Australian national cricket team in South Africa in the 1999/2000 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to South Africa in the 1999/2000 season took place from April 12 to 16, 2000. The international cricket tour was part of the 1999/2000 international cricket season and included three ODIs . South Africa won the series 2–1.

prehistory

South Africa previously played a tournament in the United Arab Emirates , Australia a tour in New Zealand . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1997/98 season in Australia . The day before the tour it was announced that the intended South African captain Hansie Cronje was initially suspended from the South African Association and later released later that day. The background was the betting fraud scandal that became known in India during the previous tour of South Africa .

Stages

Durban (SSK) Johannesburg Cape Town

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	1. ODI
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	3. ODI
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	2. ODI

Squad lists

Australia named their squad on March 17, 2000.

ODI
South Africa	Australia
Dale Benkenstein Nicky buoy Mark Boucher Hansie Cronje Steve Elworthy Herschelle Gibbs Nantie Hayward Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Louis Koen Neil McKenzie Shaun Pollock Jonty Rhodes Pieter Strydom David Terbrugge Henry Williams	Michael Bevan Damien Fleming Adam Gilchrist Ian Harvey Matthew Hayden Brett Lee Shane Lee Damien Martyn Glenn McGrath Andrew Symonds Shane Warne Mark Waugh Steve Waugh

One-day internationals

First ODI in Durban

April 12th scorecard	Durban	Australia 240-9 (50)	-	South Africa 241-4 (48)
		South Africa wins with 6 wickets

Second ODI in Cape Town

April 14th scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 144-5 (50)	-	Australia 145-5 (24.3)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

Third ODI in Johannesburg

April 16 scorecard	Johannesburg	Australia 205 (49.5)	-	South Africa 209-6 (47.5)
		South Africa wins with 4 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cronje withdraws from South African team ( English ) Cricinfo. April 11, 2000. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
2. ↑ Trevor Chesterfield: Cronje fired by UCBSA ( English ) Cricinfo. April 11, 2000. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
3. ^ One-Day International squad for the Australian tour of South Africa ( English ) Cricinfo. March 17, 2000. Retrieved July 21, 2017.