Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2023
The Australia men's cricket team toured South Africa in August and September 2023 to play five One Day Internationals (ODI) and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) matches.[1][2] The ODI matches formed part of both teams' preparations for the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup (which Australia won).[3]
| Australia men's cricket team in South Africa in 2023 | |||
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| South Africa | Australia | ||
| Dates | 30 August 2023 – 17 September 2023 | ||
| Captains |
Temba Bavuma (ODIs)[n 1] Aiden Markram (T20Is) | Mitchell Marsh | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Heinrich Klaasen (243) | Marnus Labuschagne (283) | |
| Most wickets |
Marco Jansen (8) Keshav Maharaj (8) | Adam Zampa (8) | |
| Player of the series | Aiden Markram (SA) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Reeza Hendricks (101) | Mitchell Marsh (186) | |
| Most wickets | Lizaad Williams (4) | Sean Abbott (8) | |
| Player of the series | Mitchell Marsh (Aus) | ||
Originally, the tour was scheduled to take place in March 2021,[4][5] and three Test matches were slated to be played.[6] Those matches would have formed part of the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship tournament.[7] However, that tour was postponed in February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]
Background
editIn December 2020, South Africa's One Day International (ODI) series against England was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] As a result, both cricket boards were looking at contingency plans for the Test series, including the possibility of playing the matches in Perth or the United Arab Emirates.[10] An initial provisional start date for the tour of 18 February 2021 meant a tight turnaround from the end of South Africa's tour of Pakistan,[11] although an update in January suggested the tour would begin in March 2021.[12]
On 27 January 2021, Cricket Australia (CA) named their squad for the tour, ahead of any confirmation of the dates of the fixtures.[13][14] However, on 2 February 2021, Cricket Australia announced that the tour had been postponed due to the pandemic.[15] As a result of the tour being postponed, New Zealand qualified for the final of the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.[16] In October 2021, Cricket Australia said that they were looking at a window in 2023 to play the white-ball matches.[17]
Squads
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On 18 August 2023, Australia's Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc were ruled out of tour due to injuries.[22] Ashton Turner replaced Smith in the T20I squad, whereas Marnus Labuschagne and Spencer Johnson replaced Smith and Starc respectively in the ODI squad.[23] On the same day, Mitchell Marsh replaced Pat Cummins as Australia's ODI captain for the tour,[24] with Cummins' participation in doubt as he was returning from a wrist injury.[25] Initially, Glenn Maxwell was set to miss the ODI series to return home for the birth of his first child.[26] However, he was also ruled out of the T20I series due to an injury and was replaced by Matthew Wade in the Australia's T20I squad.[27] [28] On the day of first T20I, Tanveer Sangha was added to Australia's T20I Squad, after Adam Zampa couldn't play due to illness.[29] On 31 August 2023, Tim David was added to Australia's ODI squad.[30] On 10 September 2023, Michael Neser was added to Australia's ODI squad. [31]
T20I series
edit1st T20I
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Dewald Brevis, Gerald Coetzee (SA), Aaron Hardie, Spencer Johnson, Tanveer Sangha and Matthew Short (Aus) all made their T20I debuts.
- This was Australia's highest team total against South Africa in men's T20Is.[32]
2nd T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
3rd T20I
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Matthew Breetzke and Donovan Ferreira (SA) both made their T20I debuts.
ODI series
edit1st ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Marnus Labuschagne (Aus) replaced Cameron Green as a concussion substitute during the second innings of the match.[33]
2nd ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Tim David and Aaron Hardie (Aus) both made their ODI debuts.
- David Warner scored his 46th international century, the most by any opener.[34]
3rd ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Adam Zampa (Aus) equalled the record for most runs conceded in an ODI (113).[35]
5th ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Marco Jansen (SA) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.
Notes
edit- ^ Aiden Markram captained South Africa in the 4th ODI.
References
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- ^ "Mark Boucher: 'Emphasis' on Australia Tests as South Africa to send 'watered-down' T20I team to Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "'Australia's tour at this stage is going ahead' - CSA's acting CEO". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Matthew Wade dropped from Test squad, Travis Head set to reclaim middle-order spot". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Wade dropped, uncapped quintet picked for SA tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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- ^ "New Zealand qualify for WTC final after Australia-South Africa postponement". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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- ^ "South Africa call up Dewald Brevis for Australia series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Rising star earns maiden call-up as South Africa name squads for white-ball series against Australia". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- ^ "Marsh to lead Aussie T20I squad in South Africa". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Mitchell Marsh named Australia's T20 captain for South Africa; uncapped trio earn call-ups". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ "Smith, Starc ruled out of South Africa tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Mitchell Marsh to captain Australia for white-ball tour of South Africa". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Smith ruled out of South Africa tour due to wrist injury". ESPNcricinfo. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Wrist injury no worry for Cummins' Cup hopes". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Maxwell ruled out of SA T20s as Wade returns". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Wade replaces injured Maxwell for South Africa T20Is". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Johnson, Hardie and Short confirmed for T20I debuts against South Africa". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Sangha rushed in for debut as Australia bat first". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Tim David handed 50-over chance with ODI call-up". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- ^ "Neser added to Australia's ODI squad in South Africa". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Records for Australia in T20I matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "Marnus Labuschagne called in as Cameron Green's concussion sub". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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- ^ "Records for ODI Matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2023.