South Africa vs Australia, 1st Test at Durban

South Africa

284&206

Target 421

78 ovRR 3.6486.5 ovRR 2.37

Australia won by 214 runs

Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Fri, 9 October 2026 Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Match highlights

Player of the Match

Matt Renshaw

Australia

Runs: 82
Balls: 99
Strike rate: 82.8
Bowling: 2/30
Overs: 13
Economy: 2.31

Top Scorer

190

off 397 balls

Matt Renshaw

Best Bowling

6/49

in 16.5 overs

Josh Hazlewood

Six Machine

sixes

Pat Cummins

Fastest Scorer

266.7

strike rate (32 off 12)

Pat Cummins

Economy King

1.00

runs per over (3 ov)

Aiden Markram

Scorecard

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Nic Maddinson b Jansen 0%	0	33	0	0	0.0
Travis Head c Verreynne b Mulder 2%	9	19	2	0	47.4
Marnus Labuschagne lbw b Mulder 9%	37	58	6	0	63.8
Steven Smith c Mulder b Jansen 6%	25	53	0	2	47.2
Matt Renshaw 100 c Markram b Harmer 49%	190	397	21	1	47.9
Alex Carey† c Markram b Nortje 4%	14	44	1	0	31.8
Beau Webster c Verreynne b Nortje 1%	4	2	1	0	200.0
Pat Cummins(c) c Markram b Mulder 11%	43	98	6	0	43.9
Mitchell Starc b Mulder 2%	6	25	1	0	24.0
Nathan Lyon lbw b Jansen 7%	27	92	5	0	29.3
Josh Hazlewoodnot out 1%	5*	11	1	0	45.5
Extras (lb 20, w 2, nb 8)	30
Total137.2 ov · RR 2.84	390/10

Fall of wickets

17/1Travis Head7.5 ov
24/2Nic Maddinson10.2 ov
84/3Marnus Labuschagne26 ov
84/4Steven Smith26.3 ov
120/5Alex Carey41.4 ov
124/6Beau Webster42 ov
210/7Pat Cummins73.5 ov
230/8Mitchell Starc81.3 ov
364/9Nathan Lyon128.4 ov
390/10Matt Renshaw137.2 ov

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	WD	NB
Marco Jansen3-fer	31	9	68	3	2.19	1	3	—	—
Wiaan Mulder4-fer	27	6	68	4	2.52	—	—	0	4
Anrich Nortje	28	5	88	2	3.14	1	—	1	0
Keshav Maharaj	20	0	75	0	3.75	—	—	0	1
Simon Harmer	28.2	1	68	1	2.40	—	—	0	0
Aiden Markram	3	0	3	0	1.00	—	—	0	0

Green = strike rate 130+ / economy a run better than the match rate; red = strike rate under 70 / economy 1.5 worse. Extras are worked out as the total minus the batters’ runs.

Over by over

Overs logged

0/138

Runs in them

Dot balls

Fours

Sixes

Wickets

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Score progression

Fall of wicket (number = wicket)

Match info

Format: Test
Match number: Test no. 2637
Season: 2026/27
Ground: Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa
Date: Fri, 9 October 2026
Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to bat
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney · New ZealandRichard Kettleborough · EnglandRichard Illingworth · England (TV umpire)Stephen Harris · South Africa (Reserve umpire)
Match referee: Javagal Srinath · India
Points: Australia 12South Africa 0