South African national cricket team in Australia in the 2008-09 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Australia in the 2008/09 season took place from December 6, 2008 to January 30, 2009. The international cricket tour was part of the 2008/09 international cricket season and included three test matches , two Twenty20s and five ODIs . South Africa won the Test series 2-1 and the ODI series 4-1, while Australia won the Twenty20 series 2-0.

prehistory

Australia last played the test series of the tour against New Zealand , South Africa a tour against Bangladesh . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2005/06 season in South Africa .

Stages

Hobart Melbourne Adelaide Perth Sydney Brisbane

Tour venues

The following stages were planned as venues for the tour and announced by xx.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	4. ODI
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	2. T20
Bellerive oval	Hobart	20,000	2. ODI
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	2. test; 1. T20; 1. ODI
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	1st test; 5. ODI
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	3rd test; 3. ODI

Squad lists

South Africa named their test squad on November 22nd and limited overs squad on December 22, 2008. Australia named their test squad on December 8, 2008 and limited overs squad on January 8, 2009.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Australia	South Africa	Australia	South Africa	Australia	South Africa
Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Clarke ( UK ) Doug Bollinger Brad Haddin ( wk ) Nathan Hauritz Matthew Hayden Ben Hilfenhaus Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Simon Katich Jason Krejza Brett Lee Andrew McDonald Peter Siddle Andrew Symonds Shane Watson	Graeme Smith ( K ) Ashwell Prince ( vK ) Hashim Amla Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Paul Harris Jacques Kallis Neil McKenzie Morné Morkel Makhaya Ntini Robin Peterson Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe Vaughn van Jaarsveld Moons Zondeki	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Clarke ( UK ) Nathan Bracken Brad Haddin ( wk ) Ryan Harris Nathan Hauritz Ben Hilfenhaus James Hopes David Hussey Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Shaun Marsh Shaun Tait David Warner Cameron White	Johan Botha ( K ) Hashim Amla Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Neil McKenzie Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Makhaya Ntini Wayne Parnell Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe Vaughn van Jaarsveld	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Hussey ( vK ) Nathan Bracken Brad Haddin Ryan Harris Nathan Hauritz Ben Hilfenhaus James Hopes David Hussey Shaun Marsh Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Shaun Tait David Warner Cameron White	Johan Botha ( K ) Hashim Amla Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Neil McKenzie Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Makhaya Ntini Wayne Parnell Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe Vaugh van Jaarsveld

Tour matches

December 11th scorecard	Perth	South Africans 185-2 (50)	-	Western Australia 215-4 (50)
		Western Australia wins with 7 wickets

December 12-13 Scorecard	Perth	South Africans 320-8d (90)	-	Western Australia 280 (71.5)
		draw

Test matches

First test in Perth

December 17-21 Scorecard	Perth	Australia 375 (98.5) & 319 (97)	-	South Africa 281 (89.5) & 414-4 (119.2)
		South Africa wins with 6 wickets

Second test in Melbourne

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 394 (113.4) & 247 (84.2)	-	South Africa 459 (153) & 183-1 (48)
		South Africa wins with 9 wickets

Third test in Sydney

January 3-7 Scorecard	Sydney	Australia 445 (136.2) & 257-4d (67.3)	-	South Africa 327 (120.5) & 272 (114.2)
		Australia wins with 103 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Melbourne

January 11th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 182-9 (20)	-	South Africa 130 (18)
		Australia wins with 52 runs

Second Twenty20 in Brisbane

January 13th scorecard	Brisbane	South Africa 157-5 (20)	-	Australia 161-4 (18.5)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Melbourne

January 16 scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 271-8 (50)	-	South Africa 272-7 (49.3)
		South Africa wins with 3 wickets

Second ODI in Hobart

January 18 scorecard	Hobart	Australia 249-9 (50)	-	South Africa 244-6 (50)
		Australia wins with 5 runs

Third ODI in Sydney

January 23 scorecard	Sydney	Australia 269 ​​(49.2)	-	South Africa 270-7 (46.3)
		South Africa wins with 3 wickets

Fourth ODI in Adelaide

January 26th scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 222 (48)	-	South Africa 223-2 (38.1)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Fifth ODI in Perth

January 30th scorecard	Perth	South Africa 288-6 (50)	-	Australia 249 (49)
		South Africa wins with 39 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Michael Clarke	Australia	3	6th	383	76.60	138	1	2
Graeme Smith	South Africa	3	6th	326	65.20	108	1	2
Simon Katich	Australia	3	6th	297	49.50	83	0	3
Ricky Ponting	Australia	3	6th	285	47.50	101	1	2
Hashim Amla	South Africa	3	6th	259	51.80	59	0	3
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	131.2	18th	26.16	5/67	2	1
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	3	159.4	17th	25.88	8/61	1	1
Peter Siddle	Australia	3	145.4	13	27.38	5/59	1	0
Paul Harris	South Africa	3	135.5	10	38.70	3/84	0	0
Morné Morkel	South Africa	3	112	9	42.66	2/38	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	3	122.5	9	50.00	4/72	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Shaun Marsh	Australia	5	5	218	43.60	79	0	2
Ricky Ponting	Australia	5	5	214	42.80	64	0	2
Hashim Amla	South Africa	5	5	199	49.75	97	0	2
AB de Villiers	South Africa	4th	4th	191	63.66	82 *	0	2
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	4th	4th	186	46.50	72	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	3	28	8th	17.12	3/39	0	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	4th	38.2	8th	22.62	3/49	0	0
Johan Botha	South Africa	5	47	8th	23.50	3/32	0	0
Ben Hilfenhaus	Australia	4th	37.3	7th	29.57	2/43	0	0
Morné Morkel	South Africa	3	29	5	30.80	2/45	0	0
James Hopes	Australia	5	46.1	5	42.80	3/44	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
JP Duminy	South Africa	2	2	147	147.00	78	0	2
David Warner	Australia	2	2	96	48.00	89	0	1
Michael Hussey	Australia	2	2	60	60.00	53 *	0	1
Ricky Ponting	Australia	2	2	59	29.50	38	0	0
Cameron White	Australia	2	2	47	47.00	40 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
David Hussey	Australia	2	7th	4th	10.75	3/25	0	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	2	7th	4th	14.25	3/38	0	0
Nathan Bracken	Australia	2	7th	3	15.66	2/18	0	0
Ben Hilfenhaus	Australia	2	7th	3	15.66	2/15	0	0
James Hopes	Australia	2	8th	3	20.00	2/29	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Graeme Smith
ODI	Albie Morkel

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	AB de Villiers
2nd test	Dale Steyn
3rd test	Peter Siddle
1. T20	David Warner
2. T20	Michael Hussey
1. ODI	Albie Morkel
2. ODI	Shaun Marsh
3. ODI	Albie Morkel
4. ODI	AB de Villiers
5. ODI	Hashim Amla

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australia revamp home internationals ( English ) Cricinfo. May 20, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
2. ↑ Uncapped Tsotsobe in Test squad for Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. November 22, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
3. ↑ Gibbs recalled for Australia ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. December 22, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
4. ↑ Watson back in frame for Perth Test ( English ) Cricinfo. December 8, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
5. ↑ Peter English: Hayden dropped from one-day squads ( English ) Cricinfo. January 8, 2009. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2008/09 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2008/09 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia ODI Series, 2008/09 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia ODI Series, 2008/09 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia T20I Series, 2008/09 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia T20I Series, 2008/09 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 29, 2016.