South Africa v Australia, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Match, Australia tour of South Africa, 2026

Australia tour of South Africa 1st Match: South Africa v Australia at Durban, October 09, 2026

South Africa

284/10 (78) & 206/10 (86.5)

Australia

AUS

390/10 (137.2) & 314/6d (58)

Finished

AUS won by 214 runs

Australia 1st InningAUS 1st Inning390/10 (137.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Nic Maddinson	b M Jansen	0	33	0	0	0.00
b M Jansen
Travis Head	c K Verreynne b PWA Mulder	9	19	2	0	47.37
c K Verreynne b PWA Mulder
Marnus Labuschagne	lbw b PWA Mulder	37	58	6	0	63.79
lbw b PWA Mulder
Steven Smith	c PWA Mulder b M Jansen	25	53	0	2	47.17
c PWA Mulder b M Jansen
Matt Renshaw	c A Markram b SR Harmer	190	397	21	1	47.86
c A Markram b SR Harmer
Alex Carey(WK)	c A Markram b A Nortje	14	44	1	0	31.82
c A Markram b A Nortje
Beau Webster	c K Verreynne b A Nortje	4	2	1	0	200.00
c K Verreynne b A Nortje
Pat Cummins(C)	c A Markram b PWA Mulder	43	98	6	0	43.88
c A Markram b PWA Mulder
Mitchell Starc	b PWA Mulder	6	25	1	0	24.00
b PWA Mulder
Nathan Lyon	lbw b M Jansen	27	92	5	0	29.35
lbw b M Jansen
Josh Hazlewood	Not out	5	11	1	0	45.45
Not out
Extra	30 (b 0, w 2, nb 8, lb 20)
Total	390/10 (137.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Marco Jansen	31	9	68	3	2.19
Wiaan Mulder	27	6	68	4	2.52
Anrich Nortje	28	5	88	2	3.14
Keshav Maharaj	20	0	75	0	3.75
Simon Harmer	28.2	1	68	1	2.40
Aiden Markram	3	0	3	0	1.00

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (T Head - 7.5 ov), 2-24 (NJ Maddinson - 10.2 ov), 3-84 (M Labuschagne - 25.6 ov), 4-84 (S Smith - 26.3 ov), 5-120 (A Carey - 41.4 ov), 6-124 (BJ Webster - 41.6 ov), 7-210 (P Cummins - 73.5 ov), 8-230 (M Starc - 81.3 ov), 9-364 (NM Lyon - 128.4 ov), 10-390 (MT Renshaw - 137.2 ov)

South Africa 1st InningSA 1st Inning284/10 (78 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Aiden Markram	c MT Renshaw b M Starc	37	67	7	0	55.22
c MT Renshaw b M Starc
Ryan Rickelton	c BJ Webster b J Hazlewood	0	3	0	0	0.00
c BJ Webster b J Hazlewood
David Bedingham	c S Smith b P Cummins	49	73	9	0	67.12
c S Smith b P Cummins
Temba Bavuma(C)	c S Smith b NM Lyon	3	27	0	0	11.11
c S Smith b NM Lyon
Tristan Stubbs	c J Hazlewood b P Cummins	32	66	3	0	48.48
c J Hazlewood b P Cummins
Wiaan Mulder	c (sub C Connolly) b P Cummins	30	50	3	1	60.00
c (sub C Connolly) b P Cummins
Kyle Verreynne(WK)	c S Smith b NM Lyon	13	20	2	0	65.00
c S Smith b NM Lyon
Marco Jansen	c T Head b J Hazlewood	26	20	6	0	130.00
c T Head b J Hazlewood
Simon Harmer	Not out	35	75	4	1	46.67
Not out
Keshav Maharaj	c P Cummins b M Starc	34	44	2	1	77.27
c P Cummins b M Starc
Anrich Nortje	c S Smith b BJ Webster	16	26	3	0	61.54
c S Smith b BJ Webster
Extra	9 (b 0, w 0, nb 3, lb 6)
Total	284/10 (78)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	17	2	63	2	3.71
Josh Hazlewood	16	2	54	2	3.38
Pat Cummins	15	2	54	3	3.60
Nathan Lyon	22	3	58	2	2.64
Travis Head	3	0	20	0	6.67
Beau Webster	3	0	23	1	7.67
Marnus Labuschagne	2	0	6	0	3.00

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (RD Rickelton - 1.3 ov), 2-84 (A Markram - 20.4 ov), 3-93 (T Bavuma - 27.2 ov), 4-99 (DG Bedingham - 30.1 ov), 5-155 (PWA Mulder - 46.3 ov), 6-162 (T Stubbs - 48.2 ov), 7-197 (K Verreynne - 53.5 ov), 8-197 (M Jansen - 54.2 ov), 9-249 (K Maharaj - 69.3 ov), 10-284 (A Nortje - 77.6 ov)

Australia 2nd InningAUS 2nd Inning314/6 (58 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Nic Maddinson	b A Nortje	48	38	6	2	126.32
b A Nortje
Travis Head	c T Bavuma b M Jansen	11	18	2	0	61.11
c T Bavuma b M Jansen
Marnus Labuschagne	c T Bavuma b K Maharaj	37	58	4	0	63.79
c T Bavuma b K Maharaj
Steven Smith	c M Jansen b SR Harmer	27	41	3	1	65.85
c M Jansen b SR Harmer
Matt Renshaw	c & b K Maharaj	82	99	7	2	82.83
c & b K Maharaj
Alex Carey(WK)	b A Nortje	24	39	3	0	61.54
b A Nortje
Beau Webster	Not out	39	43	5	0	90.70
Not out
Pat Cummins(C)	Not out	32	12	0	4	266.67
Not out
Extra	14 (b 4, w 2, nb 0, lb 8)
Total	314/6 (58)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Marco Jansen	8	0	45	1	5.63
Wiaan Mulder	4	0	24	0	6.00
Simon Harmer	25	1	121	1	4.84
Anrich Nortje	12	1	56	2	4.67
Keshav Maharaj	9	0	56	2	6.22

Fall of wickets: 1-43 (T Head - 6.6 ov), 2-72 (NJ Maddinson - 10.6 ov), 3-125 (S Smith - 23.5 ov), 4-157 (M Labuschagne - 28.6 ov), 5-205 (A Carey - 42.6 ov), 6-270 (MT Renshaw - 54.5 ov)

South Africa 2nd InningSA 2nd Inning206/10 (86.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Ryan Rickelton	c A Carey b J Hazlewood	2	12	0	0	16.67
c A Carey b J Hazlewood
Aiden Markram	c A Carey b M Starc	75	237	10	0	31.65
c A Carey b M Starc
David Bedingham	lbw b J Hazlewood	46	68	8	0	67.65
lbw b J Hazlewood
Temba Bavuma(C)	c NJ Maddinson b MT Renshaw	1	18	0	0	5.56
c NJ Maddinson b MT Renshaw
Tristan Stubbs	c A Carey b P Cummins	1	12	0	0	8.33
c A Carey b P Cummins
Wiaan Mulder	c A Carey b J Hazlewood	29	110	3	0	26.36
c A Carey b J Hazlewood
Kyle Verreynne(WK)	c S Smith b MT Renshaw	1	3	0	0	33.33
c S Smith b MT Renshaw
Marco Jansen	b J Hazlewood	35	54	6	1	64.81
b J Hazlewood
Simon Harmer	c A Carey b J Hazlewood	0	3	0	0	0.00
c A Carey b J Hazlewood
Keshav Maharaj	Not out	1	3	0	0	33.33
Not out
Anrich Nortje	c NM Lyon b J Hazlewood	4	4	1	0	100.00
c NM Lyon b J Hazlewood
Extra	11 (b 0, w 2, nb 3, lb 6)
Total	206/10 (86.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	16	5	33	1	2.06
Josh Hazlewood	16.5	4	49	6	2.91
Pat Cummins	14	5	34	1	2.43
Nathan Lyon	20	5	32	0	1.60
Matt Renshaw	13	2	30	2	2.31
Beau Webster	3	2	4	0	1.33
Nic Maddinson	4	1	18	0	4.50

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (RD Rickelton - 3.3 ov), 2-73 (DG Bedingham - 22.6 ov), 3-82 (T Bavuma - 29.5 ov), 4-86 (T Stubbs - 32.4 ov), 5-155 (PWA Mulder - 66.4 ov), 6-156 (K Verreynne - 67.1 ov), 7-201 (M Jansen - 84.2 ov), 8-201 (SR Harmer - 84.5 ov), 9-201 (A Markram - 85.5 ov), 10-206 (A Nortje - 86.5 ov)

Man of the Match

Matt Renshaw

Date

2026-10-09 13:00 PM

Venue

Kingsmead, Durban

Toss

Australia elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee

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