South Africa

284 & 20686.5 ov

Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match MT Renshaw

Australia innings

390137.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NJ Maddinson	b M Jansen	0	33	0	0	0.0
TM Head	c K Verreynne b PWA Mulder	9	19	2	0	47.4
M Labuschagne	lbw b PWA Mulder	37	58	6	0	63.8
SPD Smith	c PWA Mulder b M Jansen	25	53	0	2	47.2
MT Renshaw	c AK Markram b SR Harmer	190	397	21	1	47.9
AT Carey	c AK Markram b A Nortje	14	44	1	0	31.8
BJ Webster	c K Verreynne b A Nortje	4	2	1	0	200.0
PJ Cummins	c AK Markram b PWA Mulder	43	98	6	0	43.9
MA Starc	b PWA Mulder	6	25	1	0	24.0
NM Lyon	lbw b M Jansen	27	92	5	0	29.3
JR Hazlewood	not out	5*	11	1	0	45.5
Extras	lb 20, w 2, nb 8	30
Total	all out, 137.2 overs, run rate 2.84	390

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-17 TM Head2-24 NJ Maddinson3-84 M Labuschagne4-84 SPD Smith5-120 AT Carey6-124 BJ Webster7-210 PJ Cummins8-230 MA Starc9-364 NM Lyon10-390 MT Renshaw

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
M Jansen	31	9	68	3	2.19	145	8	0	1	3
PWA Mulder	27	6	68	4	2.52	128	9	0	0	4
A Nortje	28	5	88	2	3.14	129	14	1	1	0
KA Maharaj	20	0	75	0	3.75	80	6	2	0	1
SR Harmer	28.2	1	68	1	2.40	132	7	0	0	0
AK Markram	3	0	3	0	1.00	15	0	0	0	0

South Africa innings

28478 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c MT Renshaw b MA Starc	37	67	7	0	55.2
RD Rickelton	c BJ Webster b JR Hazlewood	0	3	0	0	0.0
DG Bedingham	c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins	49	73	9	0	67.1
T Bavuma	c SPD Smith b NM Lyon	3	27	0	0	11.1
T Stubbs	c JR Hazlewood b PJ Cummins	32	66	3	0	48.5
PWA Mulder	c C Connolly (sub) b PJ Cummins	30	50	3	1	60.0
K Verreynne	c SPD Smith b NM Lyon	13	20	2	0	65.0
M Jansen	c TM Head b JR Hazlewood	26	20	6	0	130.0
SR Harmer	not out	35*	75	4	1	46.7
KA Maharaj	c PJ Cummins b MA Starc	34	44	2	1	77.3
A Nortje	c SPD Smith b BJ Webster	16	26	3	0	61.5
Extras	lb 6, nb 3	9
Total	all out, 78 overs, run rate 3.64	284

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-0 RD Rickelton2-84 AK Markram3-93 T Bavuma4-99 DG Bedingham5-155 PWA Mulder6-162 T Stubbs7-197 K Verreynne8-197 M Jansen9-249 KA Maharaj10-284 A Nortje

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
MA Starc	17	2	63	2	3.71	73	11	0	0
JR Hazlewood	16	2	54	2	3.38	74	8	1	1
PJ Cummins	15	2	54	3	3.60	67	9	0	1
NM Lyon	22	3	58	2	2.64	96	7	0	0
TM Head	3	0	20	0	6.67	8	1	1	0
BJ Webster	3	0	23	1	7.67	12	3	1	1
M Labuschagne	2	0	6	0	3.00	7	0	0	0

Australia innings

314/6d58 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
NJ Maddinson	b A Nortje	48	38	6	2	126.3
TM Head	c T Bavuma b M Jansen	11	18	2	0	61.1
M Labuschagne	c T Bavuma b KA Maharaj	37	58	4	0	63.8
SPD Smith	c M Jansen b SR Harmer	27	41	3	1	65.9
MT Renshaw	c & b KA Maharaj	82	99	7	2	82.8
AT Carey	b A Nortje	24	39	3	0	61.5
BJ Webster	not out	39*	43	5	0	90.7
PJ Cummins	not out	32*	12	0	4	266.7
Extras	b 4, lb 8, w 2	14
Total	6 wickets, 58 overs, run rate 5.41	314

Did not batMA Starc, NM Lyon, JR Hazlewood

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-43 TM Head2-72 NJ Maddinson3-125 SPD Smith4-157 M Labuschagne5-205 AT Carey6-270 MT Renshaw

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
M Jansen	8	0	45	1	5.63	27	8	0	0
PWA Mulder	4	0	24	0	6.00	13	3	1	0
SR Harmer	25	1	121	1	4.84	85	5	7	0
A Nortje	12	1	56	2	4.67	47	9	0	2
KA Maharaj	9	0	56	2	6.22	21	5	1	0

South Africa innings

20686.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RD Rickelton	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	2	12	0	0	16.7
AK Markram	c AT Carey b MA Starc	75	237	10	0	31.6
DG Bedingham	lbw b JR Hazlewood	46	68	8	0	67.6
T Bavuma	c NJ Maddinson b MT Renshaw	1	18	0	0	5.6
T Stubbs	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	1	12	0	0	8.3
PWA Mulder	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	29	110	3	0	26.4
K Verreynne	c SPD Smith b MT Renshaw	1	3	0	0	33.3
M Jansen	b JR Hazlewood	35	54	6	1	64.8
SR Harmer	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	0	3	0	0	0.0
KA Maharaj	not out	1*	3	0	0	33.3
A Nortje	c NM Lyon b JR Hazlewood	4	4	1	0	100.0
Extras	lb 6, w 2, nb 3	11
Total	all out, 86.5 overs, run rate 2.37	206

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 390

1-7 RD Rickelton2-73 DG Bedingham3-82 T Bavuma4-86 T Stubbs5-155 PWA Mulder6-156 K Verreynne7-201 M Jansen8-201 SR Harmer9-201 AK Markram10-206 A Nortje

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	16	5	33	1	2.06	79	5	0	2	0
JR Hazlewood	16.5	4	49	6	2.91	75	8	0	0	0
PJ Cummins	14	5	34	1	2.43	71	6	0	0	3
NM Lyon	20	5	32	0	1.60	97	2	0	0	0
MT Renshaw	13	2	30	2	2.31	59	3	0	0	0
BJ Webster	3	2	4	0	1.33	17	1	0	0	0
NJ Maddinson	4	1	18	0	4.50	20	3	1	0	0

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Player of the match

MT RenshawAustralia

190off 397 balls, 21 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 47.9

2-30in 13 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2637
Competition: Australia tour of South Africa
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Umpires: CB Gaffaney and RA Kettleborough
TV umpire: RK Illingworth
Match referee: J Srinath
Season: 2026/27

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 24 / 22°C, 1.1 mm rain
Day 2: 23 / 22°C, 2.8 mm rain

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