South African national cricket team in Australia in the 2018/19 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Australia in the 2018/19 season took place from November 4th to 17th, 2018. The international cricket tour was part of the 2018/19 international cricket season and included three ODIs and one Twenty20 . South Africa won the ODI series 2–1 and the Twenty20 series 1–0.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour in the United Arab Emirates against Pakistan , South Africa a tour against Zimbabwe . The last meeting of the two teams took place in the 2017/18 season in South Africa .

Stages

Adelaide Gold coast Hobart Perth (PS)

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on April 30, 2018.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	2. ODI
Carrara Stadium	Gold coast	25,000	1. T20
Bellerive oval	Hobart	20,000	3. ODI
Perth Stadium	Perth	60,000	1. ODI

Squad lists

Australia named their Twenty20 squad on November 8, 2018.

ODI		Twenty20
Australia	South Africa	Australia	South Africa
Aaron Finch ( K ) Josh Hazlewood ( UK ) Alex Carey ( VK , wk ) Ashton agar Nathan Coulter-Nile Pat Cummins Travis Head Chris Lynn Shaun Marsh Glenn Maxwell Ben McDermott D'Arcy Short Mitchell Starc Marcus Stoinis Adam Zampa	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Reeza Hendricks Heinrich Klaasen Aiden Markram David Miller Chris Morris Lungi Ngidi Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi Dale Steyn Imran Tahir	Aaron Finch ( K ) Alex Carey ( VK , wk ) Ashton agar Jason Behrendorff Nathan Coulter-Nile Chris Lynn Glenn Maxwell Ben McDermott D'Arcy Short Billy Stanlake Marcus Stoinis Andrew Tye Adam Zampa	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Reeza Hendricks Heinrich Klaasen Aiden Markram David Miller Chris Morris Lungi Ngidi Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi Dale Steyn Imran Tahir

Tour matches

October 31 scorecard	Canberra	South Africans 173 (42)	-	Prime Minister's XI 174-6 (36.3)
		Prime Minister's XI wins with 4 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Perth

November 4th scorecard	Perth	Australia 152 (38.1)	-	South Africa 153-4 (29.2)
		South Africa wins with 6 wickets

Second ODI in Adelaide

November 9 scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 231 (50)	-	South Africa 224-9 (50)
		Australia wins with 7 runs

Third ODI in Hobart

November 11th scorecard	Hobart	South Africa 320-5 (50)	-	Australia 280-9 (50)
		South Africa wins with 40 runs

Twenty20 International in Gold Coast

November 17th scorecard	Gold coast	South Africa 108-6 (10/10)	-	Australia 87-7 (10/10)
		South Africa wins with 21 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ India unlikely to play day-night test in Adelaide ( English ) Cricinfo. April 20, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
2. ↑ Marcus Stoinis, Jason Behrendorff return to T20I squad as Australia rest Test players ( English ) Cricinfo. November 8, 2018. Retrieved December 2, 2018.