Australia tour of South Africa, 2026, South Africa vs Australia, 2nd Test, Day 4, Match Update, Australia Trail By 170 Runs

South Africa 425/9d

Australia 99 & 156/4

Australia Trail By 170 Runs

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aiden Markram	b Boland	11	28	42	2	0	39.28
Marques Ackerman	c †Carey b Boland	6	38	72	0	0	15.78
David Bedingham	c †Carey b Boland	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Temba Bavuma (c)	c †Carey b Starc	179	334	552	18	1	53.59
Matthew Breetzke	c †Carey b Starc	4	17	32	0	0	23.52
Ryan Rickelton †	c Renshaw b Boland	31	51	86	5	0	60.78
Wiaan Mulder	c Renshaw b Starc	13	38	48	1	0	34.21
Marco Jansen	c Head b Boland	85	100	141	9	3	85.00
Simon Harmer	b Labuschagne	82	157	208	10	1	52.22
Kagiso Rabada	not out	0	0	1	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 8, nb 1, w 5)	14
Total	127.1 Ov (RR: 3.34)	425/9d

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	24.1	4	89	3	3.68	1	1
Josh Hazlewood	14	2	43	0	3.07	0	0
Scott Boland	29	7	81	5	2.79	0	0
Pat Cummins	26	3	96	0	3.69	0	0
Beau Webster	19	6	43	0	2.26	0	0
Matt Renshaw	8	1	33	0	4.12	0	0
Nic Maddinson	5	0	24	0	4.80	0	0
Marnus Labuschagne	2	0	8	1	4.00	0	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Nic Maddinson	c Harmer b Rabada	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Travis Head	lbw b Jansen	14	24	42	3	0	58.33
Scott Boland	c †Rickelton b Jansen	2	14	18	0	0	14.28
Marnus Labuschagne	c Harmer b Nortje	14	25	41	3	0	56.00
Steven Smith	b Mulder	28	88	149	2	0	31.81
Matt Renshaw	c Harmer b Jansen	12	48	70	0	0	25.00
Alex Carey †	c †Rickelton b Jansen	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Beau Webster	c Markram b Jansen	13	28	36	2	0	46.42
Pat Cummins (c)	c Breetzke b Mulder	7	16	27	1	0	43.75
Mitchell Starc	c †Rickelton b Rabada	1	4	3	0	0	25.00
Josh Hazlewood	not out	2	3	5	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 1)	6
Total	42.3 Ov (RR: 2.32)	99

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Kagiso Rabada	12	2	33	2	2.75	0
Simon Harmer	5.3	0	9	0	1.63	0
Aiden Markram	1	1	0	0	0.00	0
Marco Jansen	11	2	33	5	3.00	0
Anrich Nortje	3.3	0	5	1	1.42	0
Wiaan Mulder	9.3	3	14	2	1.47	1

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Nic Maddinson	c †Rickelton b Rabada	8	10	2	0	80.00
Travis Head	not out	87	138	9	0	63.04
Marnus Labuschagne	c Jansen b Harmer	39	98	4	0	39.79
Matt Renshaw	b Rabada	11	23	2	0	47.82
Beau Webster	lbw b Harmer	8	33	0	0	24.24
Scott Boland	not out	2	23	0	0	8.69
Extras	(nb 1)	1
Total	54 Ov (RR: 2.88)	156/4

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Kagiso Rabada	11	1	30	2	2.72	0
Marco Jansen	9	1	14	0	1.55	0
Wiaan Mulder	9	1	47	0	5.22	1
Simon Harmer	18	4	47	2	2.61	0
Aiden Markram	7	1	18	0	2.57	0

Match Flow

Day 4

Over 9.2: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Jacobs, Batter - TM Head (Upheld)

Drinks: Australia - 48/4 in 18.0 overs (SPD Smith 17, MT Renshaw 1)

Australia: 50 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 0

Lunch: Australia - 69/6 in 33.0 overs (SPD Smith 26, BJ Webster 0)

Over 36.2: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - BJ Webster (Upheld)

Innings Break: Australia - 99/10 in 42.3 overs (JR Hazlewood 2)

Australia: 50 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 0

Tea: Australia - 50/1 in 17.0 overs (TM Head 26, M Labuschagne 16)

Over 18.1: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Jacobs, Batter - TM Head (Struck down)

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 105 balls (TM Head 29, M Labuschagne 21, Ex 0)

Over 27.6: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - M Labuschagne (Upheld)

TM Head: 50 off 81 balls (5 x 4)

Australia: 100 runs in 30.5 overs (186 balls), Extras 1

Drinks: Australia - 102/2 in 34.0 overs (TM Head 54, MT Renshaw 0)

Australia: 150 runs in 47.1 overs (284 balls), Extras 1

End Of Day: Australia - 156/4 in 54.0 overs (TM Head 87, SM Boland 2)