Australia tour of South Africa, 2026, South Africa vs Australia, 1st Test, Day 4, Match Update, South Africa Need 335 Runs

Australia 390 & 314/6d

South Africa 284 & 86/4

South Africa Need 335 Runs

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nic Maddinson	b Jansen	0	33	50	0	0	0.00
Travis Head	c †Verreynne b Mulder	9	19	34	2	0	47.36
Marnus Labuschagne	lbw b Mulder	37	58	87	6	0	63.79
Steven Smith	c Mulder b Jansen	25	53	75	0	2	47.16
Matt Renshaw	c Markram b Harmer	190	397	468	21	1	47.85
Alex Carey †	c Markram b Nortje	14	44	68	1	0	31.81
Beau Webster	c †Verreynne b Nortje	4	2	2	1	0	200.00
Pat Cummins (c)	c Markram b Mulder	43	98	128	6	0	43.87
Mitchell Starc	b Mulder	6	25	27	1	0	24.00
Nathan Lyon	lbw b Jansen	27	92	190	5	0	29.34
Josh Hazlewood	not out	5	11	38	1	0	45.45
Extras	(lb 20, nb 8, w 2)	30
Total	137.2 Ov (RR: 2.83)	390

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Marco Jansen	31	9	68	3	2.19	1	3
Wiaan Mulder	27	6	68	4	2.51	0	4
Anrich Nortje	28	5	88	2	3.14	1	0
Keshav Maharaj	20	0	75	0	3.75	0	1
Simon Harmer	28.2	1	68	1	2.40	0	0
Aiden Markram	3	0	3	0	1.00	0	0

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aiden Markram	c Renshaw b Starc	37	67	95	7	0	55.22
Ryan Rickelton	c Webster b Hazlewood	0	3	7	0	0	0.00
David Bedingham	c Smith b Cummins	49	73	132	9	0	67.12
Temba Bavuma (c)	c Smith b Lyon	3	27	29	0	0	11.11
Tristan Stubbs	c Hazlewood b Cummins	32	66	91	3	0	48.48
Wiaan Mulder	c sub (CPL Connolly) b Cummins	30	50	69	3	1	60.00
Kyle Verreynne †	c Smith b Lyon	13	20	36	2	0	65.00
Marco Jansen	c Head b Hazlewood	26	20	31	6	0	130.00
Simon Harmer	not out	35	75	110	4	1	46.66
Keshav Maharaj	c Cummins b Starc	34	44	66	2	1	77.27
Anrich Nortje	c Smith b Webster	16	26	37	3	0	61.53
Extras	(lb 6, nb 3)	9
Total	78 Ov (RR: 3.64)	284

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Mitchell Starc	17	2	63	2	3.70	0
Josh Hazlewood	16	2	54	2	3.37	1
Pat Cummins	15	2	54	3	3.60	1
Nathan Lyon	22	3	58	2	2.63	0
Travis Head	3	0	20	0	6.66	0
Beau Webster	3	0	23	1	7.66	1
Marnus Labuschagne	2	0	6	0	3.00	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Nic Maddinson	b Nortje	48	38	6	2	126.31
Travis Head	c Bavuma b Jansen	11	18	2	0	61.11
Marnus Labuschagne	c Bavuma b Maharaj	37	58	4	0	63.79
Steven Smith	c Jansen b Harmer	27	41	3	1	65.85
Matt Renshaw	c & b Maharaj	82	99	7	2	82.82
Alex Carey †	b Nortje	24	39	3	0	61.53
Beau Webster	not out	39	43	5	0	90.69
Pat Cummins (c)	not out	32	12	0	4	266.66
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, w 2)	14
Total	58 Ov (RR: 5.41)	314/6d

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD
Marco Jansen	8	0	45	1	5.62	0
Wiaan Mulder	4	0	24	0	6.00	0
Simon Harmer	25	1	121	1	4.84	0
Anrich Nortje	12	1	56	2	4.66	2
Keshav Maharaj	9	0	56	2	6.22	0

South Africa 2nd Innings (Target:- 421 Runs)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Ryan Rickelton	c †Carey b Hazlewood	2	12	0	0	16.66
Aiden Markram	not out	34	94	5	0	36.17
David Bedingham	lbw b Hazlewood	46	68	8	0	67.64
Temba Bavuma (c)	c Maddinson b Renshaw	1	18	0	0	5.55
Tristan Stubbs	c †Carey b Cummins	1	12	0	0	8.33
Wiaan Mulder	not out	0	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(nb 2)	2
Total	34.4 Ov (RR: 2.48)	86/4

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Mitchell Starc	7	1	19	0	2.71	0
Josh Hazlewood	8	3	20	2	2.50	0
Pat Cummins	8.6	2	27	1	3.00	2
Nathan Lyon	7	0	15	0	2.14	0
Matt Renshaw	4	1	5	1	1.25	0

Match Flow

Day 4

Australia: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 6

Australia: 100 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 10

Drinks: Australia - 111/2 in 20.0 overs (M Labuschagne 24, SPD Smith 18)

Over 21.5: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - M Labuschagne (Struck down)

3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 73 balls (M Labuschagne 23, SPD Smith 27, Ex 3)

Australia: 150 runs in 28.2 overs (170 balls), Extras 14

Lunch: Australia - 174/4 in 36.0 overs (MT Renshaw 32, AT Carey 5)

Australia: 200 runs in 42.1 overs (253 balls), Extras 14

MT Renshaw: 50 off 75 balls (6 x 4)

Over 47.1: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - MT Renshaw (Upheld)

Drinks: Australia - 220/5 in 50.0 overs (MT Renshaw 54, BJ Webster 5)

Australia: 250 runs in 53.1 overs (319 balls), Extras 14

6th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (MT Renshaw 30, BJ Webster 20, Ex 0)

Australia: 300 runs in 57.2 overs (344 balls), Extras 14

Innings Break: Australia - 314/6 in 58.0 overs (BJ Webster 39, PJ Cummins 32)

Tea: Australia - 314/6 in 58.0 overs (BJ Webster 39, PJ Cummins 32)

Drinks: South Africa - 41/1 in 13.0 overs (AK Markram 19, DG Bedingham 20)

South Africa: 50 runs in 16.1 overs (97 balls), Extras 0

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (AK Markram 17, DG Bedingham 34, Ex 1)

Drinks: South Africa - 80/2 in 26.0 overs (AK Markram 30, T Bavuma 1)

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Australia tour of South Africa, 2026, South Africa vs Australia, 1st Test, Day 4, Match Update, South Africa Need 335 Runs

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