Australian national cricket team in South Africa in 2001/02 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to South Africa in the 2001/02 season took place from February 17 to April 9, 2002. The international cricket tour was part of the 2001/02 international cricket season and included three test matches and seven ODIs . Australia won the test series 2-1 and the ODI series 5-1.

prehistory

Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament with New Zealand . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Australia in the same season .

Stages

Bloemfontein Centurion Durban (SSK) Johannesburg Cape Town Port Elizabeth Potchefstroom

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on June 5, 2001.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Chevrolet Park	Bloemfontein	20,000	4. ODI
Centurion Park	Centurion	22,000	2. ODI
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	3rd test; 5. ODI
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	1st test; 1. ODI
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	2. test; 7. ODI
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	6. ODI
Senwes Park	Potchefstroom	18,000	3. ODI

Squad

Australia named its test roster on January 30th and its ODI roster on March 4th, 2002.

test		ODI
South Africa	Australia	South Africa	Australia
Mark Boucher ( K & wk ) Paul Adams Nicky buoy Boeta Dippenaar Allan Donald Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Neil McKenzie Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini Dewald Pretorius Ashwell Prince Graeme Smith David Terbrugge	Steve Waugh ( K ) Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Jason Gillespie Matthew Hayden Justin Langer Brett Lee Glenn McGrath Damien Martyn Ricky Ponting Shane Warne Mark Waugh	Shaun Pollock ( K ) Nicky buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) Boeta Dippenaar Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Nantie Hayward Jacques Kallis Jon Kent Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini Jonty Rhodes Graeme Smith Roger Telemachus	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Bevan Andy Bichel Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Jason Gillespie Ian Harvey Nathan Hauritz Matthew Hayden Brett Lee Darren Lehmann Glenn McGrath Jimmy Maher Damien Martyn Shane Warne Shane Watson

Tour matches

February 17-19 scorecard	Potchefstroom	Australians 366-8d (98.5) & 95-3 (27)	-	South Africa A 190 (68)
		draw

March 1-3 scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa A 301 (92.3) & 232 (60.3)	-	Australians 574-9d (116.2)
		Australians win with one innings and 41 runs

Test matches

First test in Johannesburg

February 22nd - 24th scorecard	Johannesburg	Australia 652-7d (146)	-	South Africa 159 (48) & 133 (38.3) (f / o)
		Australia wins with one innings and 360 runs

Second test in Cape Town

March 8-12 scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 239 (80) & 473 (162)	-	Australia 382 (80.5) & 334-6 (79.1)
		Australia wins with 4 wickets

Third test in Durban

March 15-18 Scorecard	Durban	Australia 315 (74.1) & 186 (49)	-	South Africa 167 (55.2) & 340-5 (104.5)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Johannesburg

March 22nd scorecard	Johannesburg	Australia 223-8 (50)	-	South Africa 204 (44.4)
		Australia wins with 19 runs

Second ODI in Centurion

March 24th scorecard	Centurion	Australia 226-8 (50)	-	South Africa 181 (46.2)
		Australia wins with 45 runs

Third ODI in Potchefstroom

March 27 scorecard	Potchefstroom	South Africa 259-7 (50)	-	Australia 259-9 (50)
		draw

Fourth ODI in Bloemfontein

March 30th scorecard	Bloemfontein	Australia 290-6 (50)	-	South Africa 253 (48.1)
		Australia wins with 37 runs

Fifth ODI in Durban

April 3 scorecard	Durban	South Africa 267-6 (50)	-	Australia 271-2 (47.5)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Sixth ODI in Port Elizabeth

April 6th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 326-3 (50)	-	Australia 330-7 (49.1)
		Australia wins with 3 wickets

Seventh ODI in Cape Town

April 9th scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 249-7 (39/39)	-	Australia 185 (32.3 / 39)
		South Africa wins with 65 runs ( D / L method )

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	3	5	473	157.66	204 *	2	1
Matthew Hayden	Australia	3	5	309	61.80	122	1	2
Ricky Ponting	Australia	3	5	309	77.25	100 *	1	1
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	3	6th	287	47.83	104	1	1
Gary Kirsten	South Africa	3	6th	192	32.00	87	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shane Warne	Australia	3	162	20th	22.10	6/161	1	0
Glenn McGrath	Australia	3	110.3	12	18.91	5/21	1	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	3	88	11	33.90	3/29	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	3	116.5	11	41.72	4/93	0	0
Paul Adams	South Africa	2	63.1	10	29.00	4/102	0	0
Brett Lee	Australia	3	95.2	10	41.60	4/82	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Jonty Rhodes	South Africa	7th	7th	338	67.60	83	0	4th
Ricky Ponting	Australia	7th	7th	283	47.16	129	1	1
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	7th	7th	258	36.85	105	1	1
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	7th	7th	255	42.50	80 *	0	2
Matthew Hayden	Australia	6th	6th	254	42.33	78	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Jason Gillespie	Australia	6th	58.2	12	23.91	4/43	0	0
Brett Lee	Australia	4th	34.1	9	22.11	4/45	0	0
Glenn McGrath	Australia	6th	49.4	9	23.22	2/14	0	0
Roger Telemachus	South Africa	5	43	9	25.55	2/42	0	0
Nicky buoy	South Africa	7th	47.3	9	25.77	5/21	1	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	6th	58	9	30.66	4/33	0	0
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	7th	63	9	35.11	4/32	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Adam Gilchrist
ODI	Ricky Ponting

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Adam Gilchrist
2nd test	Shane Warne
3rd test	Herschelle Gibbs
1. ODI	Jason Gillespie
2. ODI	Jimmy Maher
3. ODI	Jimmy Maher
4. ODI	Ricky Ponting
5. ODI	Adam Gilchrist
6. ODI	Adam Gilchrist
7. ODI	Nicky buoy

Web links

• Tour on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Robinson: Tests allocated to the usual suspects ( English ) Cricinfo. June 5, 2001. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
2. ^ John Pollock: Lehmann, Watson included as Australians revitalize squad ( English ) Cricinfo. January 30, 2002. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
3. ↑ ACB announces one-day international squad for Travelex Tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe ( English ) Cricinfo. March 4, 2002. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2001/02 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2001/02 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa ODI Series, 2001/02 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa ODI Series, 2001/02 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 25, 2016.