MatchesMen's TestAustralia tour of South Africa 2026/27

Australia v South Africa

1st Test · Kingsmead, Durban · 9 Oct 2026 – 13 Oct 2026

Australia won by 214 runs

Australia 1st innings390137.2 overs

South Africa 1st innings28478 overs

Australia 2nd innings314/6d58 overs

South Africa 2nd innings20686.5 overs

Australia 1st innings 390 (137.2 ov)

Batter		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		30
Total	all out, 137.2 overs	390

Fall of wickets: 17-1 (TM Head, 7.5 ov), 24-2 (NJ Maddinson, 10.2 ov), 84-3 (M Labuschagne, 25.6 ov), 84-4 (SPD Smith, 26.3 ov), 120-5 (AT Carey, 41.4 ov), 124-6 (BJ Webster, 41.6 ov), 210-7 (PJ Cummins, 73.5 ov), 230-8 (MA Starc, 81.3 ov), 364-9 (NM Lyon, 128.4 ov), 390-10 (MT Renshaw, 137.2 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	17	47	NJ Maddinson 0, TM Head 9
2	7	15	NJ Maddinson 0, M Labuschagne 5
3	60	94	M Labuschagne 32, SPD Smith 25
4	0	3	SPD Smith 0, MT Renshaw 0
5	36	91	MT Renshaw 16, AT Carey 14
6	4	2	MT Renshaw 0, BJ Webster 4
7	86	191	MT Renshaw 41, PJ Cummins 43
8	20	46	MT Renshaw 12, MA Starc 6
9	134	283	MT Renshaw 100, NM Lyon 27
10	26	52	MT Renshaw 21, JR Hazlewood 5

South Africa 1st innings 284 (78 ov)

Batter		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 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		9
Total	all out, 78 overs	284

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (RD Rickelton, 1.3 ov), 84-2 (AK Markram, 20.4 ov), 93-3 (T Bavuma, 27.2 ov), 99-4 (DG Bedingham, 30.1 ov), 155-5 (PWA Mulder, 46.3 ov), 162-6 (T Stubbs, 48.2 ov), 197-7 (K Verreynne, 53.5 ov), 197-8 (M Jansen, 54.2 ov), 249-9 (KA Maharaj, 69.3 ov), 284-10 (A Nortje, 77.6 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	9	AK Markram 0, RD Rickelton 0
2	84	115	AK Markram 37, DG Bedingham 46
3	9	40	DG Bedingham 2, T Bavuma 3
4	6	17	DG Bedingham 1, T Stubbs 5
5	56	98	T Stubbs 25, PWA Mulder 30
6	7	11	T Stubbs 2, K Verreynne 5
7	35	33	K Verreynne 8, M Jansen 26
8	0	3	M Jansen 0, SR Harmer 0
9	52	91	SR Harmer 17, KA Maharaj 34
10	35	51	SR Harmer 18, A Nortje 16

Australia 2nd innings 314/6d (58 ov)

Batter		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		14
Total	6 wickets declared, 58 overs	314

Did not bat: JR Hazlewood, MA Starc, NM Lyon

Fall of wickets: 43-1 (TM Head, 6.6 ov), 72-2 (NJ Maddinson, 10.6 ov), 125-3 (SPD Smith, 23.5 ov), 157-4 (M Labuschagne, 28.6 ov), 205-5 (AT Carey, 42.6 ov), 270-6 (MT Renshaw, 54.5 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	43	42	NJ Maddinson 26, TM Head 11
2	29	24	NJ Maddinson 22, M Labuschagne 6
3	53	77	M Labuschagne 23, SPD Smith 27
4	32	31	M Labuschagne 8, MT Renshaw 20
5	48	84	MT Renshaw 24, AT Carey 24
6	65	71	MT Renshaw 38, BJ Webster 27
Unbroken	44	19	BJ Webster 12, PJ Cummins 32

South Africa 2nd innings 206 (86.5 ov)

Batter		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		11
Total	all out, 86.5 overs	206

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (RD Rickelton, 3.3 ov), 73-2 (DG Bedingham, 22.6 ov), 82-3 (T Bavuma, 29.5 ov), 86-4 (T Stubbs, 32.4 ov), 155-5 (PWA Mulder, 66.4 ov), 156-6 (K Verreynne, 67.1 ov), 201-7 (M Jansen, 84.2 ov), 201-8 (SR Harmer, 84.5 ov), 201-9 (AK Markram, 85.5 ov), 206-10 (A Nortje, 86.5 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	7	21	RD Rickelton 2, AK Markram 5
2	66	117	AK Markram 19, DG Bedingham 46
3	9	41	AK Markram 8, T Bavuma 1
4	4	17	AK Markram 2, T Stubbs 1
5	69	204	AK Markram 33, PWA Mulder 29
6	1	3	AK Markram 0, K Verreynne 1
7	45	103	AK Markram 8, M Jansen 35
8	0	3	AK Markram 0, SR Harmer 0
9	0	6	AK Markram 0, KA Maharaj 0
10	5	6	KA Maharaj 1, A Nortje 4

Match details

Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Player of the match: MT Renshaw
Ground: Kingsmead, South Africa
Season: 2026/27
Umpires: CB Gaffaney, RA Kettleborough
Match referee: J Srinath
Source: Cricsheet match 1525659