Australia v South Africa, London

Australia 212/10 & 207/10

South Africa 138/10 & 282/5

South Africa won by 5 wickets

Lord's, London, London 11–14 Jun 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a hard match for batting, both sides much alike.

Australia

0.75× -25%

South Africa

0.78× -22%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

AK Markram South Africa

136 +259

BJ Webster Australia

81 +187

T Bavuma South Africa

102 +166

MA Starc Australia

59 +153

Steve Smith Australia

79 +143

Best bowling

Top match figures

PJ Cummins6/28

K Rabada5/51

K Rabada4/59

L Ngidi3/38

Top score

136

AK Markram · South Africa

Biggest stand

147

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

4–12

4 wkts for 12 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 5 wickets

Length4 days

Australia

212 /10 (56.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
UT Khawaja	c DG Bedingham b K Rabada	0	20	0	0.00
M Labuschagne	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	17	56	1	30.36
C Green	c AK Markram b K Rabada	4	3	1	133.33
Steve Smith	c M Jansen b AK Markram	66	112	10	58.93
TM Head	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	11	13	1	84.62
BJ Webster	c DG Bedingham b K Rabada	72	92	11	78.26
AT Carey	b KA Maharaj	23	31	4	74.19
PJ Cummins	b K Rabada	1	6	0	16.67
MA Starc	b K Rabada	1	12	0	8.33
NM Lyon	b M Jansen	0	4	0	0.00
JR Hazlewood*	not out	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 17 (lb 7, nb 10)

Total 212/10 (56.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	15.4	5	51	5	3.26
M Jansen	14.0	5	49	3	3.50
L Ngidi	8.0	0	45	0	5.62
PWA Mulder	11.0	3	36	0	3.27
KA Maharaj	6.0	0	19	1	3.17
AK Markram	2.0	0	5	1	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-12 (UT Khawaja, 6.3)·2-16 (C Green, 6.6)·3-46 (M Labuschagne, 17.6)·4-67 (TM Head, 23.2)·5-146 (Steve Smith, 41.6)·6-192 (AT Carey, 51.1)·7-199 (PJ Cummins, 52.4)·8-210 (BJ Webster, 54.4)·9-211 (NM Lyon, 55.5)·10-212 (MA Starc, 56.5)

South Africa

138 /10 (57.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	b MA Starc	0	6	0	0	0.00
RD Rickelton	c UT Khawaja b MA Starc	16	23	3	0	69.57
PWA Mulder	b PJ Cummins	6	44	0	0	13.64
T Bavuma	c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins	36	84	4	1	42.86
T Stubbs	b JR Hazlewood	2	13	0	0	15.38
DG Bedingham	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	45	111	6	0	40.54
K Verreynne	lbw b PJ Cummins	13	39	0	0	33.33
M Jansen	c & b PJ Cummins	0	3	0	0	0.00
KA Maharaj	run out (TM Head)	7	15	1	0	46.67
K Rabada	c BJ Webster b PJ Cummins	1	6	0	0	16.67
L Ngidi*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 12 (lb 10, nb 2)

Total 138/10 (57.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	13.0	3	41	2	3.15
JR Hazlewood	15.0	5	27	1	1.80
PJ Cummins	18.1	7	28	6	1.54
NM Lyon	8.0	3	12	0	1.50
BJ Webster	3.0	0	20	0	6.67

Fall of wickets

1-0 (AK Markram, 0.6)·2-19 (RD Rickelton, 8.4)·3-25 (PWA Mulder, 15.2)·4-30 (T Stubbs, 20.2)·5-94 (T Bavuma, 39.2)·6-126 (K Verreynne, 51.4)·7-126 (M Jansen, 51.7)·8-135 (DG Bedingham, 55.2)·9-138 (KA Maharaj, 56.5)·10-138 (K Rabada, 57.1)

Australia

207 /10 (65.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
M Labuschagne	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	22	64	2	34.38
UT Khawaja	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	6	23	0	26.09
C Green	c PWA Mulder b K Rabada	0	2	0	0.00
Steve Smith	lbw b L Ngidi	13	25	1	52.00
TM Head	b PWA Mulder	9	18	1	50.00
BJ Webster	lbw b L Ngidi	9	11	1	81.82
AT Carey	lbw b K Rabada	43	50	5	86.00
PJ Cummins	b L Ngidi	6	5	1	120.00
MA Starc*	not out	58	136	5	42.65
NM Lyon	lbw b K Rabada	2	13	0	15.38
JR Hazlewood	c KA Maharaj b AK Markram	17	53	2	32.08

Extras 22 (b 6, lb 6, nb 10)

Total 207/10 (65.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	18.0	1	59	4	3.28
M Jansen	18.0	3	58	1	3.22
PWA Mulder	8.0	1	18	1	2.25
L Ngidi	13.0	1	38	3	2.92
KA Maharaj	6.0	1	17	0	2.83
AK Markram	2.0	1	5	1	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-28 (UT Khawaja, 10.2)·2-28 (C Green, 10.4)·3-44 (M Labuschagne, 17.5)·4-48 (Steve Smith, 18.5)·5-64 (BJ Webster, 22.6)·6-66 (TM Head, 23.4)·7-73 (PJ Cummins, 24.5)·8-134 (AT Carey, 38.3)·9-148 (NM Lyon, 42.4)·10-207 (JR Hazlewood, 64.6)

South Africa

282 /5 (83.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AK Markram	c TM Head b JR Hazlewood	136	207	14	65.70
RD Rickelton	c AT Carey b MA Starc	6	8	1	75.00
PWA Mulder	c M Labuschagne b MA Starc	27	50	5	54.00
T Bavuma	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	66	134	5	49.25
T Stubbs	b MA Starc	8	43	0	18.60
DG Bedingham*	not out	21	49	1	42.86
K Verreynne*	not out	4	13	0	30.77

Extras 14 (b 8, lb 4, nb 2)

Total 282/5 (83.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	14.4	1	66	3	4.50
JR Hazlewood	19.0	2	58	1	3.05
PJ Cummins	17.0	0	59	1	3.47
NM Lyon	26.0	4	66	0	2.54
BJ Webster	5.0	0	13	0	2.60
TM Head	2.0	0	8	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-9 (RD Rickelton, 2.1)·2-70 (PWA Mulder, 17.4)·3-217 (T Bavuma, 58.6)·4-241 (T Stubbs, 70.3)·5-276 (AK Markram, 80.6)