MatchesMen's TestAustralia tour of South Africa 2026/27

South Africa v Australia

3rd Test · Newlands, Cape Town · 27 Oct 2026 – 31 Oct 2026

South Africa won by 176 runs

South Africa 1st innings32982.3 overs

Australia 1st innings429125.1 overs

South Africa 2nd innings387134.4 overs

Australia 2nd innings11157.1 overs

South Africa 1st innings 329 (82.3 ov)

Batter		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		10
Total	all out, 82.3 overs	329

Fall of wickets: 158-1 (MJ Ackerman, 31.4 ov), 203-2 (AK Markram, 44.4 ov), 204-3 (T Bavuma, 45.2 ov), 216-4 (MP Breetzke, 51.1 ov), 232-5 (DG Bedingham, 56.2 ov), 232-6 (PWA Mulder, 56.4 ov), 327-7 (RD Rickelton, 80.4 ov), 328-8 (M Jansen, 80.6 ov), 329-9 (G Coetzee, 82.1 ov), 329-10 (K Rabada, 82.3 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	158	190	AK Markram 61, MJ Ackerman 95
2	45	78	AK Markram 17, DG Bedingham 27
3	1	4	DG Bedingham 1, T Bavuma 0
4	12	35	DG Bedingham 10, MP Breetzke 2
5	16	31	DG Bedingham 12, RD Rickelton 4
6	0	2	RD Rickelton 0, PWA Mulder 0
7	95	144	RD Rickelton 38, M Jansen 52
8	1	2	M Jansen 0, SR Harmer 0
9	1	7	SR Harmer 0, G Coetzee 0
10	0	2	SR Harmer 0, K Rabada 0

Australia 1st innings 429 (125.1 ov)

Batter		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		22
Total	all out, 125.1 overs	429

Fall of wickets: 58-1 (TM Head, 17.1 ov), 58-2 (M Labuschagne, 17.6 ov), 184-3 (MT Renshaw, 49.5 ov), 185-4 (C Green, 51.2 ov), 370-5 (JP Inglis, 98.6 ov), 379-6 (AT Carey, 102.4 ov), 380-7 (PJ Cummins, 103.6 ov), 402-8 (MA Starc, 111.3 ov), 425-9 (NM Lyon, 124.3 ov), 429-10 (C Connolly, 125.1 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	58	103	MT Renshaw 17, TM Head 41
2	0	5	MT Renshaw 0, M Labuschagne 0
3	126	191	MT Renshaw 57, C Green 64
4	1	9	C Green 1, JP Inglis 0
5	185	286	JP Inglis 102, AT Carey 72
6	9	22	AT Carey 8, C Connolly 1
7	1	8	C Connolly 1, PJ Cummins 0
8	22	45	C Connolly 11, MA Starc 11
9	23	78	C Connolly 16, NM Lyon 1
10	4	4	C Connolly 0, JR Hazlewood 4

South Africa 2nd innings 387 (134.4 ov)

Batter		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		15
Total	all out, 134.4 overs	387

Fall of wickets: 12-1 (AK Markram, 2.5 ov), 31-2 (DG Bedingham, 7.3 ov), 95-3 (MJ Ackerman, 28.2 ov), 131-4 (T Bavuma, 45.5 ov), 181-5 (MP Breetzke, 66.5 ov), 335-6 (RD Rickelton, 119.5 ov), 343-7 (M Jansen, 122.4 ov), 344-8 (SR Harmer, 123.1 ov), 351-9 (G Coetzee, 125.5 ov), 387-10 (PWA Mulder, 134.4 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	12	17	AK Markram 1, MJ Ackerman 11
2	19	28	MJ Ackerman 4, DG Bedingham 11
3	64	125	MJ Ackerman 47, T Bavuma 17
4	36	105	T Bavuma 18, MP Breetzke 18
5	50	126	MP Breetzke 25, RD Rickelton 24
6	154	318	RD Rickelton 77, PWA Mulder 69
7	8	17	PWA Mulder 7, M Jansen 0
8	1	3	PWA Mulder 0, SR Harmer 1
9	7	16	PWA Mulder 6, G Coetzee 1
10	36	53	PWA Mulder 33, K Rabada 2

Australia 2nd innings 111 (57.1 ov)

Batter		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 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		16
Total	all out, 57.1 overs	111

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (MT Renshaw, 0.3 ov), 5-2 (M Labuschagne, 0.6 ov), 22-3 (TM Head, 6.6 ov), 40-4 (JP Inglis, 15.3 ov), 42-5 (AT Carey, 17.2 ov), 42-6 (C Connolly, 17.4 ov), 60-7 (MA Starc, 25.6 ov), 62-8 (C Green, 38.1 ov), 107-9 (PJ Cummins, 55.3 ov), 111-10 (JR Hazlewood, 57.1 ov)

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

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	1	3	TM Head 1, MT Renshaw 0
2	4	3	TM Head 0, M Labuschagne 4
3	17	36	TM Head 13, C Green 2
4	18	51	C Green 14, JP Inglis 4
5	2	11	C Green 0, AT Carey 2
6	0	2	C Green 0, C Connolly 0
7	18	50	C Green 9, MA Starc 0
8	2	73	C Green 2, PJ Cummins 0
9	45	104	PJ Cummins 11, NM Lyon 29
10	4	10	NM Lyon 4, JR Hazlewood 0

Match details

Toss: Australia, chose to field
Player of the match: SR Harmer
Ground: Newlands, South Africa
Season: 2026/27
Umpires: RK Illingworth, RA Kettleborough
Match referee: J Srinath
Source: Cricsheet match 1525661