Australian national cricket team in South Africa in the 2013-14 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to South Africa in the 2013/14 season took place from February 12 to March 14, 2014. The international cricket tour was part of the 2013/14 international cricket season and included three test matches and three Twenty20s . Australia won the Test series 2–1 and the Twenty20 series 2–0.

prehistory

classification

South Africa previously played a tour against India , Australia against England . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2011/12 season in South Africa .

Stages

Centurion Durban (SSK) Johannesburg Port Elizabeth Cape Town

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on July 8, 2013.

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

Squad lists

Australia named its Test squad on January 20 and its Twenty20 squad on March 6, 2014. South Africa named its Test squad on January 29 and its Twenty20 squad on March 6, 2014.

test		Twenty20
South Africa	Australia	South Africa	Pakistan
Graeme Smith ( K ) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Quinton de Kock AB de Villiers ( wk ) Jean-Paul Duminy Faf du Plessis Dean Elgar Rory Kleinveldt Ryan McLaren Morne Morkel Wayne Parnell Alviro Petersen Robin Peterson Vernon Philander Dale Steyn Thami Tsolekile ( wk )	Michael Clarke ( K ) Brad Haddin ( UK ) Jackson Bird Alex Doolan James Faulkner Ryan Harris Moises Henriques Mitchell Johnson Nathan Lyon Shaun Marsh James Pattinson Chris Rogers Peter Siddle Steven Smith David Warner Shane Watson	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock ( wk ) AB de Villiers Jean-Paul Duminy Beuran Hendricks Imran Tahir David Miller Albie Morkel Morne Morkel Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe	George Bailey ( K ) Daniel Christian Jackson Bird Nathan Coulter-Nile James Faulkner Aaron Finch Brad Haddin ( wk ) Moises Henriques Brad Hodge Brad Hogg Mitchell Johnson Glenn Maxwell James Muirhead Mitchell Starc David Warner Shane Watson Cameron White

Tour matches

February 5-8 Scorecard	Potchefstroom	South Africa	-	Australia
		Game canceled

Testing

First test in Centurion

February 12-16 Scorecard	Centurion	Australia 297 (122) & 290-4d (72.2)	-	South Africa 206 (61.1) & 200 (59.4)
		Australia wins with 281 runs

Second test in Port Elizabeth

February 20-24 Scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 423 (150.5) & 270-5d (64)	-	Australia 246 (57) & 216 (73.4)
		South Africa wins with 231 runs

Third test in Cape Town

March 1-5 Scorecard	Cape Town	Australia 494-7d (127.4) & 303-5d (58)	-	South Africa 287 (82.5) & 265 (134.3)
		Australia wins with 235 runs

The South African captain Graeme Smith announced his retirement from the national team after the third test.

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Port Elizabeth

March 9 scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa	-	Australia
		No result

Second Twenty20 in Durban

November 22nd scorecard	Durban	South Africa 80-1 (7/7)	-	Australia 82-5 (6.4 / 6.4)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

Third Twenty20 in Centurion

November 22nd scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 128 (20)	-	Australia 129-4 (15)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
David Warner	Australia	3	6th	543	90.50	145	3	2
AB de Villiers	South Africa	3	6th	341	56.83	116	1	1
Steven Smith	Australia	3	5	269	67.25	100	1	1
Hashim Amla	South Africa	3	6th	258	51.60	127 *	1	0
JP Duminy	South Africa	3	6th	223	44.60	123	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	3	126.1	22nd	17.36	7/68	2	1
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	89.3	12	26.41	4/55	0	0
Ryan Harris	Australia	3	116.1	10	31.80	4/32	0	0
Nathan Lyon	Australia	3	124	8th	39.00	5/130	1	0
JP Duminy	South Africa	3	71	7th	37.42	4/73	0	0
Vernon Philander	South Africa	3	97.4	7th	51.71	3/68	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	2	2	82	82.00	41 *	0	0
Aaron Finch	Australia	2	2	44	22.00	39	0	0
David Warner	Australia	1	1	40	40.00	40	0	0
Shane Watson	Australia	2	2	37	18.50	35	0	0
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	2	2	32	32.00	27 *	0	0
Brad Hodge	Australia	2	2	32		21 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	2	4th	2	9.50	2/19	0	0
Imran Tahir	South Africa	1	4th	2	10.50	2/21	0	0
JP Duminy	South Africa	2	3	2	16.00	2/5	0	0
Wayne Parnell	South Africa	2	3.4	2	16.00	1/15	0	0
Brad Hogg	Australia	2	5	2	18.00	2/31	0	0
Mitchell Starc	Australia	2	6th	2	20.00	2/16	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	David Warner
T20	Quinton de Kock

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	JP Duminy
3rd test	David Warner
2. T20	Brad Hodge
3. T20	Mitchell Starc

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pakistan to tour South Africa in November ( English ) Cricinfo. July 8, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
2. ^ Brydon Coverdale: Bailey axed, Marsh back in Test squad . Cricinfo. January 20, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
3. ^ Abbott called up for injured Steyn . Cricinfo. March 6, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
4. ↑ Firdose MOONDA: McLaren, Parnell in Australia for tests; Tahir dropped . Cricinfo. January 29, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
5. ↑ Johnson rested from T20s . Cricinfo. March 6, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
6. ↑ Firdose Moonda: 'When I told the team, it was a really tough night' . Cricinfo. March 5, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2013/14 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa Test Series, 2013/14 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa T20I Series, 2013/14 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Australia in South Africa T20I Series, 2013/14 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 1, 2016.