South Africa host Australia in third Test at Newlands on 27 October 2026

Third Test set for Newlands, Cape Town

The third and final Test of Australia’s tour of South Africa in 2026 will be played at Newlands, Cape Town on 27 October 2026, with a scheduled start at 02:00 p.m. The fixture is listed as Match Yet To Begin ahead of the Australia tour of South Africa, 2026 series decider.

Rankings and head-to-head

Australia enter the match as the No.1 ranked Test side with South Africa at No.2. In the overall Test head-to-head, Australia lead South Africa 55 wins to 28 wins from 104 matches played.

Form over the last 12 months shows South Africa with a 75.00% win rate from four Tests, three wins and one loss, while Australia are on 66.67% from nine Tests, six wins and three losses.

Top performers in the last year

For South Africa, Temba Bavuma tops the run chart with 285 runs in the period and Marco Jansen leads the wickets tally with 22 wickets. Australia’s leading performers are Travis Head with 845 runs and Mitchell Starc with 49 wickets.

Squads

South Africa squad: Temba Bavuma, Dane Paterson, Simon Harmer, Keshav Maharaj, David Bedingham, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Senuran Muthusamy, Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Marques Ackerman, Kyle Verreynne, Wiaan Mulder, Matthew Breetzke, Gerald Coetzee, Marco Jansen.

Australia squad: Josh Hazlewood, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Nic Maddinson, Nathan Lyon, Michael Neser, Pat Cummins, Scott Boland, Travis Head, Beau Webster, Alex Carey, Sam Harper, Matthew Kuhnemann, Matt Renshaw, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, Cooper Connolly.

The match details confirm the venue as Newlands, Cape Town and the series as Australia tour of South Africa, 2026, with the third Test scheduled for 27 October 2026.