South African national cricket team in Australia in the 2012/13 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Australia in the 2012/13 season took place from November 9th to December 3rd, 2012. The international cricket tour was part of the 2012/13 international cricket season and included three tests . South Africa won the series 1–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last tour of the two teams against each other took place in the 2011/12 season in South Africa .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Perth

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on July 19, 2012.

city	Stadion	capacity	Games
Adelaide	Adelaide oval	53,583	2nd test
Brisbane	The gabba	42,000	1st test
Perth	WACA Ground	20,000	3rd test

Squad lists

South Africa named their test squad on October 10, 2012. Australia named their test squad on October 28, 2012.

test
Australia	South Africa
Michael Clarke ( K ) Shane Watson ( UK ) Ed Cowan John Hastings Josh Hazlewood Ben Hilfenhaus Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Nathan Lyon James Pattinson Ricky Ponting Rob Quiney Peter Siddle Mitchell Starc Matthew Wade ( wk ) David Warner	Graeme Smith ( K ) AB de Villiers ( UK & wk ) Hashim Amla JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Imran Tahir Jacques Kallis Rory Kleinveldt Morne Morkel Alviro Petersen Robin Peterson Vernon Philander Jacques Rudolph Dale Steyn Thami Tsolekile ( wk ) Dean Elgar

Tour match

November 2-4 scorecard	Sydney	Australia A 480-7d (135) & 13-1 (10)	-	South Africans 277-6d (105)
		draw

Testing

First test in Brisbane

November 9-13 Scorecard	Brisbane	South Africa 450 (151.4) & 166-5 (68)	-	Australia 565-5d (138)
		draw

Second test in Adelaide

June 22-26 scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 550 (107.2) & 267-8d (70)	-	South Africa 380 (124.3) & 248-8 (148)
		draw

Third test in Perth

November 30th - December 3rd scorecard	Perth	South Africa 225 (74) & 569 (111.5)	-	Australia 163 (53.1) & 322 (82.5)
		South Africa wins with 309 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	5	576	144.00	259 *	2	0
Hashim Amla	South Africa	3	6th	377	62.83	196	2	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	3	6th	339	56.50	147	1	1
Michael Hussey	Australia	3	5	295	59.00	103	2	1
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	2	4th	293	146.50	110 *	1	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Morné Morkel	South Africa	3	109	14th	28.50	5/146	1	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	109.3	12	30.83	4/40	0	0
Nathan Lyon	Australia	3	178	12	40.50	3/41	0	0
Peter Siddle	Australia	2	116.5	9	38.00	4/65	0	0
Mitchell Starc	Australia	1	44.5	8th	26.12	6/154	1	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Michael Clarke

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Michael Clarke
2nd test	Faf du Plessis
3rd test	Hashim Amla

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Australia finalize summer schedule ( English ) Cricinfo. July 19, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
2. ↑ Kleinveldt included in South Africa's Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. October 10, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
3. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Wade in test squad, Haddin misses out ( English ) Cricinfo. October 28, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2012/13 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia Test Series, 2012/13 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 24, 2016.