Men's Test · Australia tour of South Africa · Match 3

South Africa v Australia

27 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2026 · Newlands, Cape Town

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

South Africa won by 176 runs

Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to field.
Player of the match: SR Harmer

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
South Africa (1)	329	82.3
Australia (2)	429	125.1
South Africa (3)	387	134.4
Australia (4)	111	57.1

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

Australia111 all out (57.1 ov)

Australia batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Headcaught b K Rabada	caught b K Rabada	14	26	3	0	53.8
MT Renshawcaught b K Rabada	caught b K Rabada	0	1	0	0	0.0
M Labuschagnelbw b K Rabada	lbw b K Rabada	4	3	1	0	133.3
C Greenb SR Harmer	b SR Harmer	27	110	3	0	24.5
JP Inglisrun out	run out	4	17	0	0	23.5
AT Careycaught b SR Harmer	caught b SR Harmer	2	9	0	0	22.2
C Connollycaught b SR Harmer	caught b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.0
MA Starccaught b SR Harmer	caught b SR Harmer	0	25	0	0	0.0
PJ Cumminslbw b SR Harmer	lbw b SR Harmer	11	90	1	0	12.2
NM Lyon*not out	not out	33	57	6	0	57.9
JR Hazlewoodb SR Harmer	b SR Harmer	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	16 (b 12, lb 3, nb 1)
Total	111 all out (57.1 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (MT Renshaw, 0.3 ov), 2-5 (M Labuschagne, 0.6 ov), 3-22 (TM Head, 6.6 ov), 4-40 (JP Inglis, 15.3 ov), 5-42 (AT Carey, 17.2 ov), 6-42 (C Connolly, 17.4 ov), 7-60 (MA Starc, 25.6 ov), 8-62 (C Green, 38.1 ov), 9-107 (PJ Cummins, 55.3 ov), 10-111 (JR Hazlewood, 57.1 ov)

South Africa bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
K Rabada	14	4	39	3	2.79	1
M Jansen	8	3	17	0	2.13	0
PWA Mulder	2	1	4	0	2.00	0
SR Harmer	21.1	14	16	6	0.76	0
G Coetzee	6	3	7	0	1.17	0
AK Markram	6	2	13	0	2.17	0

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Win probability

Win probability is modelled only for ODIs and T20Is. Tests can be drawn, so a two-outcome model does not fit them.