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