{"id":945453,"date":"2026-10-29T18:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/945453\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T18:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:36:16","slug":"cricket-news-2026-marnus-labuschagne-stump-mic-marques-ackerman-dismissal-australia-vs-south-africa-third-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/945453\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket news 2026: Marnus Labuschagne stump mic, Marques Ackerman dismissal; Australia vs South Africa third Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Test series between South Africa<\/a> and Australia<\/a> has threatened to boil over on numerous occasions and another spot fire came after Marques Ackerman was dismissed in controversial circumstances on day three of the third Test at Newlands<\/a>. <\/p>\n

At 3-95, with South Africa trailing by five runs, Ackerman copped a brutal bouncer from Mitchell Starc and was caught by Cameron Green in the slips. <\/p>\n

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Marques Ackerman cops a brutal bouncer.\u00a0AP Photo\/Halden Krog<\/p>\n

The ball hit Ackerman in the helmet as he tried to scoop it over the keeper, and he was given out caught.<\/p>\n

Ackerman appeared unsure if he\u2019d edged it before the helmet and went down to his captain Temba Bavuma asking about a review. <\/p>\n

The opener did signal for a review, but it came when the timer was on zero, with the umpires ruling he\u2019d run out of time. <\/p>\n

Travis Head was seen checking on Ackerman as he spoke with Bavuma in what looked like a moment where he was telling him the time ran out. However, it became clear he was checking on his wellbeing after the helmet strike. <\/p>\n

Marnus Labuschagne<\/a> lacked the same amount of sympathy, with a regrettable stump mic moment captured. <\/p>\n

\u201cSee you buddy. Heady, what are you doing mate? He\u2019s off,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

A member of the Australian team behind the stumps was heard replying \u201cit\u2019s all right, he\u2019s just checking if he\u2019s all right\u201d. <\/p>\n

Head then signalled to the boundary to check on Ackerman as he slowly walked off. <\/p>\n

SuperSport commentator Natalie Germanos had noted the review timing was \u201ctouch and go\u201d but it ended up benefiting South Africa with Ackerman clearly hitting it. <\/p>\n

The incident is just another spot fire in a series that has managed to avoid any seriously tense moments. <\/p>\n

Prior to the third Test, off-spinner Simon Harmer claimed on The Grade Cricketer that during the second Test Pat Cummins had been \u201criled up\u201d as South Africa patiently batted. <\/p>\n

\u201cI do have a feeling this Test match is going to come to a head, so I think we\u2019re in for a treat,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

During South Africa\u2019s first innings, Labuschagne was noticeably boisterous at first slip which appeared to annoy his rivals. <\/p>\n

That was clear when he batted for five balls and the Proteas\u2019 intensity turned up a notch. <\/p>\n

When he was dismissed, Matthew Breetzke was seen jumping over the pitch and shouting with all eyes on the dismissed batter. <\/p>\n

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Matthew Breetzke jumps across the pitch.\u00a0SuperSport<\/p>\n

\u201cThat might have been a return serve when he got out to Cooper Connolly because Marnus was at first slip when that happened,\u201d Simon Katich said.<\/p>\n

Aiden Markram was the man who caught Labuschagne and directed words towards the batter too. <\/p>\n

On day three during South Africa\u2019s second innings, Breetzke managed to stay in and avoid any chirp as he finished not out on 19.<\/p>\n

Breetzke walked off with Ryan Rickelton (8) with his side needing a huge morning on day four. Currently, the Proteas are 4-140 and lead by 40 runs. <\/p>\n

Australia finished their innings bowled out for 429 with Josh Inglis (102) scoring a century in the morning. <\/p>\n

South Africa\u2019s start with the bat was a disaster with Aiden Markram (1) hitting a Mitchell Starc delivery to Travis Head at mid-off to make it 1-12. <\/p>\n

1-12 quickly became 2-31 when David Bedingham was out hooking again, this time off Josh Hazlewood\u2019s bowling. <\/p>\n

Ackerman\u2019s dismissal was a blow for South Africa but the biggest pain came from Temba Bavuma\u2019s wicket. <\/p>\n

The skipper fought hard for 35 off 115 balls but was bowled by Nathan Lyon two overs before stumps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Test series between South Africa and Australia has threatened to boil over on numerous occasions and another…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":945454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-945453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945453","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=945453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}