The next Proteas fixture is the first Test against Australia at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead in Durban, from Friday 9 to Tuesday 13 October 2026, with play scheduled to start at 09:30. It opens a three-Test series that moves to St George’s Park in Gqeberha (18 to 22 October) and Newlands in Cape Town (27 to 31 October). Bangladesh then tour for two Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is from 15 November, and England arrive for three Tests and three ODIs from 17 December. South Africa won the ODI series against Australia 2-1. Every fixture below appears on Cricket South Africa’s official schedule and on at least one independent fixture list.
Proteas fixtures: Australia Test series, October 2026
Dates and venues are from Cricket South Africa’s 2026-27 home season announcement and match the fixture list published by cricket.com.au. Start times are the local times CSA lists for each match, which is South African time.
| Dates | Match | Venue | Scheduled start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 9 to Tue 13 Oct | 1st Test v Australia | Hollywoodbets Kingsmead, Durban | 09:30 |
| Sun 18 to Thu 22 Oct | 2nd Test v Australia | St George’s Park, Gqeberha | 10:00 |
| Tue 27 to Sat 31 Oct | 3rd Test v Australia | Newlands, Cape Town | 10:00 |
Proteas fixtures: Bangladesh tour, November and December 2026
Checked against CSA’s schedule and CricTracker’s report of the same announcement, which matches every date and ground.
| Date | Match | Venue | Scheduled start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 15 to Thu 19 Nov | 1st Test v Bangladesh | Wanderers, Johannesburg | 10:00 |
| Mon 23 to Fri 27 Nov | 2nd Test v Bangladesh | SuperSport Park, Centurion | 10:00 |
| Tue 1 Dec | 1st ODI v Bangladesh | Buffalo Park, East London | 13:30 |
| Fri 4 Dec | 2nd ODI v Bangladesh | St George’s Park, Gqeberha | 13:30 |
| Mon 7 Dec | 3rd ODI v Bangladesh | Newlands, Cape Town | 13:30 |
| Thu 10 Dec | 1st T20I v Bangladesh | Kimberley Oval, Kimberley | 18:00 |
| Sat 12 Dec | 2nd T20I v Bangladesh | Willowmoore Park, Benoni | 14:30 |
| Sun 13 Dec | 3rd T20I v Bangladesh | SuperSport Park, Centurion | 14:30 |
Proteas fixtures: England tour, December 2026 and January 2027
Also on both lists. CSA says the planned T20I series against England has been removed from the calendar because of scheduling conflicts and that both boards are looking at a new date, so there are no England T20Is to list yet.
| Date | Match | Venue | Scheduled start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 17 to Mon 21 Dec | 1st Test v England | Wanderers, Johannesburg | 10:00 |
| Sat 26 to Wed 30 Dec | 2nd Test v England (Boxing Day) | SuperSport Park, Centurion | 10:00 |
| Sun 3 to Thu 7 Jan | 3rd Test v England | Newlands, Cape Town | 10:30 |
| Sun 10 Jan | 1st ODI v England | Boland Park, Paarl | 10:00 |
| Wed 13 Jan | 2nd ODI v England | Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein | 13:30 |
| Fri 15 Jan | 3rd ODI v England | Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein | 10:00 |
Proteas results: ODI series v Australia, September 2026
Each result below was confirmed by two independent reports.
| Date | Match | Score | Result | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 24 Sep | 1st ODI, Kingsmead | South Africa 297/8, Australia 230 all out | South Africa won by 67 runs | Briefly, Tapmad |
| Sun 27 Sep | 2nd ODI, Wanderers | South Africa 365/9, Australia 333 all out | South Africa won by 32 runs | TimesLIVE, NewsBytes |
| Wed 30 Sep | 3rd ODI, Potchefstroom | Australia 322/9, South Africa 145/4 (28 overs) | Australia won by 45 runs (DLS method) | Newcastle Herald, NewKerala |
| Series | South Africa won 2-1 |
The third match was cut short by rain under the lights with South Africa 145 for 4 after 28 overs, chasing 323, so the margin was set by the DLS method. South Africa had already taken the series in Johannesburg.
The shape of the season: 49 days of cricket in 99
This is our own count from the verified fixtures above, and it is the clearest way to see how much cricket is coming. From the first day of the Durban Test on 9 October to the last ODI on 15 January there are 99 days. Counting five scheduled days for every Test and one for every white-ball match, the Proteas men are due to play on 49 of them.
| Month | Fixtures starting | Scheduled playing days |
|---|---|---|
| October (from the 9th) | 3 Tests v Australia | 15 |
| November | 2 Tests v Bangladesh | 10 |
| December | 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is v Bangladesh, 2 Tests v England | 16 |
| January (to the 15th) | 1 Test and 3 ODIs v England | 8 |
| Total | 8 Tests, 6 ODIs, 3 T20Is | 49 |
Two caveats keep this honest. Tests often finish inside five days, so the real number of playing days will almost certainly be lower than 49. And the gaps are tight: the longest break is the 14 days between the end of the Newlands Test on 31 October and the first Bangladesh Test on 15 November, while there are only three clear days between the Boxing Day Test ending on 30 December and the Newlands Test starting on 3 January, and two between that Test ending on 7 January and the first ODI in Paarl on 10 January.
Where the Proteas play, by ground
| Ground | City | Remaining fixtures |
|---|---|---|
| SuperSport Park | Centurion | 3 (Bangladesh Test, Bangladesh T20I, England Test) |
| Newlands | Cape Town | 3 (Australia Test, Bangladesh ODI, England Test) |
| Wanderers | Johannesburg | 2 (Bangladesh Test, England Test) |
| St George’s Park | Gqeberha | 2 (Australia Test, Bangladesh ODI) |
| Mangaung Oval | Bloemfontein | 2 (both England ODIs there) |
| Kingsmead | Durban | 1 (Australia Test) |
| Buffalo Park | East London | 1 (Bangladesh ODI) |
| Kimberley Oval | Kimberley | 1 (Bangladesh T20I) |
| Willowmoore Park | Benoni | 1 (Bangladesh T20I) |
| Boland Park | Paarl | 1 (England ODI) |
| 10 grounds | 17 fixtures |
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