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Australia win by 214 runs · T20I series level

Josh Hazlewood finished the job. On day five in Durban the Australian seamer took four of the six wickets needed for career-best figures of 6 for 49, bowling South Africa out for 206 just after lunch and sealing a 214-run win in the first Test. Australia lead the three-match series 1–0. Matt Renshaw, who rescued the innings from 124 for 6 on day one and made 190, then 82 in the second innings, was Player of the Match.

South Africa, set 421, began the day on 102 for 4. Aiden Markram batted nearly six hours for 75 before Mitchell Starc had him out after a review. It was South Africa's first home Test defeat in five, and Australia's fourth straight win at Kingsmead. The second Test starts on Sunday at Gqeberha, where South Africa hope Kagiso Rabada returns from a hamstring injury.

In India, Shai Hope hit an unbeaten 102 and Keemo Paul took 5 for 41 as West Indies won the fourth T20I in Hyderabad by 24 runs, making it 2–2. A winner-takes-all fifth match follows in Bengaluru. The one-off Test in Abu Dhabi ended in a draw, with Afghanistan on 346 for 8 chasing 479, two wickets short of defeat.

  • 1st Test, Durban: Australia 390 & 314/6 dec; South Africa 284 & 206; Australia won by 214 runs (Hazlewood 6-49, Renshaw 190 & 82)
  • 4th T20I, Hyderabad (Wed 14 Oct): West Indies 247/3 (Hope 102*) beat India 223 by 24 runs; series 2–2, decider in Bengaluru
  • Abu Dhabi Test drawn: Afghanistan 346/8 chasing 479
  • Next Tests: Gqeberha from Sun 18 Oct, Cape Town 27–31 Oct

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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game between two teams of 11. One side bats and tries to score runs, the other bowls and fields and tries to get ten batters out. A batter scores by running between the two sets of stumps or by hitting the ball over the boundary for 4 (along the ground) or 6 (in the air).

Formats vary in length. A Test match lasts up to five days with two innings per side and is regarded as the highest form. A one-day international is 50 overs a side (an over is six balls). Twenty20 (T20) is 20 overs a side and over in about three hours.

In a Test, a team can declare, which means stopping its own innings early to set the other side a target while leaving time to bowl them out. Australia did that in Durban, declaring on 314 for 6 and setting 421; South Africa ended up bowled out for 206 on the last day.

The Ashes between England and Australia is the best-known Test rivalry. Series between the big nations are often three Tests, as in this tour: Australia now lead 1–0 with two to play.

As of 14 Oct 2026 (panels not re-checked 15 Oct) · Sky Sports, ABC News/AP, Cricinfo, sportsmintmedia.com, The Sports Encounter · not re-checked 19 Oct

Cricket: England name squads for Australia

England squads named

England have named their hand for Australia, and two big names are back. Harry Brook captains both the ODI and T20 squads for the November white-ball tour, announced on Tuesday 13 October, with Jacob Bethell returning from a knee injury and Jofra Archer back for the ODIs after being rested for the Pakistan tri-series.

There are first senior call-ups for Eddie Jack and 18-year-old Thomas Rew in the T20 squad, and Phil Salt returns after a quad injury. Jos Buttler is out while he rehabilitates after hamstring surgery, and Saqib Mahmood misses out with a knee injury.

Archer, Gus Atkinson, Sonny Baker and Josh Tongue leave the tour after the three-match ODI series to manage their workloads before the Test tour of South Africa in December. Reuters links the tour to preparation for the 2027 ODI World Cup. Exact match dates were not given in the report.

  • Captain: Harry Brook (ODI and T20)
  • Returning: Bethell, Archer, Salt
  • Out: Buttler (hamstring surgery), Mahmood (knee)
  • Earlier: England won the Pakistan Test series 3–0 (finished 12 Sep)

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If you're new to this

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game between two teams of 11. One side bats and tries to score runs, the other bowls and fields and tries to get ten batters out. A batter scores by running between the two sets of stumps or by hitting the ball over the boundary for 4 (along the ground) or 6 (in the air).

Formats vary in length. A Test match lasts up to five days with two innings per side and is regarded as the highest form. A one-day international is 50 overs a side (an over is six balls). Twenty20 is 20 overs a side and over in about three hours.

White-ball means the limited-overs formats, which use a white ball and coloured kit. The Ashes between England and Australia is the best-known Test rivalry.

As of 13 Oct 2026 (Reuters via The Star) · 12 Sep (Pakistan series) · not re-checked 19 Oct

Cricket

Series under way and coming up.

Latest results

As of 9–14 Oct 2026 · not re-checked 19 Oct · Source: Cricinfo, Sky Sports, ABC/AP, sportsmintmedia.com, The Sports Encounter, CricTracker
  • West Indies beat India by 24 runs, 4th T20I, Hyderabad (Wed 14 Oct): West Indies 247/3 (Shai Hope 102*, Keemo Paul 5-41), India 223; series level 2–2
  • Australia beat South Africa by 214 runs, 1st Test, Durban (9–13 Oct): Australia 390 & 314/6 dec, South Africa 284 & 206; Australia lead 1–0
  • Afghanistan v Bangladesh, one-off Test, Abu Dhabi (9–13 Oct): drawn; Bangladesh 346 & 372/7 dec, Afghanistan 240 & 346/8 chasing 479
  • India beat West Indies by 14 runs, 3rd T20I, Indore (Sun 11 Oct): India 223, West Indies 209/7
  • Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 82 runs, 2nd T20I, Rawalpindi (Sun 11 Oct); Pakistan win the series 2–0
  • West Indies beat India by 6 wickets, 2nd T20I, Ranchi (9 Oct)
  • India beat West Indies by 8 wickets, 1st T20I, Lucknow (6 Oct)
  • Australia women beat Bangladesh women by 7 wickets (9 Oct) and 9 wickets (11 Oct), ODIs; Australia win the series 2–0

Scores for the Pakistan v Sri Lanka T20I were not checked. The third women's ODI (Brisbane, listed for 14 Oct) result was not found. India's total in the 4th T20I is given as 223 (19.3 overs); one report lists it as 223/9.

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As of 14 Oct 2026 (dates as listed on Wikipedia on 12 Oct, Sky Sports for the Gqeberha start; not all re-checked) · not re-checked 19 Oct · Source: Wikipedia: International cricket in 2026–27
  • 14 Oct: Australia women v Bangladesh women, 3rd ODI, Brisbane (result not found)
  • 17 Oct: India v West Indies, 5th T20I, Bengaluru (series decider, level at 2–2)
  • From Sun 18 Oct: South Africa v Australia, 2nd Test, Gqeberha (Australia lead 1–0)
  • From 18 Oct: Pakistan ODI tri-series with Sri Lanka and England (final 31 Oct)
  • 22, 24, 27, 30 Oct: New Zealand v India, T20Is
  • 27–31 Oct: South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town
  • 28 Oct–1 Nov: Bangladesh v West Indies, Test