South African national cricket team in Australia in the 2001/02 season
The tour of the South African national cricket team to Australia in the 2001/02 season took place from December 5, 2001 to January 2, 2002. The international cricket tour was part of the 2001/02 international cricket season and included three test matches . Australia won the test series 3-0.
prehistory
Australia previously played a tour against New Zealand , South Africa against India . The last meeting of the two teams in a tour took place in the 1999/2000 season in South Africa . Following the tour, the two teams played a three-nation tournament with New Zealand .
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages were planned as venues for the tour.
Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
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Adelaide oval | Adelaide | 53,583 | 1st test |
Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne | 100.024 | 2nd test |
Sydney Cricket Ground | Sydney | 48,000 | 3rd test |
Squad
Australia named their squad on December 9, 2001.
test | |
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Tour matches
December 5th scorecard |
Perth |
![]() 257-9 (50) |
- | ACB Chairman's XI 209 (44.1) |
South Africans wins with 48 runs |
7-10 December scorecard |
Perth |
![]() 367 (86.3) & 390-5 (98.5) |
- | Western Australia 600-8d (166) |
draw |
20.-23. December scorecard |
Sydney |
![]() 498 (128.1) & 269-5d (80) |
- | New South Wales 385-6d (123) & 135-2 (41) |
draw |
Test matches
First test in Adelaide
14.-18. December scorecard |
Adelaide |
![]() 439 (141) & 309-7d (78.1) |
- |
![]() 374 (121.4) & 128 (67) |
Australia wins with 246 runs |
Second test in Melbourne
26.-29. December scorecard |
Melbourne |
![]() 277 (103.5) & 219 (75.1) |
- |
![]() 487 (139) & 10-1 (3) |
Australia wins with 9 wickets |
Third test in Sydney
2nd to 5th January scorecard |
Sydney |
![]() 554 (144.2) & 54-0 (10.1) |
- |
![]() 154 (62.2) & 452 (141.5) (f / o) |
Australia wins with 10 wickets |
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Matthew Hayden |
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3 | 6th | 429 | 107.25 | 138 | 3 | 0 |
Justin Langer |
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3 | 6th | 365 | 73.00 | 126 | 2 | 1 |
Damien Martyn |
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3 | 4th | 299 | 149.50 | 124 * | 2 | 1 |
Jacques Kallis |
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3 | 6th | 245 | 49.00 | 99 | 0 | 2 |
Gary Kirsten |
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3 | 6th | 245 | 40.83 | 153 | 1 | 0 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Shane Warne |
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3 | 173.3 | 17th | 27.82 | 5/113 | 1 | 0 |
Glenn McGrath |
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3 | 139 | 14th | 25.00 | 3/13 | 0 | 0 |
Brett Lee |
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3 | 105 | 9 | 34.88 | 3/77 | 0 | 0 |
Shaun Pollock |
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3 | 112 | 8th | 39.00 | 3/84 | 0 | 0 |
Claude Henderson |
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3 | 120.1 | 8th | 60.00 | 4/116 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
series | Player of the Series |
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test |
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Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
game | Player of the Match |
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1st test |
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2nd test |
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3rd test |
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Australian squad for the first Orange Test match against South Africa ( English ) Cricinfo. September 12, 2001. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2001/02 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2001/02 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 15, 2016.