Australia tour of South Africa, 2026, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Day 4, Match Update, Australia Won By 45 Runs

Australia 322/9

South Africa 145/4

Australia Won By 45 Runs

Australia (50 Overs Maximum)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mitchell Marsh (c)	lbw b Fortuin	56	42	62	8	2	133.33
Travis Head	b Bosch	24	20	43	5	0	120.00
Cooper Connolly	b Coetzee	23	33	40	2	0	69.69
Oliver Peake	c Fortuin b Bosch	48	53	80	4	1	90.56
Alex Carey †	c Williams b Bosch	74	88	117	4	2	84.09
Matt Renshaw	c Markram b Coetzee	30	29	39	2	1	103.44
Cameron Green	c †de Kock b Bosch	23	18	31	1	1	127.77
Xavier Bartlett	b Williams	2	4	4	0	0	50.00
Pat Cummins	c Breetzke b Williams	11	6	14	2	0	183.33
Mitchell Starc	not out	11	7	13	1	1	157.14
Adam Zampa	not out	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 8, nb 2, w 9)	20
Total	50 Ov (RR: 6.44)	322/9

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Gerald Coetzee	9	1	61	2	6.77	30	3	0
Lizaad Williams	6	0	48	2	8.00	18	1	1
Corbin Bosch	9	1	60	4	6.66	29	1	0
Bjorn Fortuin	9	0	50	1	5.55	19	0	0
Nqobani Mokoena	7	0	42	0	6.00	20	3	1
Aiden Markram	8	0	42	0	5.25	21	1	0
Tristan Stubbs	2	0	10	0	5.00	7	0	0

South Africa (Target:- 191 Runs From 28 Overs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Aiden Markram (c)	lbw b Bartlett	15	16	28	3	0	93.75
Quinton de Kock †	c Starc b Bartlett	0	5	8	0	0	0.00
Ryan Rickelton	not out	71	81	121	5	2	87.65
Matthew Breetzke	st †Carey b Zampa	25	29	62	3	0	86.20
Tristan Stubbs	lbw b Zampa	14	17	12	1	0	82.35
Corbin Bosch	not out	13	20	24	1	0	65.00
Extras	(lb 4, w 3)	7
Total	28 Ov (RR: 5.17)	145/4

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	WD
Mitchell Starc	6	33	0	5.50	19	1
Xavier Bartlett	5	25	2	5.00	20	0
Pat Cummins	5	17	0	3.40	21	0
Cooper Connolly	3	13	0	4.33	6	0
Matt Renshaw	1	8	0	8.00	3	0
Adam Zampa	6	34	2	5.66	16	1
Oliver Peake	2	11	0	5.50	3	0

Match Flow

Australia innings

Wet Ground: Australia - 0/0

Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 82 runs, 1 wicket)

Australia: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 1

1st Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (MR Marsh 38, TM Head 12, Ex 1)

MR Marsh: 50 off 33 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)

Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 167 runs, 3 wickets)

Over 13.1: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Asif Yaqoob, Batter - MR Marsh (Struck down)

Australia: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (85 balls), Extras 3

Drinks: Australia - 107/2 in 15.0 overs (CPL Connolly 17, OJ Peake 7)

Australia: 150 runs in 23.6 overs (146 balls), Extras 13

Over 24.3: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - LB Gcuma, Batter - AT Carey (Upheld)

4th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (OJ Peake 21, AT Carey 24, Ex 9)

Drinks: Australia - 191/3 in 31.0 overs (OJ Peake 48, AT Carey 27)

Australia: 200 runs in 34.1 overs (207 balls), Extras 14

AT Carey: 50 off 68 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)

5th Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (AT Carey 29, MT Renshaw 21, Ex 3)

Australia: 250 runs in 40.1 overs (243 balls), Extras 16

Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 73 runs, 5 wickets)

Australia: 300 runs in 47.5 overs (289 balls), Extras 17

Over 48.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - LB Gcuma, Batter - A Zampa (Struck down)

Innings Break: Australia - 322/9 in 50.0 overs (MA Starc 11, A Zampa 0)

South Africa innings

Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 2 wickets)

South Africa: 50 runs in 9.4 overs (58 balls), Extras 1

Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 167 runs, 3 wickets)

3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (RD Rickelton 32, MP Breetzke 14, Ex 4)

RD Rickelton: 50 off 48 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)

Over 15.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - LB Gcuma, Batter - RD Rickelton (Struck down)

Drinks: South Africa - 93/2 in 16.0 overs (RD Rickelton 51, MP Breetzke 22)

Over 17.2: Review by South Africa (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - LB Gcuma, Batter - RD Rickelton (Upheld)

South Africa: 100 runs in 17.3 overs (105 balls), Extras 5

Over 21.6: Review by South Africa (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - LB Gcuma, Batter - T Stubbs (Struck down)

Rain: South Africa - 145/4 in 28.0 overs (RD Rickelton 71, C Bosch 13)

Written By Jenny Doe

Reviewed By Jenny Doe

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Australia tour of South Africa, 2026, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Day 4, Match Update, Australia Won By 45 Runs

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Australia tour of South Africa, 2026, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Day 4, Match Update, Australia Won By 45 Runs

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