South Africa vs Australia, Match 2, Men's Tests 2026 Scorecard

Updated: 31 Oct 2026

South Africa won by an innings and 31 runs. The top score was 179 from 334 balls by T Bavuma of South Africa. The best bowling figures were 5/33 by M Jansen.

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Australia tour of South Africa, Match 2

18 October 2026 · St George's Park, Gqeberha

Australia won the toss and chose to bowl.

Result: South Africa won by an innings and 31 runs. Player of the match: T Bavuma.

South Africa, 1st innings: 425/9d (127.1 ov)

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s
AK Markram	b SM Boland	11	28	2	0
MJ Ackerman	c AT Carey b SM Boland	6	38	0	0
DG Bedingham	c AT Carey b SM Boland	0	1	0	0
T Bavuma	c AT Carey b MA Starc	179	334	18	1
MP Breetzke	c AT Carey b MA Starc	4	17	0	0
RD Rickelton	c MT Renshaw b SM Boland	31	51	5	0
PWA Mulder	c MT Renshaw b MA Starc	13	38	1	0
M Jansen	c TM Head b SM Boland	85	100	9	3
SR Harmer	b M Labuschagne	82	157	10	1
K Rabada	not out	0	0	0	0
Extras	b 0, lb 8, w 5, nb 1	14

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (AK Markram, 8.4 ov), 2-12 (DG Bedingham, 8.5 ov), 3-25 (MJ Ackerman, 14.3 ov), 4-40 (MP Breetzke, 21.3 ov), 5-92 (RD Rickelton, 39.4 ov), 6-110 (PWA Mulder, 50.0 ov), 7-242 (M Jansen, 80.5 ov), 8-425 (SR Harmer, 127.0 ov), 9-425 (T Bavuma, 127.1 ov)

Bowling against South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	24.1	4	89	3	3.68
JR Hazlewood	14	2	43	0	3.07
SM Boland	29	7	81	5	2.79
PJ Cummins	26	3	96	0	3.69
BJ Webster	19	6	43	0	2.26
MT Renshaw	8	1	33	0	4.13
NJ Maddinson	5	0	24	0	4.80
M Labuschagne	2	0	8	1	4.00

Australia, 1st innings: 99/10 (42.3 ov)

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s
NJ Maddinson	c SR Harmer b K Rabada	0	4	0	0
TM Head	lbw b M Jansen	14	24	3	0
SM Boland	c RD Rickelton b M Jansen	2	14	0	0
M Labuschagne	c SR Harmer b A Nortje	14	25	3	0
SPD Smith	b PWA Mulder	28	88	2	0
MT Renshaw	c SR Harmer b M Jansen	12	48	0	0
AT Carey	c RD Rickelton b M Jansen	0	2	0	0
BJ Webster	c AK Markram b M Jansen	13	28	2	0
PJ Cummins	c MP Breetzke b PWA Mulder	7	16	1	0
MA Starc	c RD Rickelton b K Rabada	1	4	0	0
JR Hazlewood	not out	2	3	0	0
Extras	b 4, lb 1, w 0, nb 1	6

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (SM Boland, 5.1 ov), 2-22 (TM Head, 9.2 ov), 3-45 (M Labuschagne, 14.0 ov), 4-65 (MT Renshaw, 29.4 ov), 5-65 (AT Carey, 30.0 ov), 6-84 (BJ Webster, 37.4 ov), 7-96 (SPD Smith, 40.4 ov), 8-97 (MA Starc, 41.2 ov), 9-99 (PJ Cummins, 42.3 ov)

Bowling against Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	12	2	33	2	2.75
SR Harmer	5.3	0	9	0	1.64
AK Markram	1	1	0	0	0.00
M Jansen	11	2	33	5	3.00
A Nortje	3.3	0	5	1	1.43
PWA Mulder	9.3	3	14	2	1.47

Australia, 2nd innings: 295/10 (107.1 ov)

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s
NJ Maddinson	c RD Rickelton b K Rabada	8	10	2	0
TM Head	b PWA Mulder	121	190	15	0
M Labuschagne	c M Jansen b SR Harmer	39	98	4	0
MT Renshaw	b K Rabada	11	23	2	0
BJ Webster	lbw b SR Harmer	8	33	0	0
SM Boland	b PWA Mulder	40	166	6	0
SPD Smith	c MP Breetzke b K Rabada	3	20	0	0
AT Carey	not out	37	69	4	0
PJ Cummins	b PWA Mulder	4	8	1	0
MA Starc	b K Rabada	11	28	1	0
JR Hazlewood	c AK Markram b M Jansen	0	2	0	0
Extras	b 4, lb 5, w 0, nb 4	13

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (NJ Maddinson, 2.4 ov), 2-100 (M Labuschagne, 32.0 ov), 3-123 (MT Renshaw, 38.5 ov), 4-150 (BJ Webster, 47.5 ov), 5-209 (TM Head, 74.4 ov), 6-225 (SPD Smith, 82.1 ov), 7-256 (SM Boland, 95.0 ov), 8-262 (PJ Cummins, 96.5 ov), 9-290 (MA Starc, 104.5 ov), 10-295 (JR Hazlewood, 107.1 ov)

Bowling against Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	23	3	77	4	3.35
M Jansen	17.1	3	34	1	1.98
PWA Mulder	21	5	64	3	3.05
SR Harmer	39	8	93	2	2.38
AK Markram	7	1	18	0	2.57

Scorecard calculated from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data, licensed under the Open Data Commons Attribution License. See Data Sources.