Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Renshaw Breaks Kohli’s Tail-End Test Record With 190
Matt Renshaw scored 190 runs for Australia in a Test match against South Africa.
He began batting when Australia had lost six wickets and scored 124 runs.
He stayed in and helped Australia make 390 runs before all its batters were out.
The articles say he scored more runs alongside the lower-order batters than Virat Kohli had in a 2016 innings.
However, they give two different numbers for Renshaw’s runs with the lower order: 174 and 171.
South Africa had scored 27 runs and lost one wicket when bad light stopped play.
South Africa was 363 runs behind Australia at that point.
Matt Renshaw scored a career-best 190 from 397 balls for Australia against South Africa in Durban.
He arrived at 124/6 and helped Australia reach 390 all out on Day 2.
Articles report Renshaw scored 174 runs with the lower order, surpassing Virat Kohli’s reported 171-run record from 2016; one passage instead says Renshaw’s tail-end total was 171.
Renshaw hit 21 fours and one six before Simon Harmer dismissed him short of a double century.
South Africa finished Day 2 at 27/1, trailing by 363; bad light ended play early.
- Who
- Australian batter Matt Renshaw, playing against South Africa.
- What
- Renshaw scored 190 and was reported to have surpassed Virat Kohli’s record for runs scored with the lower order in a Test innings.
- When
- Day 2, reported as Sunday, October 11, 2026.
- Where
- Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa.
- Why
- Renshaw’s innings helped Australia recover from 124/6 and reach 390 all out.
Record figure: 174
Record figure: 171
Renshaw's runs with the lower order
Record figure: 174
Several passages say Renshaw scored 174 runs while batting with the lower order, surpassing Kohli’s 171.
Record figure: 171
Another passage totals Renshaw’s listed contributions alongside tailenders at 171, despite also describing the total as a record.
- Renshaw's innings
- 190 runs from 397 balls
- Australia's total
- 390 all out
- Australia's score when Renshaw came in
- 124/6
- Reported previous record
- Virat Kohli scored 171 runs with the lower order during his 235 against England in Mumbai in 2016.
- Renshaw's runs with the lower order
- Articles report 174 in one passage and 171 in another.
- South Africa at stumps
- 27/1, trailing by 363 runs
- South Africa's leading bowler
- Wiaan Mulder took 4/68.
