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

Adelaide Melbourne Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
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
Australia	South Africa
Steve Waugh ( K ) Andy Bichel Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Jason Gillespie Matthew Hayden Justin Langer Brett Lee Stuart MacGill Glenn McGrath Damien Martyn Ricky Ponting Shane Warne Mark Waugh	Shaun Pollock ( K ) Nicky buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) Boeta Dippenaar Allan Donald Herschelle Gibbs Nantie Hayward Claude Henderson Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini Justin Ontong

Tour matches

December 5th scorecard	Perth	South Africans 257-9 (50)	-	ACB Chairman's XI 209 (44.1)
		South Africans wins with 48 runs

7-10 December scorecard	Perth	South Africans 367 (86.3) & 390-5 (98.5)	-	Western Australia 600-8d (166)
		draw

20.-23. December scorecard	Sydney	South Africans 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	Australia 439 (141) & 309-7d (78.1)	-	South Africa 374 (121.4) & 128 (67)
		Australia wins with 246 runs

Second test in Melbourne

26.-29. December scorecard	Melbourne	South Africa 277 (103.5) & 219 (75.1)	-	Australia 487 (139) & 10-1 (3)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

Third test in Sydney

2nd to 5th January scorecard	Sydney	Australia 554 (144.2) & 54-0 (10.1)	-	South Africa 154 (62.2) & 452 (141.5) (f / o)
		Australia wins with 10 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Matthew Hayden	Australia	3	6th	429	107.25	138	3	0
Justin Langer	Australia	3	6th	365	73.00	126	2	1
Damien Martyn	Australia	3	4th	299	149.50	124 *	2	1
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	3	6th	245	49.00	99	0	2
Gary Kirsten	South Africa	3	6th	245	40.83	153	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shane Warne	Australia	3	173.3	17th	27.82	5/113	1	0
Glenn McGrath	Australia	3	139	14th	25.00	3/13	0	0
Brett Lee	Australia	3	105	9	34.88	3/77	0	0
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	3	112	8th	39.00	3/84	0	0
Claude Henderson	South Africa	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
test	Matthew Hayden

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Shane Warne
2nd test	Matthew Hayden
3rd test	Matthew Hayden Justin Langer

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Australian squad for the first Orange Test match against South Africa ( English ) Cricinfo. September 12, 2001. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
2. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2001/02 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
3. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2001/02 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved August 15, 2016.