South African national cricket team in Australia in the 2000 season
The South African national cricket team's tour to Australia in the 2000 season took place from August 16-20, 2000. The international cricket tour was part of the 2000 international cricket season and included three ODIs . The ODI series ended 1-1.
prehistory
South Africa previously played a tour in Sri Lanka , for Australia it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1999/2000 season in South Africa.
Stadion
Tour venues |
The following stadium was planned as the venue for the tour. Since the game took place in the Australian winter, it was played with the roof closed.
| Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonial Stadium | Melbourne | 56,000 | 1st - 3rd ODI |
Squad
Australia named their squad on July 5, 2000.
| ODI | |
|---|---|
 Australia
|
 South Africa
|
One-Day Internationals in Melbourne
First ODI
| August 16 scorecard |
Melbourne |
Australia 295-5 (50) |
- |
South Africa 201-7 (50) |
| Australia wins with 94 runs | ||||
Second ODI
| August 18 scorecard |
Melbourne |
South Africa 226-8 (50) |
- |
Australia 226-9 (50) |
| draw | ||||
Third ODI
| August 20 scorecard |
Melbourne |
South Africa 206-7 (50) |
- |
Australia 198-9 (48/48) |
| South Africa wins with 8 runs | ||||
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
| ODIs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Steve Waugh |
Australia
|
3 | 3 | 161 | 80.50 | 114 * | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Bevan |
Australia
|
3 | 3 | 142 | 47.33 | 106 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Gilchrist |
Australia
|
3 | 3 | 101 | 33.66 | 63 | 0 | 1 |
| Lance Klusener |
South Africa
|
3 | 3 | 86 | 43.00 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Kirsten |
South Africa
|
3 | 3 | 74 | 24.66 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| bowling | ||||||||
| player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
| Ian Harvey |
Australia
|
2 | 20th | 5 | 16.80 | 3/41 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky buoy |
Australia
|
2 | 20th | 4th | 15.50 | 2/29 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn McGrath |
Australia
|
3 | 30th | 4th | 25.25 | 3/26 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Telemachus |
South Africa
|
3 | 30th | 4th | 31.75 | 2/54 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gillespie |
Australia
|
2 | 20th | 3 | 26.33 | 3/40 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Lee |
Australia
|
2 | 20th | 3 | 35.66 | 3/56 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Klusener |
South Africa
|
3 | 23 | 3 | 37.00 | 2/41 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacques Kallis |
South Africa
|
3 | 22nd | 3 | 44.00 | 1/21 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun Pollock |
South Africa
|
3 | 28 | 3 | 44.33 | 2/36 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
| series | Player of the Series |
|---|---|
| ODI |
 Nicky buoy
|
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
| game | Player of the Match |
|---|---|
| 1. ODI |
 Steve Waugh
|
| 2. ODI |
Andrew Hall
|
| 3. ODI |
Nicky buoy
|
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ACB announces details of cricket at Colonial Stadium ( English ) Cricinfo. March 8, 2000. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ^ Ponting, Gillespie return for Super Challenge 2000 ( English ) Cricinfo. July 5, 2000. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia ODI Series, 2000 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia ODI Series, 2000 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 24, 2016.