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
Tour venues |
The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on June 23, 2014.
city | Stadion | capacity | Games |
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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 | ||
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* 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) |
![]() 189-5 (20) |
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![]() 167 (18.5) |
Cricket Australia XI win with 22 runs |
Twenty20 Internationals
First Twenty20 in Adelaide
November 5th scorecard |
Adelaide |
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South Africa wins with 7 wickets |
Second Twenty20 in Melbourne
November 7th scorecard |
Melbourne |
![]() 101-7 (20) |
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Australia wins with 7 wickets |
Third Twenty20 in Sydney
November 9 scorecard |
Sydney (ANZ) |
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![]() 146-8 (19.5) |
Australia wins with 2 wickets |
One-day internationals
First ODI in Perth
November 14th scorecard |
Perth |
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![]() 268 (48.1) |
Australia wins with 32 runs |
Second ODI in Perth
November 16 scorecard |
Perth |
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South Africa wins with 3 wickets |
Third ODI in Canberra
November 19th scorecard |
Canberra |
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Australia wins with 73 runs |
Fourth ODI in Melbourne
November 21 scorecard |
Melbourne |
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Australia wins with 3 wickets |
Fifth ODI in Sydney
November 23 scorecard |
Sydney (SCG) |
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![]() 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 | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
AB de Villiers |
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4th | 4th | 271 | 67.75 | 91 | 0 | 3 |
Steven Smith |
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4th | 4th | 254 | 84.66 | 104 | 1 | 2 |
Aaron Finch |
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5 | 5 | 250 | 50.00 | 109 | 1 | 1 |
Quinton de Kock |
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5 | 5 | 177 | 35.40 | 107 | 1 | 0 |
Shane Watson |
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5 | 5 | 165 | 33.00 | 82 | 0 | 1 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Morné Morkel |
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4th | 38 | 10 | 23.00 | 5/21 | 1 | 0 |
Josh Hazlewood |
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4th | 38.1 | 9 | 20.44 | 5/31 | 1 | 0 |
Dale Steyn |
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4th | 36.4 | 7th | 28.14 | 3/35 | 0 | 0 |
Vernon Philander |
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3 | 29 | 6th | 21.83 | 4/45 | 0 | 0 |
Robin Peterson |
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2 | 14.1 | 5 | 15.20 | 4/32 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Cummins |
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2 | 19th | 5 | 23.00 | 3/54 | 0 | 0 |
Nathan Coulter-Nile |
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3 | 19th | 5 | 23.60 | 4/48 | 0 | 0 |
Mitchell Starc |
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3 | 28 | 5 | 26.40 | 4/32 | 0 | 0 |
Twenty20s | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Quinton de Kock |
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3 | 3 | 94 | 31.33 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
Rilee Rossouw |
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3 | 3 | 94 | 31.33 | 78 | 0 | 1 |
Aaron Finch |
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3 | 3 | 91 | 45.50 | 44 * | 0 | 0 |
Shane Watson |
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3 | 3 | 82 | 27.33 | 47 | 0 | 0 |
Reeza Hendricks |
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3 | 3 | 67 | 22.33 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
James Faulkner |
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3 | 11 | 6th | 11.66 | 3/25 | 0 | 0 |
Kyle Abbott |
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3 | 9.5 | 4th | 14.50 | 3/21 | 0 | 0 |
Cameron Boyce |
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3 | 11 | 4th | 18.00 | 2/15 | 0 | 0 |
David Wiese |
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1 | 4th | 3 | 7.00 | 3/21 | 0 | 0 |
Robin Peterson |
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1 | 4th | 3 | 9.33 | 3/28 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Cummins |
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3 | 12 | 3 | 18.33 | 1/11 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Bollinger |
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3 | 11 | 3 | 24.33 | 1/22 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Parnell |
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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 |
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ODI |
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T20 |
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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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1. T20 |
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2. T20 |
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3. T20 |
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1. ODI |
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2. ODI |
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3. ODI |
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4. ODI |
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5. ODI |
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daniel boardy: Australia survive late scare, go No.1 in ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. November 23, 2014. Accessed July 23, 2015.
- ↑ Australia top ODI rankings after beating South Africa 4-1 in series ( English ) BBC. November 23, 2014. Accessed July 23, 2015.
- ↑ Brydon Coverdale: Australia's summer schedule released ( English ) Cricinfo. June 23, 2014. Accessed December 19, 2015.
- ↑ Firdose Moonda: Philander returns to one-day squad ( English ) Cricinfo. September 30, 2014. Accessed July 23, 2015.
- ↑ Daniel boardy: Dunk, White, Reardon into T20 squad ( English ) Cricinfo. October 19, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
- ↑ Lyon dropped, Hazlewood earns recall for SA ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. October 29, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia ODI Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia T20I Series, 2014/15 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in Australia T20I Series, 2014/15 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 15, 2016.