Australia tour of South Africa, 2026, South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Day 5, Match Result, South Africa Won By 176 Runs

South Africa 329 & 387

Australia 429 & 111

South Africa Won By 176 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	M	4s	6s	SR
Aiden Markram	c Head b Starc	1	6	15	0	0	16.66
Marques Ackerman	c Green b Starc	62	80	128	8	0	77.50
David Bedingham	c Lyon b Hazlewood	11	16	22	1	0	68.75
Temba Bavuma (c)	b Lyon	35	115	166	1	0	30.43
Matthew Breetzke	c Starc b Cummins	43	121	169	5	0	35.53
Ryan Rickelton †	run out (Inglis/Labuschagne)	101	219	314	12	0	46.11
Wiaan Mulder	c Starc b Cummins	115	221	299	10	4	52.03
Marco Jansen	c Lyon b Starc	0	8	14	0	0	0.00
Simon Harmer	b Lyon	1	3	3	0	0	33.33
Gerald Coetzee	run out (Labuschagne)	1	6	13	0	0	16.66
Kagiso Rabada	not out	2	14	42	0	0	14.28
Extras	(b 6, lb 7, nb 1, w 1)	15
Total	134.4 Ov (RR: 2.87)	387

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	24	2	65	3	2.70	0	1
Josh Hazlewood	21	2	68	1	3.23	0	0
Pat Cummins	24.4	5	71	2	2.87	1	0
Nathan Lyon	44	10	101	2	2.29	0	0
Cooper Connolly	4	1	14	0	3.50	0	0
Matt Renshaw	8	2	22	0	2.75	0	0
Travis Head	5	0	15	0	3.00	0	0
Marnus Labuschagne	4	0	18	0	4.50	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings (Target:- 288 Runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head	c Jansen b Rabada	14	26	33	3	0	53.84
Matt Renshaw	c †Rickelton b Rabada	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Marnus Labuschagne	lbw b Rabada	4	3	2	1	0	133.33
Cameron Green	b Harmer	27	110	160	3	0	24.54
Josh Inglis	run out (Ackerman/†Rickelton)	4	17	41	0	0	23.52
Alex Carey †	c Jansen b Harmer	2	9	7	0	0	22.22
Cooper Connolly	c †Rickelton b Harmer	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Mitchell Starc	c sub (C Bosch) b Harmer	0	25	30	0	0	0.00
Pat Cummins (c)	lbw b Harmer	11	90	117	1	0	12.22
Nathan Lyon	not out	33	57	75	6	0	57.89
Josh Hazlewood	b Harmer	0	4	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 12, lb 3, nb 1)	16
Total	57.1 Ov (RR: 1.94)	111

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Kagiso Rabada	14	4	39	3	2.78	1
Marco Jansen	8	3	17	0	2.12	0
Wiaan Mulder	2	1	4	0	2.00	0
Simon Harmer	21.1	14	16	6	0.75	0
Gerald Coetzee	6	3	7	0	1.16	0
Aiden Markram	6	2	13	0	2.16	0

Match Flow

Day 5

Australia 2nd innings

Over 0.6: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - M Labuschagne (Struck down - Umpires Call)

Drinks: Australia - 32/3 in 13.0 overs (C Green 10, JP Inglis 2)

Over 14.6: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - C Green (Struck down)

Australia: 50 runs in 21.4 overs (130 balls), Extras 6

Lunch: Australia - 60/7 in 26.0 overs (C Green 25)

Over 27.4: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - PJ Cummins (Struck down)

Drinks: Australia - 63/8 in 41.0 overs (PJ Cummins 1, NM Lyon 0)

Australia: 100 runs in 51.1 overs (308 balls), Extras 16

Over 55.3: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - RK Illingworth, Batter - PJ Cummins (Struck down - Umpires Call)