Australia tour of South Africa, 2026, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Day 3, Match Update, South Africa Lead By 40 Runs

South Africa 329 & 140/4

Australia 429

South Africa Lead By 40 Runs

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aiden Markram	c Starc b Hazlewood	78	141	201	10	1	55.31
Marques Ackerman	st †Carey b Lyon	95	94	141	12	2	101.06
David Bedingham	c Hazlewood b Starc	50	80	114	7	0	62.50
Temba Bavuma (c)	b Lyon	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Matthew Breetzke	lbw b Connolly	2	12	23	0	0	16.66
Ryan Rickelton †	lbw b Starc	42	83	128	5	0	50.60
Wiaan Mulder	c †Carey b Starc	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Marco Jansen	b Starc	52	71	106	7	0	73.23
Simon Harmer	not out	0	7	13	0	0	0.00
Gerald Coetzee	b Starc	0	1	6	0	0	0.00
Kagiso Rabada	lbw b Starc	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 1, w 1)	10
Total	82.3 Ov (RR: 3.98)	329

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	16.3	2	72	6	4.36	0	1
Josh Hazlewood	15	3	59	1	3.93	0	0
Pat Cummins	18	2	73	0	4.05	1	0
Nathan Lyon	23	1	71	2	3.08	0	0
Cooper Connolly	9	0	41	1	4.55	0	0
Matt Renshaw	1	0	5	0	5.00	0	0

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matt Renshaw	c †Rickelton b Jansen	74	139	218	10	0	53.23
Travis Head	b Harmer	41	49	76	7	0	83.67
Marnus Labuschagne	c Markram b Harmer	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
Cameron Green	c Harmer b Jansen	65	110	145	8	2	59.09
Josh Inglis	c †Rickelton b Harmer	102	135	205	11	2	75.55
Alex Carey †	c Markram b Harmer	80	168	214	7	0	47.61
Cooper Connolly	c & b Jansen	29	83	117	3	0	34.93
Pat Cummins (c)	lbw b Rabada	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
Mitchell Starc	c †Rickelton b Coetzee	11	29	29	2	0	37.93
Nathan Lyon	c Harmer b Mulder	1	25	57	0	0	4.00
Josh Hazlewood	not out	4	3	4	1	0	133.33
Extras	(b 16, lb 4, nb 1, w 1)	22
Total	125.1 Ov (RR: 3.42)	429

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Kagiso Rabada	23	1	98	1	4.26	0	0
Marco Jansen	22.1	7	60	3	2.70	0	1
Gerald Coetzee	19	4	70	1	3.68	0	0
Wiaan Mulder	21	5	63	1	3.00	1	0
Simon Harmer	37	6	104	4	2.81	0	0
Aiden Markram	3	0	14	0	4.66	0	0

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Aiden Markram	c Head b Starc	1	6	0	0	16.66
Marques Ackerman	c Green b Starc	62	80	8	0	77.50
David Bedingham	c Lyon b Hazlewood	11	16	1	0	68.75
Temba Bavuma (c)	b Lyon	35	115	1	0	30.43
Matthew Breetzke	not out	19	59	2	0	32.20
Ryan Rickelton †	not out	8	6	2	0	133.33
Extras	(b 4)	4
Total	47 Ov (RR: 2.97)	140/4

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	9	1	29	2	3.22
Josh Hazlewood	11	1	37	1	3.36
Pat Cummins	9	0	29	0	3.22
Nathan Lyon	14	3	31	1	2.21
Cooper Connolly	2	1	3	0	1.50
Matt Renshaw	2	0	7	0	3.50

Match Flow

Day 3

5th Wicket: 150 runs in 240 balls (JP Inglis 90, AT Carey 54, Ex 9)

Australia: 350 runs in 95.3 overs (573 balls), Extras 15

JP Inglis: 100 off 132 balls (11 x 4, 2 x 6)

Drinks: Australia - 379/6 in 102.4 overs (CPL Connolly 1)

Over 103.6: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - PJ Cummins (Struck down - Umpires Call)

Australia: 400 runs in 110.2 overs (663 balls), Extras 16

Lunch: Australia - 411/8 in 117.0 overs (CPL Connolly 20, NM Lyon 1)

Innings Break: Australia - 429/10 in 125.1 overs (JR Hazlewood 4)

South Africa: 50 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 4

Over 11.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - MJ Ackerman (Struck down)

Tea: South Africa - 53/2 in 13.0 overs (MJ Ackerman 33, T Bavuma 4)

Over 16.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - T Bavuma (Struck down)

MJ Ackerman: 50 off 64 balls (7 x 4)

3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 92 balls (MJ Ackerman 37, T Bavuma 13, Ex 0)

Drinks: South Africa - 98/3 in 30.0 overs (T Bavuma 19, MP Breetzke 1)

South Africa: 100 runs in 31.2 overs (188 balls), Extras 4

End Of Day: South Africa - 140/4 in 47.0 overs (MP Breetzke 19, RD Rickelton 8)