TestNo. 2639MenUpset 53

South Africa v Australia

South Africa won by 176 runs

Australia tour of South Africa, Match 327 October 2026 to 31 October 2026Newlands, Cape Town

South Africabatted first

329 & 387134.4 ov

Australia

429 & 11157.1 ov

Australia won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match SR Harmer

South Africa innings

32982.3 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c MA Starc b JR Hazlewood	78	141	10	1	55.3
MJ Ackerman	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	95	94	12	2	101.1
DG Bedingham	c JR Hazlewood b MA Starc	50	80	7	0	62.5
T Bavuma	b NM Lyon	0	3	0	0	0.0
MP Breetzke	lbw b C Connolly	2	12	0	0	16.7
RD Rickelton	lbw b MA Starc	42	83	5	0	50.6
PWA Mulder	c AT Carey b MA Starc	0	2	0	0	0.0
M Jansen	b MA Starc	52	71	7	0	73.2
SR Harmer	not out	0*	7	0	0	0.0
G Coetzee	b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.0
K Rabada	lbw b MA Starc	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 5, lb 3, w 1, nb 1	10
Total	all out, 82.3 overs, run rate 3.99	329

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-158 MJ Ackerman2-203 AK Markram3-204 T Bavuma4-216 MP Breetzke5-232 DG Bedingham6-232 PWA Mulder7-327 RD Rickelton8-328 M Jansen9-329 G Coetzee10-329 K Rabada

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	16.3	2	72	6	4.36	61	11	0	0	1
JR Hazlewood	15	3	59	1	3.93	65	11	0	0	0
PJ Cummins	18	2	73	0	4.06	75	9	2	1	0
NM Lyon	23	1	71	2	3.09	92	6	1	0	0
C Connolly	9	0	41	1	4.56	26	3	0	0	0
MT Renshaw	1	0	5	0	5.00	4	1	0	0	0

Australia innings

429125.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MT Renshaw	c RD Rickelton b M Jansen	74	139	10	0	53.2
TM Head	b SR Harmer	41	49	7	0	83.7
M Labuschagne	c AK Markram b SR Harmer	0	5	0	0	0.0
C Green	c SR Harmer b M Jansen	65	110	8	2	59.1
JP Inglis	c RD Rickelton b SR Harmer	102	135	11	2	75.6
AT Carey	c AK Markram b SR Harmer	80	168	7	0	47.6
C Connolly	c & b M Jansen	29	83	3	0	34.9
PJ Cummins	lbw b K Rabada	0	6	0	0	0.0
MA Starc	c RD Rickelton b G Coetzee	11	29	2	0	37.9
NM Lyon	c SR Harmer b PWA Mulder	1	25	0	0	4.0
JR Hazlewood	not out	4*	3	1	0	133.3
Extras	b 16, lb 4, w 1, nb 1	22
Total	all out, 125.1 overs, run rate 3.43	429

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-58 TM Head2-58 M Labuschagne3-184 MT Renshaw4-185 C Green5-370 JP Inglis6-379 AT Carey7-380 PJ Cummins8-402 MA Starc9-425 NM Lyon10-429 C Connolly

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
K Rabada	23	1	98	1	4.26	88	10	3	0	0
M Jansen	22.1	7	60	3	2.71	102	8	0	0	1
G Coetzee	19	4	70	1	3.68	79	12	0	0	0
PWA Mulder	21	5	63	1	3.00	92	8	0	1	0
SR Harmer	37	6	104	4	2.81	158	9	1	0	0
AK Markram	3	0	14	0	4.67	9	2	0	0	0

South Africa innings

387134.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c TM Head b MA Starc	1	6	0	0	16.7
MJ Ackerman	c C Green b MA Starc	62	80	8	0	77.5
DG Bedingham	c NM Lyon b JR Hazlewood	11	16	1	0	68.8
T Bavuma	b NM Lyon	35	115	1	0	30.4
MP Breetzke	c MA Starc b PJ Cummins	43	121	5	0	35.5
RD Rickelton	run out (M Labuschagne, JP Inglis)	101	219	12	0	46.1
PWA Mulder	c MA Starc b PJ Cummins	115	221	10	4	52.0
M Jansen	c NM Lyon b MA Starc	0	8	0	0	0.0
SR Harmer	b NM Lyon	1	3	0	0	33.3
G Coetzee	run out (M Labuschagne)	1	6	0	0	16.7
K Rabada	not out	2*	14	0	0	14.3
Extras	b 6, lb 7, w 1, nb 1	15
Total	all out, 134.4 overs, run rate 2.87	387

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-12 AK Markram2-31 DG Bedingham3-95 MJ Ackerman4-131 T Bavuma5-181 MP Breetzke6-335 RD Rickelton7-343 M Jansen8-344 SR Harmer9-351 G Coetzee10-387 PWA Mulder

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	24	2	65	3	2.71	104	7	0	0	1
JR Hazlewood	21	2	68	1	3.24	86	8	0	0	0
PJ Cummins	24.4	5	71	2	2.88	110	8	1	1	0
NM Lyon	44	10	101	2	2.30	201	7	3	0	0
C Connolly	4	1	14	0	3.50	13	1	0	0	0
MT Renshaw	8	2	22	0	2.75	33	2	0	0	0
TM Head	5	0	15	0	3.00	19	1	0	0	0
M Labuschagne	4	0	18	0	4.50	16	3	0	0	0

Australia innings

11157.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c M Jansen b K Rabada	14	26	3	0	53.8
MT Renshaw	c RD Rickelton b K Rabada	0	1	0	0	0.0
M Labuschagne	lbw b K Rabada	4	3	1	0	133.3
C Green	b SR Harmer	27	110	3	0	24.5
JP Inglis	run out (MJ Ackerman, RD Rickelton)	4	17	0	0	23.5
AT Carey	c M Jansen b SR Harmer	2	9	0	0	22.2
C Connolly	c RD Rickelton b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.0
MA Starc	c C Bosch (sub) b SR Harmer	0	25	0	0	0.0
PJ Cummins	lbw b SR Harmer	11	90	1	0	12.2
NM Lyon	not out	33*	57	6	0	57.9
JR Hazlewood	b SR Harmer	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 12, lb 3, nb 1	16
Total	all out, 57.1 overs, run rate 1.94	111

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-1 MT Renshaw2-5 M Labuschagne3-22 TM Head4-40 JP Inglis5-42 AT Carey6-42 C Connolly7-60 MA Starc8-62 C Green9-107 PJ Cummins10-111 JR Hazlewood

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
K Rabada	14	4	39	3	2.79	68	6	1
M Jansen	8	3	17	0	2.13	39	3	0
PWA Mulder	2	1	4	0	2.00	11	1	0
SR Harmer	21.1	14	16	6	0.76	116	1	0
G Coetzee	6	3	7	0	1.17	31	1	0
AK Markram	6	2	13	0	2.17	31	2	0

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Player of the match

SR HarmerSouth Africa

4-104in 37 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2639
Competition: Australia tour of South Africa
Toss: Australia, chose to field
Umpires: RA Kettleborough and RK Illingworth
TV umpire: CB Gaffaney
Match referee: J Srinath
Season: 2026/27

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 22 / 12°C, dry
Day 2: 25 / 13°C, dry
Day 3: 27 / 14°C, dry
Day 4: 27 / 16°C, 0.1 mm rain

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