South African national cricket team in Australia in the 2014/15 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team in Australia in the 2014/15 season took place from November 2 to 23, 2014. The international cricket tour was part of the 2014/15 international cricket season and included three Twenty20s and five ODIs . Australia won the Twenty20 series 2-1 and the ODI series 4-1. By winning the ODI series, Australia made it to number 1 in the ICC's ODI world rankings .

prehistory

classification

It was the second tour of the season for Australia, having previously played against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates . South Africa used the tour in preparation for the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand , after having previously contested an ODI series in New Zealand . The last meeting of the two teams in a tour took place in the 2013/14 season in South Africa .

Stages

Adelaide Canberra Melbourne Sydney (ANZ) Sydney (SCG) Perth

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on June 23, 2014.

city	Stadion	capacity	Games
Adelaide	Adelaide oval	53,583	1. T20
Canberra	Manuka oval	12,000	3. ODI
Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground	100.024	4. ODI; 2. T20
Perth	WACA Ground	20,000	1st & 2nd ODI
Sydney	ANZ stadium	82,500	3. T20
Sydney	Sydney Cricket Ground	48,000	5. ODI

Squad lists

South Africa announced its roster for this and the Tour against on September 30, 2014. Australia announced the Twenty20 roster on October 19, and the ODI roster on October 29, 2014.

ODI		Twenty20
Australia	South Africa	Australia	South Africa
George Bailey ( K ) Nathan Coulter-Nile Pat Cummins Xavier Doherty James Faulkner Aaron Finch Josh Hazlewood Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Kane Richardson Steve Smith Mitchell Starc Matthew Wade ( wk ) David Warner Shane Watson Michael Clarke (Captain *)	AB de Villiers ( K ) Hashim Amla Kyle Abbott Quinton de Kock ( wk ) JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Imran Tahir Ryan McLaren David Miller Morné Morkel Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Vernon Philander Rilee Rossouw Dale Steyn	Aaron Finch ( K ) Sean Abbott Doug Bollinger Cameron Boyce Patrick Cummins Ben Cutting Ben dunk ( wk ) James Faulkner Nic Maddinson Glenn Maxwell Nathan Reardon Kane Richardson Shane Watson Cameron White	JP Duminy ( K ) Kyle Abbott Farhaan Berhardien Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Marchant de Lange Reeza Hendricks Imran Tahir Ryan McLaren David Miller Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw David Wiese

^* Clarke injured his hamstring muscles during the first ODI and was replaced by George Bailey for the remainder of the tour.

Tour match

November 2nd scorecard	Sydney (NSO)	Cricket Australia XI 189-5 (20)	-	South Africans 167 (18.5)
		Cricket Australia XI win with 22 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Adelaide

November 5th scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 144-6 (20)	-	South Africa 145-3 (19)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Melbourne

November 7th scorecard	Melbourne	South Africa 101-7 (20)	-	Australia 102-3 (12.4)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

Third Twenty20 in Sydney

November 9 scorecard	Sydney (ANZ)	South Africa 145-6 (20)	-	Australia 146-8 (19.5)
		Australia wins with 2 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Perth

November 14th scorecard	Perth	Australia 300-8 (50)	-	South Africa 268 (48.1)
		Australia wins with 32 runs

Second ODI in Perth

November 16 scorecard	Perth	Australia 154 (41.4)	-	South Africa 157-7 (27.4)
		South Africa wins with 3 wickets

Third ODI in Canberra

November 19th scorecard	Canberra	Australia 329-5 (50)	-	South Africa 256-9 (44.3)
		Australia wins with 73 runs

Fourth ODI in Melbourne

November 21 scorecard	Melbourne	South Africa 267-8 (50)	-	Australia 268-7 (49)
		Australia wins with 3 wickets

Fifth ODI in Sydney

November 23 scorecard	Sydney (SCG)	South Africa 280-6 (50)	-	Australia 275-8 (47.1 / 48)
		Australia wins with 2 wickets ( D / L method )

Australias innings were reduced to 48 overs and the goal to 275 runs.

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
AB de Villiers	South Africa	4th	4th	271	67.75	91	0	3
Steven Smith	Australia	4th	4th	254	84.66	104	1	2
Aaron Finch	Australia	5	5	250	50.00	109	1	1
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	5	5	177	35.40	107	1	0
Shane Watson	Australia	5	5	165	33.00	82	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Morné Morkel	South Africa	4th	38	10	23.00	5/21	1	0
Josh Hazlewood	Australia	4th	38.1	9	20.44	5/31	1	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	4th	36.4	7th	28.14	3/35	0	0
Vernon Philander	South Africa	3	29	6th	21.83	4/45	0	0
Robin Peterson	South Africa	2	14.1	5	15.20	4/32	0	0
Pat Cummins	Australia	2	19th	5	23.00	3/54	0	0
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Australia	3	19th	5	23.60	4/48	0	0
Mitchell Starc	Australia	3	28	5	26.40	4/32	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	3	3	94	31.33	48	0	0
Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	3	3	94	31.33	78	0	1
Aaron Finch	Australia	3	3	91	45.50	44 *	0	0
Shane Watson	Australia	3	3	82	27.33	47	0	0
Reeza Hendricks	South Africa	3	3	67	22.33	49	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
James Faulkner	Australia	3	11	6th	11.66	3/25	0	0
Kyle Abbott	South Africa	3	9.5	4th	14.50	3/21	0	0
Cameron Boyce	Australia	3	11	4th	18.00	2/15	0	0
David Wiese	South Africa	1	4th	3	7.00	3/21	0	0
Robin Peterson	South Africa	1	4th	3	9.33	3/28	0	0
Pat Cummins	Australia	3	12	3	18.33	1/11	0	0
Doug Bollinger	Australia	3	11	3	24.33	1/22	0	0
Wayne Parnell	South Africa	3	11.4	3	29.33	2/17	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Steven Smith
T20	James Faulkner

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. T20	Rilee Rossouw
2. T20	Cameron Boyce
3. T20	Cameron White
1. ODI	Nathan Coulter-Nile
2. ODI	Morné Morkel
3. ODI	Steven Smith
4. ODI	Steven Smith
5. ODI	Quinton de Kock

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Daniel boardy: Australia survive late scare, go No.1 in ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. November 23, 2014. Accessed July 23, 2015.
2. ↑ Australia top ODI rankings after beating South Africa 4-1 in series ( English ) BBC. November 23, 2014. Accessed July 23, 2015.
3. ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Australia's summer schedule released ( English ) Cricinfo. June 23, 2014. Accessed December 19, 2015.
4. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Philander returns to one-day squad ( English ) Cricinfo. September 30, 2014. Accessed July 23, 2015.
5. ↑ Daniel boardy: Dunk, White, Reardon into T20 squad ( English ) Cricinfo. October 19, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
6. ↑ Lyon dropped, Hazlewood earns recall for SA ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. October 29, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
7. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia T20I Series, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia T20I Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 15, 2016.