MatchesMen's TestAustralia tour of South Africa 2026/27

South Africa v Australia

2nd Test · St George's Park, Gqeberha · 18 Oct 2026 – 22 Oct 2026

South Africa won by an innings and 31 runs

South Africa 1st innings425/9d127.1 overs

Australia 1st innings9942.3 overs

Australia 2nd innings295107.1 overs

South Africa 1st innings 425/9d (127.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	b SM Boland	11	28	2	0	39.3
MJ Ackerman	c AT Carey b SM Boland	6	38	0	0	15.8
DG Bedingham	c AT Carey b SM Boland	0	1	0	0	0.0
T Bavuma	c AT Carey b MA Starc	179	334	18	1	53.6
MP Breetzke	c AT Carey b MA Starc	4	17	0	0	23.5
RD Rickelton	c MT Renshaw b SM Boland	31	51	5	0	60.8
PWA Mulder	c MT Renshaw b MA Starc	13	38	1	0	34.2
M Jansen	c TM Head b SM Boland	85	100	9	3	85.0
SR Harmer	b M Labuschagne	82	157	10	1	52.2
K Rabada	not out	0	0	0	0	–
Extras		14
Total	9 wickets declared, 127.1 overs	425

Did not bat: A Nortje

Fall of wickets: 12-1 (AK Markram, 8.4 ov), 12-2 (DG Bedingham, 8.5 ov), 25-3 (MJ Ackerman, 14.3 ov), 40-4 (MP Breetzke, 21.3 ov), 92-5 (RD Rickelton, 39.4 ov), 110-6 (PWA Mulder, 49.6 ov), 242-7 (M Jansen, 80.5 ov), 425-8 (SR Harmer, 126.6 ov), 425-9 (T Bavuma, 127.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	24.1	4	89	3	3.68	101	5	1
JR Hazlewood	14	2	43	0	3.07	62	0	0
SM Boland	29	7	81	5	2.79	137	0	0
PJ Cummins	26	3	96	0	3.69	103	0	0
BJ Webster	19	6	43	0	2.26	90	0	0
MT Renshaw	8	1	33	0	4.13	25	0	0
NJ Maddinson	5	0	24	0	4.80	13	0	0
M Labuschagne	2	0	8	1	4.00	6	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	12	52	AK Markram 11, MJ Ackerman 1
2	0	1	MJ Ackerman 0, DG Bedingham 0
3	13	34	MJ Ackerman 5, T Bavuma 8
4	15	42	T Bavuma 10, MP Breetzke 4
5	52	109	T Bavuma 20, RD Rickelton 31
6	18	62	T Bavuma 5, PWA Mulder 13
7	132	185	T Bavuma 45, M Jansen 85
8	183	277	T Bavuma 91, SR Harmer 82
9	0	1	T Bavuma 0, K Rabada 0

Australia 1st innings 99 (42.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NJ Maddinson	c SR Harmer b K Rabada	0	4	0	0	0.0
TM Head	lbw b M Jansen	14	24	3	0	58.3
SM Boland	c RD Rickelton b M Jansen	2	14	0	0	14.3
M Labuschagne	c SR Harmer b A Nortje	14	25	3	0	56.0
SPD Smith	b PWA Mulder	28	88	2	0	31.8
MT Renshaw	c SR Harmer b M Jansen	12	48	0	0	25.0
AT Carey	c RD Rickelton b M Jansen	0	2	0	0	0.0
BJ Webster	c AK Markram b M Jansen	13	28	2	0	46.4
PJ Cummins	c MP Breetzke b PWA Mulder	7	16	1	0	43.8
MA Starc	c RD Rickelton b K Rabada	1	4	0	0	25.0
JR Hazlewood	not out	2	3	0	0	66.7
Extras		6
Total	all out, 42.3 overs	99

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (NJ Maddinson, 0.4 ov), 11-2 (SM Boland, 5.1 ov), 22-3 (TM Head, 9.2 ov), 45-4 (M Labuschagne, 13.6 ov), 65-5 (MT Renshaw, 29.4 ov), 65-6 (AT Carey, 29.6 ov), 84-7 (BJ Webster, 37.4 ov), 96-8 (SPD Smith, 40.4 ov), 97-9 (MA Starc, 41.2 ov), 99-10 (PJ Cummins, 42.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
K Rabada	12	2	33	2	2.75	58	0
SR Harmer	5.3	0	9	0	1.64	25	0
AK Markram	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0
M Jansen	11	2	33	5	3.00	50	0
A Nortje	3.3	0	5	1	1.43	16	0
PWA Mulder	9.3	3	14	2	1.47	49	1

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	0	4	NJ Maddinson 0, TM Head 0
2	11	27	TM Head 9, SM Boland 2
3	11	25	TM Head 5, M Labuschagne 6
4	23	28	M Labuschagne 8, SPD Smith 15
5	20	94	SPD Smith 7, MT Renshaw 12
6	0	2	SPD Smith 0, AT Carey 0
7	19	46	SPD Smith 5, BJ Webster 13
8	12	18	SPD Smith 1, PJ Cummins 7
9	1	4	PJ Cummins 0, MA Starc 1
10	2	7	PJ Cummins 0, JR Hazlewood 2

Australia 2nd innings 295 (107.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NJ Maddinson	c RD Rickelton b K Rabada	8	10	2	0	80.0
TM Head	b PWA Mulder	121	190	15	0	63.7
M Labuschagne	c M Jansen b SR Harmer	39	98	4	0	39.8
MT Renshaw	b K Rabada	11	23	2	0	47.8
BJ Webster	lbw b SR Harmer	8	33	0	0	24.2
SM Boland	b PWA Mulder	40	166	6	0	24.1
SPD Smith	c MP Breetzke b K Rabada	3	20	0	0	15.0
AT Carey	not out	37	69	4	0	53.6
PJ Cummins	b PWA Mulder	4	8	1	0	50.0
MA Starc	b K Rabada	11	28	1	0	39.3
JR Hazlewood	c AK Markram b M Jansen	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras		13
Total	all out, 107.1 overs	295

Fall of wickets: 8-1 (NJ Maddinson, 2.4 ov), 100-2 (M Labuschagne, 31.6 ov), 123-3 (MT Renshaw, 38.5 ov), 150-4 (BJ Webster, 47.5 ov), 209-5 (TM Head, 74.4 ov), 225-6 (SPD Smith, 82.1 ov), 256-7 (SM Boland, 94.6 ov), 262-8 (PJ Cummins, 96.5 ov), 290-9 (MA Starc, 104.5 ov), 295-10 (JR Hazlewood, 107.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
K Rabada	23	3	77	4	3.35	102	1
M Jansen	17.1	3	34	1	1.98	82	0
PWA Mulder	21	5	64	3	3.05	94	2
SR Harmer	39	8	93	2	2.38	175	1
AK Markram	7	1	18	0	2.57	28	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	8	16	NJ Maddinson 8, TM Head 0
2	92	176	TM Head 52, M Labuschagne 39
3	23	41	TM Head 12, MT Renshaw 11
4	27	54	TM Head 19, BJ Webster 8
5	59	161	TM Head 38, SM Boland 18
6	16	45	SM Boland 7, SPD Smith 3
7	31	77	SM Boland 15, AT Carey 14
8	6	11	AT Carey 2, PJ Cummins 4
9	28	48	AT Carey 16, MA Starc 11
10	5	14	AT Carey 5, JR Hazlewood 0

Match details

Toss: Australia, chose to field
Player of the match: T Bavuma
Ground: St George's Park, South Africa
Season: 2026/27
Umpires: A Jacobs, RK Illingworth
Match referee: J Srinath
Source: Cricsheet match 1525660