South Africa v Australia, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 3rd Match, Australia tour of South Africa, 2026

Australia tour of South Africa 3rd Match: South Africa v Australia at Potchefstroom, September 30, 2026

South Africa

145/4 (28)

Australia

AUS

322/9 (50)

Finished

AUS won by 45 runs (DLS Method)

Australia InningAUS Inning322/9 (50 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Mitchell Marsh(C)	lbw b BC Fortuin	56	42	8	2	133.33
lbw b BC Fortuin
Travis Head	b C Bosch	24	20	5	0	120.00
b C Bosch
Cooper Connolly	b G Coetzee	23	33	2	0	69.70
b G Coetzee
Ollie Peake	c BC Fortuin b C Bosch	48	53	4	1	90.57
c BC Fortuin b C Bosch
Alex Carey(WK)	c L Williams b C Bosch	74	88	4	2	84.09
c L Williams b C Bosch
Matt Renshaw	c A Markram b G Coetzee	30	29	2	1	103.45
c A Markram b G Coetzee
Cameron Green	c Q Kock b C Bosch	23	18	1	1	127.78
c Q Kock b C Bosch
Xavier Bartlett	b L Williams	2	4	0	0	50.00
b L Williams
Pat Cummins	c MP Breetzke b L Williams	11	6	2	0	183.33
c MP Breetzke b L Williams
Mitchell Starc	Not out	11	7	1	1	157.14
Not out
Adam Zampa	Not out	0	2	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	20 (b 1, w 9, nb 2, lb 8)
Total	322/9 (50)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Gerald Coetzee	9	1	61	2	6.78
Lizaad Williams	6	0	48	2	8.00
Corbin Bosch	9	1	60	4	6.67
Bjorn Fortuin	9	0	50	1	5.56
Nqobani Mokoena	7	0	42	0	6.00
Aiden Markram	8	0	42	0	5.25
Tristan Stubbs	2	0	10	0	5.00

Fall of wickets: 1-78 (T Head - 8.4 ov), 2-94 (M Marsh - 13.1 ov), 3-118 (C Connolly - 17.1 ov), 4-191 (O Peake - 31.1 ov), 5-257 (MT Renshaw - 41.3 ov), 6-285 (A Carey - 45.5 ov), 7-288 (XC Bartlett - 46.4 ov), 8-298 (CM Green - 47.4 ov), 9-314 (P Cummins - 48.5 ov)

South Africa InningSA Inning145/4 (28 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Aiden Markram(C)	lbw b XC Bartlett	15	16	3	0	93.75
lbw b XC Bartlett
Quinton De Kock(WK)	c M Starc b XC Bartlett	0	5	0	0	0.00
c M Starc b XC Bartlett
Ryan Rickelton	Not out	71	81	5	2	87.65
Not out
Matthew Breetzke	st A Carey b A Zampa	25	29	3	0	86.21
st A Carey b A Zampa
Tristan Stubbs	lbw b A Zampa	14	17	1	0	82.35
lbw b A Zampa
Corbin Bosch	Not out	13	20	1	0	65.00
Not out
Extra	7 (b 0, w 3, nb 0, lb 4)
Total	145/4 (28)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	6	33	0	5.50
Xavier Bartlett	5	25	2	5.00
Pat Cummins	5	17	0	3.40
Cooper Connolly	3	13	0	4.33
Matt Renshaw	1	8	0	8.00
Adam Zampa	6	34	2	5.67
Ollie Peake	2	11	0	5.50

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Q Kock - 1.5 ov), 2-30 (A Markram - 5.5 ov), 3-102 (MP Breetzke - 17.6 ov), 4-125 (T Stubbs - 21.6 ov)

Man of the Match

Alex Carey

Date

2026-09-30 17:00 PM

Venue

Senwes Park, Potchefstroom

Toss

South Africa elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee