Australian national cricket team in South Africa in the 2008-09 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to South Africa in the 2008/09 season took place from February 20 to April 17, 2009. The international cricket tour was part of the 2008/09 international cricket season and included three test matches , five ODIs and two Twenty20s . Australia won the Test series 2-1 while South Africa won the ODI series 3-2 and the Twenty20 series 2-0.

prehistory

Both teams played a tour against each other in Australia .

Stages

Durban Cape Town Centurion Johannesburg Port Elizabeth

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced on May 9, 2008.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Centurion Park	Centurion	22,000	2. T20; 2. ODI
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	2. test; 1. ODI
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	1st test; 1. T20; 5. ODI
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	3rd test, 3rd ODI
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	4. ODI

Squad lists

South Africa named its test roster on February 11 and its ODI roster on March 23, 2009.

test		ODI		Twenty20
South Africa	Australia	South Africa	Australia	South Africa	Australia
Graeme Smith ( K ) Hashim Amla Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Paul Harris Jacques Kallis Imraan Khan Neil McKenzie Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Makhaya Ntini Wayne Parnell Ashwell Prince Dale Steyn	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Clarke ( UK ) Doug Bollinger Brett Geeves Brad Haddin ( wk ) Nathan Hauritz Ben Hilfenhaus Phillip Hughes Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Simon Katich Andrew McDonald Bryce McGain Steve Magoffin Marcus North Peter Siddle	Graeme Smith ( K ) Johan Botha ( vK ) Hashim Amla Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Makhaya Ntini Wayne Parnell Dale Steyn Roelof van der Merwe Vaugh van Jaarsveld	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Clarke ( UK ) Nathan Bracken Stuart Clark Callum Ferguson Brad Haddin ( wk ) Shane Harwood Nathan Hauritz James Hopes David Hussey Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Ben Laughlin Marcus North David Warner Cameron White	Johan Botha ( K ) Yusuf Abdulla Hashim Amla Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Johann Louw Albie Morkel Justin Ontong Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Dale Steyn Roelof van der Merwe Vaugh van Jaarsveld	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Clarke ( UK ) Nathan Bracken Callum Ferguson Brett Geeves Brad Haddin ( wk ) Shane Harwood Nathan Hauritz James Hopes David Hussey Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Ben Laughlin Marcus North David Warner Cameron White

Tour match

February 20-22 Scorecard	Potchefstroom	South African Board President's XI 403-7d (93.3) & 182 (41.1)	-	Australians 360-5d (86) & 171-4 (40.4)
		draw

Test matches

First test in Johannesburg

February 26th - March 2nd scorecard	Johannesburg	Australia 466 (125.4) & 207 (53.4)	-	South Africa 220 (81.1) & 291 (119.2)
		Australia wins with 162 runs

During the second day of the first test, the South African batsman Jacques Kallis was the eighth batsman to achieve 10,000 test runs.

Second test in Durban

March 6-10 scorecard	Durban	Australia 352 (107.4) & 331-5d (94.4)	-	South Africa 138 (57.3) & 370 (132.2)
		Australia wins with 175 runs

Third test in Cape Town

March 19-22 Scorecard	Cape Town	Australia 209 (72) & 422 (121.5)	-	South Africa 651 (154.3)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 20 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Johannesburg

March 27 scorecard	Johannesburg	Australia 166-7 (20)	-	South Africa 168-6 (19.2)
		South Africa wins with 4 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Centurion

March 29 scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 156-5 (20)	-	Australia 139-8 (20)
		South Africa wins with 17 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Durban

April 3 scorecard	Durban	Australia 286-7 (50)	-	South Africa 145 (33.1)
		Australia wins with 141 runs

Second ODI in Centurion

April 5th scorecard	Centurion	Australia 131 (40.2)	-	South Africa 132-3 (26.2)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Third ODI in Cape Town

April 9th scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 289-6 (50)	-	Australia 264-7 (50)
		South Africa wins with 25 runs

Fourth ODI in Port Elizabeth

April 13th Scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 317-6 (50)	-	Australia 256 (45.5)
		South Africa wins with 61 runs

Fifth ODI in Johannesburg

April 17th scorecard	Johannesburg	Australia 303-7 (50)	-	South Africa 256 (45.5)
		Australia wins with 47 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Phillip Hughes	Australia	3	6th	415	69.16	160	2	1
AB de Villiers	South Africa	3	5	357	89.25	163	2	1
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	3	5	289	57.80	102	1	1
Simon Katich	Australia	3	6th	260	43.33	108	1	2
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	3	5	255	85.00	123 *	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	3	139	16	25.00	4/25	0	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	131	16	29.62	4/56	0	0
Paul Harris	South Africa	3	140.5	14th	28.21	6/127	1	0
Peter Siddle	Australia	3	122.3	12	22.50	3/46	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	3	108	10	34.00	3/52	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	5	5	253	50.60	110	1	1
AB de Villiers	South Africa	5	5	240	60.00	84	0	2
Brad Haddin	Australia	5	5	209	41.80	78	0	3
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	4th	4th	182	45.50	70	0	2
Callum Ferguson	Australia	5	5	182	36.40	63	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	5	45.5	13	17.07	4/34	0	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	5	46.1	10	23.30	4/27	0	0
Roelof van der Merwe	South Africa	4th	35	8th	18.62	3/37	0	0
Nathan Hauritz	Australia	5	37.1	6th	29.50	4/29	0	0
Wayne Parnell	South Africa	3	26th	5	27.20	4/25	0	0
Nathan Bracken	Australia	5	40	5	47.00	2/54	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
David Hussey	Australia	2	2	115	115.00	88 *	0	1
David Warner	Australia	2	2	58	29.00	38	0	0
Albie Morkel	South Africa	2	2	51	51.00	37	0	0
Roelof van der Merwe	South Africa	1	1	48	48.00	48	0	0
Mark Boucher	South Africa	2	2	45		36 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Robin Peterson	South Africa	2	6th	3	15.33	3/30	0	0
Wayne Parnell	South Africa	1	4th	2	14.50	2/29	0	0
Brett Geeves	Australia	1	3.2	2	17.50	2/35	0	0
Johann Louw	South Africa	1	4th	2	18.00	2/36	0	0
Johan Botha	South Africa	2	8th	2	20.50	2/16	0	0
David Hussey	Australia	2	7th	2	22.50	2/21	0	0
Albie Morkel	South Africa	2	7th	2	30.00	1/24	0	0
James Hopes	Australia	2	8th	2	33.50	1/26	0	0
Shane Harwood	Australia	2	8th	2	34.50	2/21	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Mitchell Johnson
ODI	AB de Villiers

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Mitchell Johnson
2nd test	Phillip Hughes
3rd test	Paul Harris
1. T20	David Hussey
2. T20	Roelof van der Merwe
1. ODI	Michael Hussey
2. ODI	Wayne Parnell
3. ODI	Jacques Kallis
4. ODI	Herschelle Gibbs
5. ODI	Nathan Hauritz

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CSA announces Australian tour itinerary ( English ) Cricinfo. May 9, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
2. ↑ Prince overlooked for first two tests ( English ) Cricinfo. February 11, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
3. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Injured Smith returns to one-day squad ( English ) Cricinfo. March 23, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
4. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: 10,000 Test runs for Kallis ( English ) Cricinfo. February 27, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2008/09 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2008/09 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa ODI Series, 2008/09 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa ODI Series, 2008/09 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa T20I Series, 2008/09 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa T20I Series, 2008/09 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 3, 2016.