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Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2011–12

Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2011–12
	South Africa	Australia
Dates	13 October 2011 – 21 November 2011
Captains	Hashim Amla (ODI and T20I) Graeme Smith (Test)	Michael Clarke (Test and ODI) Cameron White (T20I)
Test series
Result	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Hashim Amla (239)	Michael Clarke (166)
Most wickets	Vernon Philander (14)	Pat Cummins (7)
Player of the series	Vernon Philander (SA)
One Day International series
Results	Australia won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Jacques Kallis (145)	Michael Hussey (112)
Most wickets	Morné Morkel (5) Dale Steyn (5)	Xavier Doherty (5) Mitchell Johnson (5) Pat Cummins (5)
Player of the series	Michael Hussey (Aus)
Twenty20 International series
Results	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	JP Duminy (67)	Cameron White (67)
Most wickets	Lonwabo Tsotsobe (3) Morné Morkel (3)	Pat Cummins (5)
Player of the series	Rusty Theron (SA)

The Australia national cricket team toured South Africa from 13 October to 21 November 2011. The tour consisted of two Twenty20 Internationals (T20I), three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Tests.^[1]

Squads[edit]

• * = withdrawn

Tour matches[edit]

South Africa A v Australians[edit]

• South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series[edit]

1st T20I[edit]

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Pat Cummins (Aus) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I[edit]

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series[edit]

1st ODI[edit]

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 29 overs per side due to rain. South Africa target was 223 runs in 29 overs.
• Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh became the youngest and fifth youngest players to make their ODI debut for Australia, respectively.^[2][3]

2nd ODI[edit]

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.

3rd ODI[edit]

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series[edit]

1st Test[edit]

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Vernon Philander and Imran Tahir (SA) both made their Test debuts.

South Africa won the toss and elected to field. At the end of the first day, Australia had made 214 for the loss of 8 wickets, with South African bowler Dale Steyn picking up 4 wickets for 31 runs.^[4] On the second day, Australia were eventually dismissed for 284, with Michael Clarke equalling his third highest Test score with 151.^[5] Batting second, South Africa were dismissed for just 96 runs, with Australian all-rounder Shane Watson taking five wickets for 17 runs in five overs.^[5] In their second innings, Australia were reduced to 13–3 by tea on the second day. After tea they went from 21–6 to 21–9, before being bowled out for 47 runs. This was their fourth lowest Test score and their lowest total for 109 years.^[5][6][7] Debutant Vernon Philander finished with figures of 5–15 from seven overs. On the third day, Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla both reached centuries to help South Africa to an 8-wicket victory.^[8]

2nd Test[edit]

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Pat Cummins (Aus) made his Test debut.

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

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