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South Africa rout Australia to clinch Cape Town Test and series 2-1
October 31, 2026 at 02:26 PM
South Africa beat Australia by 176 runs on the final day at Newlands to win the three-Test series 2-1.
- Spinner Simon Harmer took career-best figures of 6-16, dismissing Australia for 111 in the fourth innings.
- Kagiso Rabada took 3-39 to become the fastest player to reach 350 Test wickets.
- South Africa overtook Australia at the top of the ICC Test rankings and moved into the top two in the World Test Championship race.
- Retired opener David Warner called Australia's batting "terrible," "disgraceful" and "un-Australian" on Fox Sports.