{"id":926657,"date":"2026-10-13T13:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/926657\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T13:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:18:21","slug":"australia-bowl-out-south-africa-to-win-first-cricket-test-in-durban-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/926657\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia bowl out South Africa to win first cricket Test in Durban | Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Hazlewood\u2019s 6-49 \u2060helped the visitors clean up the South African batting, wrapping up the win before tea on day five.<\/p>\n<p>Published On 13 Oct 202613 Oct 2026<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s pace bowler Josh Hazlewood has bowled his side to a 214-run \u2060\u2060victory over South Africa on the last \u2060\u2060day of the first cricket Test match at the Kingsmead Stadium in Durban.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts\u2019 resistance ended before tea on Tuesday as they were dismissed for 206.<\/p>\n<p>Hazlewood took 6-49 \u2060\u2060as Australia bagged the six wickets they needed on the last day to go 1-0 up in the three-match series.<\/p>\n<p>He struck twice in one over with the new ball after \u2060\u2060already having taken two wickets on Monday and then breaking through South Africa\u2019s stoic early fightback.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old Hazlewood also removed the last batsman to ensure the victory in the first clash between the teams since South Africa upset Australia in last year\u2019s World Test Championship final at \u200c\u200cLord\u2019s in London.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-5043563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/AFP__20261013__D34A7C4__v1__HighRes__CricketRsaAusTest-1791894281.jpg\" alt=\"Australia's Travis Head (L) celebrates after the dismisal of South Africa's Anrich Nortje (C\/20) to seal victory for Australia on day five of the first Test match between South Africa and Australia at the Kingsmead stadium in Durban on October 13, 2026. (Photo by Marco Longari \/ AFP)\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/>Travis Head celebrates after the dismissal of South Africa\u2019s Anrich Nortje sealed victory for Australia [Marco Longari\/AFP]<\/p>\n<p>South Africa held out for the first 110 minutes of Tuesday\u2019s play before a legside delivery from Hazlewood was edged by Wiaan Mulder and snagged by a diving catch from wicketkeeper Alex Carey.<\/p>\n<p>Mulder and Aiden Markram resumed at 102-4 overnight, and the pair extended the fifth-wicket partnership to a patient 69 runs off 205 balls before Hazlewood\u2019s breakthrough, with Mulder making 29.<\/p>\n<p>Part-time spinner Matt Renshaw, who was the man of the match \u2060\u2060for Australia with the bat, then took a second Test wicket \u2060\u2060when Kyle Verreynne quickly followed Mulder back to the change room with a reckless shot that saw him caught at slip by Steve Smith without scoring.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa were 166-6 at lunch and added 25 runs before the new \u2060\u2060ball was taken, but crumbled quickly thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Jansen was bowled by Hazlewood for 35 and three balls later Simon Harmer followed as he brushed \u2060\u2060the ball through to Carey with his glove.<\/p>\n<p>Markram then \u2060\u2060fell after a patient 75 off 237 balls, edging Mitch Starc\u2019s delivery off his pads to be caught behind, but was only given out after a television review.<\/p>\n<p>Hazlewood then completed the win as tailender Anrich Nortje popped up the ball \u200c\u200cto short midwicket for Nathan Lyon to catch.<\/p>\n<p>Former Australia captain Smith, who did not field in Monday\u2019s late session after a blow to the head while batting, returned to action on \u200c\u200cTuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSteve \u200c\u200cSmith has undergone a series of clinical assessments over the past 24 hours in accordance with Cricket Australia\u2019s concussion protocols and has been cleared to take the field this morning,\u201d a statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hazlewood\u2019s 6-49 \u2060helped the visitors clean up the South African batting, wrapping up the win before tea on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[6074,64,63,740,1183,588,85],"class_list":["post-926657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-africa","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-south-africa","tag-sport","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}