Australia tour of South Africa, 2026, South Africa vs Australia, 1st Test, Day 5, Match Result, Australia Won By 214 Runs

Australia 390 & 314/6d

South Africa 284 & 206

Australia Won By 214 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	M	4s	6s	SR
Nic Maddinson	b Nortje	48	38	49	6	2	126.31
Travis Head	c Bavuma b Jansen	11	18	29	2	0	61.11
Marnus Labuschagne	c Bavuma b Maharaj	37	58	103	4	0	63.79
Steven Smith	c Jansen b Harmer	27	41	60	3	1	65.85
Matt Renshaw	c & b Maharaj	82	99	135	7	2	82.82
Alex Carey †	b Nortje	24	39	58	3	0	61.53
Beau Webster	not out	39	43	71	5	0	90.69
Pat Cummins (c)	not out	32	12	14	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	M	4s	6s	SR
Ryan Rickelton	c †Carey b Hazlewood	2	12	16	0	0	16.66
Aiden Markram	c †Carey b Starc	75	237	358	10	0	31.64
David Bedingham	lbw b Hazlewood	46	68	80	8	0	67.64
Temba Bavuma (c)	c Maddinson b Renshaw	1	18	33	0	0	5.55
Tristan Stubbs	c †Carey b Cummins	1	12	12	0	0	8.33
Wiaan Mulder	c †Carey b Hazlewood	29	110	137	3	0	26.36
Kyle Verreynne †	c Smith b Renshaw	1	3	3	0	0	33.33
Marco Jansen	b Hazlewood	35	54	56	6	1	64.81
Simon Harmer	c †Carey b Hazlewood	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Keshav Maharaj	not out	1	3	13	0	0	33.33
Anrich Nortje	c Lyon b Hazlewood	4	4	5	1	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 3, w 2)	11
Total	86.5 Ov (RR: 2.37)	206

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	16	5	33	1	2.06	2	0
Josh Hazlewood	16.5	4	49	6	2.91	0	0
Pat Cummins	14	5	34	1	2.42	0	3
Nathan Lyon	20	5	32	0	1.60	0	0
Matt Renshaw	13	2	30	2	2.30	0	0
Beau Webster	3	2	4	0	1.33	0	0
Nic Maddinson	4	1	18	0	4.50	0	0

Match Flow

Day 5

AK Markram: 50 off 129 balls (7 x 4)

5th Wicket: 50 runs in 137 balls (AK Markram 24, PWA Mulder 25, Ex 3)

Drinks: South Africa - 148/4 in 57.0 overs (AK Markram 62, PWA Mulder 27)

South Africa: 150 runs in 60.6 overs (369 balls), Extras 9

Lunch: South Africa - 166/6 in 73.0 overs (AK Markram 69, M Jansen 7)

Over 73.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - M Jansen (Struck down)

New ball taken at 81.2 overs

South Africa: 200 runs in 83.1 overs (502 balls), Extras 10