South Africa v Australia, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 2nd Match, Australia tour of South Africa, 2026

Australia tour of South Africa 2nd Match: South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth, October 18, 2026

South Africa

425/9d (127.1)

Australia

AUS

99/10 (42.3) & 295/10 (107.1)

Finished

SA won by an inning and 31 runs

South Africa 1st InningSA 1st Inning425/9 (127.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Aiden Markram	b SM Boland	11	28	2	0	39.29
b SM Boland
Marques Ackerman	c A Carey b SM Boland	6	38	0	0	15.79
c A Carey b SM Boland
David Bedingham	c A Carey b SM Boland	0	1	0	0	0.00
c A Carey b SM Boland
Temba Bavuma(C)	c A Carey b M Starc	179	334	18	1	53.59
c A Carey b M Starc
Matthew Breetzke	c A Carey b M Starc	4	17	0	0	23.53
c A Carey b M Starc
Ryan Rickelton(WK)	c MT Renshaw b SM Boland	31	51	5	0	60.78
c MT Renshaw b SM Boland
Wiaan Mulder	c MT Renshaw b M Starc	13	38	1	0	34.21
c MT Renshaw b M Starc
Marco Jansen	c T Head b SM Boland	85	100	9	3	85.00
c T Head b SM Boland
Simon Harmer	b M Labuschagne	82	157	10	1	52.23
b M Labuschagne
Kagiso Rabada	Not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	14 (b 0, w 5, nb 1, lb 8)
Total	425/9 (127.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	24.1	4	89	3	3.68
Josh Hazlewood	14	2	43	0	3.07
Scott Boland	29	7	81	5	2.79
Pat Cummins	26	3	96	0	3.69
Beau Webster	19	6	43	0	2.26
Matt Renshaw	8	1	33	0	4.13
Nic Maddinson	5	0	24	0	4.80
Marnus Labuschagne	2	0	8	1	4.00

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (A Markram - 8.4 ov), 2-12 (DG Bedingham - 8.5 ov), 3-25 (M Ackerman - 14.3 ov), 4-40 (MP Breetzke - 21.3 ov), 5-92 (RD Rickelton - 39.4 ov), 6-110 (PWA Mulder - 49.6 ov), 7-242 (M Jansen - 80.5 ov), 8-425 (SR Harmer - 126.6 ov), 9-425 (T Bavuma - 127.1 ov)

Australia 1st InningAUS 1st Inning99/10 (42.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Nic Maddinson	c SR Harmer b K Rabada	0	4	0	0	0.00
c SR Harmer b K Rabada
Travis Head	lbw b M Jansen	14	24	3	0	58.33
lbw b M Jansen
Scott Boland	c RD Rickelton b M Jansen	2	14	0	0	14.29
c RD Rickelton b M Jansen
Marnus Labuschagne	c SR Harmer b A Nortje	14	25	3	0	56.00
c SR Harmer b A Nortje
Steven Smith	b PWA Mulder	28	88	2	0	31.82
b PWA Mulder
Matt Renshaw	c SR Harmer b M Jansen	12	48	0	0	25.00
c SR Harmer b M Jansen
Alex Carey(WK)	c RD Rickelton b M Jansen	0	2	0	0	0.00
c RD Rickelton b M Jansen
Beau Webster	c A Markram b M Jansen	13	28	2	0	46.43
c A Markram b M Jansen
Pat Cummins(C)	c MP Breetzke b PWA Mulder	7	16	1	0	43.75
c MP Breetzke b PWA Mulder
Mitchell Starc	c RD Rickelton b K Rabada	1	4	0	0	25.00
c RD Rickelton b K Rabada
Josh Hazlewood	Not out	2	3	0	0	66.67
Not out
Extra	6 (b 4, w 0, nb 1, lb 1)
Total	99/10 (42.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Kagiso Rabada	12	2	33	2	2.75
Simon Harmer	5.3	0	9	0	1.64
Aiden Markram	1	1	0	0	0.00
Marco Jansen	11	2	33	5	3.00
Anrich Nortje	3.3	0	5	1	1.43
Wiaan Mulder	9.3	3	14	2	1.47

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (NJ Maddinson - 0.4 ov), 2-11 (SM Boland - 5.1 ov), 3-22 (T Head - 9.2 ov), 4-45 (M Labuschagne - 13.6 ov), 5-65 (MT Renshaw - 29.4 ov), 6-65 (A Carey - 29.6 ov), 7-84 (BJ Webster - 37.4 ov), 8-96 (S Smith - 40.4 ov), 9-97 (M Starc - 41.2 ov), 10-99 (P Cummins - 42.3 ov)

Australia 2nd InningAUS 2nd Inning295/10 (107.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Nic Maddinson	c RD Rickelton b K Rabada	8	10	2	0	80.00
c RD Rickelton b K Rabada
Travis Head	b PWA Mulder	121	190	15	0	63.68
b PWA Mulder
Marnus Labuschagne	c M Jansen b SR Harmer	39	98	4	0	39.80
c M Jansen b SR Harmer
Matt Renshaw	b K Rabada	11	23	2	0	47.83
b K Rabada
Beau Webster	lbw b SR Harmer	8	33	0	0	24.24
lbw b SR Harmer
Scott Boland	b PWA Mulder	40	166	6	0	24.10
b PWA Mulder
Steven Smith	c MP Breetzke b K Rabada	3	20	0	0	15.00
c MP Breetzke b K Rabada
Alex Carey(WK)	Not out	37	69	4	0	53.62
Not out
Pat Cummins(C)	b PWA Mulder	4	8	1	0	50.00
b PWA Mulder
Mitchell Starc	b K Rabada	11	28	1	0	39.29
b K Rabada
Josh Hazlewood	c A Markram b M Jansen	0	2	0	0	0.00
c A Markram b M Jansen
Extra	13 (b 4, w 0, nb 4, lb 5)
Total	295/10 (107.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Kagiso Rabada	23	3	77	4	3.35
Marco Jansen	17.1	3	34	1	1.98
Wiaan Mulder	21	5	64	3	3.05
Simon Harmer	39	8	93	2	2.38
Aiden Markram	7	1	18	0	2.57

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (NJ Maddinson - 2.4 ov), 2-100 (M Labuschagne - 31.6 ov), 3-123 (MT Renshaw - 38.5 ov), 4-150 (BJ Webster - 47.5 ov), 5-209 (T Head - 74.4 ov), 6-225 (S Smith - 82.1 ov), 7-256 (SM Boland - 94.6 ov), 8-262 (P Cummins - 96.5 ov), 9-290 (M Starc - 104.5 ov), 10-295 (J Hazlewood - 107.1 ov)

Man of the Match

Temba Bavuma

Date

2026-10-18 13:30 PM

Venue

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Toss

Australia elected to bowl

Umpires

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Match Referee

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