Josh Inglis achieved a rare milestone as an Australian national cricket team batter. With the century against South Africa in the ongoing Test match in Cape Town, he became the only Australian batter who has multiple centuries across all three formats of the game.

Australia started this match, the third of the three-match series, unusually. Questions were raised about skipper Pat Cummins' decision at the toss. At one point in the game, South Africa was in the lead, and the Aussies were behind. From there, Cummins and his boys made a tremendous fightback.

Australia fight back after a controversial Toss call

The surfaces in Cape Town are on the slower side from Day 1. Australian fast bowlers had to struggle to get wickets at the beginning of the first innings as long as they kept the ball on the up.

Later, by shifting the length of the deliveries from fuller to shorter, Australian seamers got success. Despite having a 158-run stand in the first wicket, the home team, South Africa, registered 329 runs in the first innings.

The Test series started with Australia gaining momentum with a massive win against the defending champions of the World Test Championship (WTC). The second match was claimed by South Africa.

Therefore, the third Test match became a virtual final of the series; the winner of the Cape Town Test will take the trophy home. The match is also crucial to decide whether the Aussies will be able to maintain their position at the helm of the ongoing 2025-27 WTC cycle.

Josh Inglis led Australia with his batting

After the brilliant turnaround made by the bowlers, the visiting batters have been making statements. Like South Africa, Australia also got a solid start through their openers. But to convert the good start into a solid total, the team needed support from the middle-order batters. The middle-order batters, led by Josh Inglis, did their job precisely.

Josh Inglis converted his well-played half-century into a well-deserved century. Josh Inglis was equally brilliant against the pace and spin. Against the pacers, the middle-order batter scored 55 runs from 83 balls with six fours and one six, and against the spinners, he got 47 runs off 52, supported by five 4s and one 6.

Josh Inglis’ innings
vs Pace: 55 off 83, SR: 66.3, 6x4s, 1x6
vs Spin: 47 off 52, SR: 90.4, 5x4s, 1x6

185-run partnership between Alex Carey and Jos Inglis

His partnership with the experienced keeper-batter Alex Carey could prove crucial to decide the result of the match, and for the series. Inglis and Carey crafted a 185-run partnership, the highest partnership of the series and Australia’s highest for the fifth wicket or lower at Newlands.

After this century, Jos Inglis has secured two centuries in Tests, two hundreds in the One Day International format and one century in the T20Is. The other Test century the 31-year-old got was against Sri Lanka in 2025 at Galle, on his debut Test appearance for Australia. The Aussies have posted 429 runs and taken a 100-run lead