Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Matt Renshaw Ends Nine-Year Test Fifty Wait in Durban
Matt Renshaw scored a Test half-century in Durban, ending a wait of more than nine years.
He had started the day with 46 runs and reached 50 on Day 2.
Australia had lost several wickets, so Renshaw tried to keep the team going.
Captain Pat Cummins helped him with an 86-run partnership.
Cummins was dismissed after scoring 43 runs.
Renshaw was still batting on 87 when the report was written.
The Test is part of a series between Australia and South Africa.
The series result could help decide which teams reach the World Test Championship final.
Matt Renshaw scored his first Test half-century in more than nine years on Day 2 of the first Test against South Africa in Durban.
He reached 50 from an edge off Anrich Nortje, having resumed the day on 46.
Renshaw and Pat Cummins shared an 86-run seventh-wicket stand, the best partnership of Australia's innings.
Cummins was out for 43, while Renshaw was batting on 87 at the time of the report.
The series result could affect which teams reach the 2025–26 World Test Championship final; Australia were top of the table and South Africa second.
- Who
- Australia batter Matt Renshaw, with support from captain Pat Cummins, faced South Africa.
- What
- Renshaw scored a Test half-century, his first in more than nine years, and was batting on 87 at the time of the report.
- When
- Day 2 of the first Test, on Saturday; the article identifies the match as taking place in 2026.
- Where
- Durban, South Africa.
- Why
- Renshaw was filling in at No. 5 with Cameron Green ruled out; the series outcome could influence the 2025–26 World Test Championship finalists.
- Match
- First Test of the South Africa–Australia series
- Renshaw's score
- 87 at the time of the report
- Balls faced by Renshaw
- 187
- Wait between Test half-centuries
- 3,506 days
- Last previous Test fifty
- 60 against India in Bengaluru on March 5, 2017
- Seventh-wicket partnership
- 86 runs from 191 balls with Pat Cummins
- WTC standings stated in the article
- Australia first; South Africa second