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Australia take control as four bowlers make Test cricket history
Australia and South Africa are playing the first Test in Durban.
By the end of the third day, South Africa had been bowled out for 284, 139 runs behind Australia.
Australia were 33 without loss when bad light stopped play.
Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon each have more than 300 Test wickets.
They are the only quartet in Test history to take the field with all four bowlers in that 300-wicket group.
The four took nine South African wickets on the third day, helping put Australia in control.
The match was still in progress when play stopped for bad light.
Australia took control of the first Test against South Africa after dismissing the hosts for 284 on day three.
South Africa trailed by 139 runs when bad light stopped play, with Australia 33 without loss.
Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon became the only quartet in Test history to enter a match with more than 300 wickets each.
The four bowlers had played 38 Tests together, more than any previous group of frontline bowlers, according to the Guardian.
Steve Smith took three catches on day three and returned to the top of the Test catching list.
- Who
- Australia and South Africa, in the first Test.
- What
- Australia dismissed South Africa for 284 and ended the day 33 without loss, leading by 139 runs.
- When
- Day three of the first Test; the match was reported on October 11, 2026.
- Where
- Kingsmead in Durban, South Africa.
- Why
- Australia’s four leading bowlers took wickets to dismiss South Africa and put Australia in control.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
No direct quotes in the coverage so far.
Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins and Lyon began their unprecedented run as a quartet of bowlers each with more than 300 Test wickets in Mackay.
Hazlewood dismissed Ryan Rickelton.
Australia dismissed South Africa for 284, leaving them 139 runs behind.
Australia reached 33 without loss before bad light stopped play.
- South Africa's innings
- 284 runs
- South Africa's deficit
- 139 runs
- Australia at stumps
- 33 without loss
- Four-bowler quartet
- Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins and Lyon
- Quartet's shared Tests
- 38
- Steve Smith's Test catches
- 223 total; 150 off the current quartet
Sources
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