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Australia Set for Test Return to Sandpapergate Venue
The three-match Test series follows a preceding ODI series and marks Australia’s first South Africa red-ball tour since 2018, with matches in Durban, Gqeberha, and Cape Town.
- The three-Test tour opens in Durban on October 9, with matches also scheduled in Gqeberha and Cape Town, as confirmed by Cricket South Africa.
- Cricket South Africa confirmed home Tests for the 2026/27 home season, marking Australia’s first five-day tour since the 2018 sandpaper ball‑tampering scandal.
- Ahead of the Tests, organisers placed the matches at Kingsmead Stadium, Durban , St George's Park, Gqeberha , and Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town , with ODIs on Sept 24, Sept 27 and Sept 30 at Durban, Johannesburg, and Potchefstroom.
- The series carries crucial implications for Australia's World Test Championship hopes, with South Africa as reigning champions after beating Australia in last year's final at Lord's.
- Beyond Australia, the schedule also features South Africa co-hosting the 2027 Cricket World Cup with Namibia and Zimbabwe next year, and England's Test series starting in Johannesburg in December.
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Australia's test team to play in Cape Town for first time since 'Sandpaper-gate'
MELBOURNE, Feb 24 - Australia's test team will return to Cape Town for the first time since the 2018 'Sandpaper-gate' ball-tampering scandal when they meet South Africa in the final fixture of a three-match series from October 27. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Read Full ArticleAustralia return for Tests in South Africa, 8 years after Sandpapergate
Australia are set to tour South Africa for an ODI and Test series in September and October later this year. The Aussies have not played a series in South Africa since the infamous Sandpapergate scandal in 2018.
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