# South Africa fights to save series in 2nd Test

> After a 214-run defeat in Durban, South Africa must win in Port Elizabeth to keep the series alive against Australia.
- Title: South Africa fights to save series in 2nd Test · TechRadar
- Summary: After a 214-run defeat in Durban, South Africa must win in Port Elizabeth to keep the series alive against Australia. South Africa faces Australia in the…
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- Published: 2026-10-18T05:00:00+00:00
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## South Africa reeling after first Test loss
The Proteas suffered an emphatic two hundred fourteen run defeat to Australia in Durban, ending their twelve match unbeaten run and forcing them to fight back in Port Elizabeth.
## Australia's dominant first Test performance
Matt Renshaw scored two hundred seventy two runs including one hundred ninety in the first innings, while Josh Hazlewood took career best figures of six for forty nine in the second innings.

> career best figures of 6-49
## South Africa makes attacking changes
Matthew Breetzke, nicknamed the Aussie agitator after scoring a century in an ODI against Australia, replaces Tristan Stubbs. Kagiso Rabada could return from a hamstring injury.
## Second Test details and stakes
The match runs October eighteen to twenty two at Port Elizabeth. South Africa must win to keep the series alive before the final Test at Cape Town's Newlands venue later this month.
## How to watch the match
South African viewers can stream the Test live for free on SABC three and SABC plus. Daily start time is nine am BST, four am ET, and seven pm AEDT.
## Key takeaway

South Africa faces Australia in the second Test from October eighteen to twenty-two in Port Elizabeth, needing a win to avoid series defeat after losing the first Test by two hundred fourteen runs.