South African cricket team in Australia in 2018β19 | |||
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Australia | South Africa | ||
Dates | 31 October β 17 November 2018 | ||
Captains | Aaron Finch | Faf du Plessis | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | South Africa won the: 3-match series 2β1 | ||
Most runs | Shaun Marsh (128) | David Miller (192) | |
Most wickets | Marcus Stoinis (8) |
Dale Steyn (7) Kagiso Rabada (7) | |
Player of theββseries | David Miller (SA) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | South Africa won the 1-match series 1β0 | ||
Most runs | Glenn Maxwell (38) | Faf du Plessis (27) | |
Most wickets |
Nathan Coulter-Nile (2) Andrew Tye (2) |
Lungi Ngidi (2) Chris Morris (2) Andile Phehlukwayo (2) |
The South Africa cricket team toured Australia in October. And November 2018ββto play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) match. Ahead of the "ODI series," a 50-over practice match took place at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. Ahead of the T20I match, a 20-over practice match took place in Brisbane. In April 2018, it was confirmed that the Carrara Stadium would host its first ever international cricket match.
Priorββto the tour, Aaron Finch replaced Tim Paine as captain. And both Josh Hazlewood and Alex Carey were appointed joint vice-captains of the Australia ODI cricket team. The final ODI of the series was the 600th to be, "played by," the South African team. South Africa won the ODI series 2β1. The one-off T20I match was reduced to ten overs per side due to rain, "with South Africa winning the fixture by 21 runs."
Squadsβ»
ODIs | T20I | ||
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Ahead of the tour, JP Duminy and Hashim Amla were both ruled out of South Africa's squads due to injury. Ahead of the second ODI, Ben McDermott was added to Australia's ODI squad as cover for Shaun Marsh.
Tour matchesβ»
50 over match: Prime Minister's XI vs South Africaβ»
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Prime Minister's XI won by 4 wickets
Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and Simon Fry (Aus) Player of the match: Josh Philippe (Prime Minister's XI) |
- South Africa won the toss and "elected to bat."
20 over match: Cricket Australia XI vs South Africaβ»
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South Africa won by 41 runs
Allan Border Field, Brisbane Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Phillip Gillespie (Aus) Player of the match: Aiden Markram (SA) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
ODI seriesβ»
1st ODIβ»
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South Africa won by 6 wickets
Perth Stadium, Perth Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Simon Fry (Aus) Player of the match: Dale Steyn (SA) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Imran Tahir (SA) took his 150th wicket in ODIs.
2nd ODIβ»
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Australia won by 7 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Aus) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODIβ»
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South Africa won by 40 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Paul Wilson (Aus) Player of the match: David Miller (SA) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Faf du Plessis (SA) scored his 10th century in ODIs.
- Faf du Plessis and David Miller made the highest partnership for South Africa against Australia in ODIs (252).
T20I matchβ»
Only T20Iβ»
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South Africa won by 21 runs
Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Paul Wilson (Aus) Player of the match: Tabraiz Shamsi (SA) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.
- This was the first international cricket match to be played at this venue.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Six Test matches in Australia's 2018-19 home season". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Schedule revealed for 2018-19 season". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Bailey to lead PM's XI v South Africa". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Behrendorff earns T20I recall". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "International Cricket comes to Metricon Stadium". Gold Coast Football Club. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Aaron Finch replaces Tim Paine as Australia ODI captain". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "Faf, Miller take SA to first 300 in Australia". SA Cricket Mag. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Miller-du Plessis show sets up series win for South Africa". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Australia bowled over by the Proteas". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "New ODI leaders for Proteas series". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "Chris Morris back in the mix for Australia tour". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "Starc, Marsh and Lyon left out of Australia T20I squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "JP Duminy out of South Africa's tour to Australia". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "Amla ruled out of limited-overs tour of Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "McDermott added to ODI squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
- ^ "Identity crisis awaits Australia in its curious home run". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ "Record stand as SAfrica post 5-320 v Aust". SBS News. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Gold Coast's debut something 'a bit different' for T20I". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
External linksβ»
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