# Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2013–14

The Australia cricket team toured South Africa, playing three Test matches and a three-match Twenty20 series against the South African national team from 12 February to 14 March 2014. On 3 March 2014, South African captain Graeme Smith announced that he would retire from international cricket after the third Test. Australia won the Test series 2–1 and the T20 series 2–0. Australian captain Michael Clarke scored 161 not out in the third Test playing with a fractured shoulder.

## Squads

Tests :
| South Africa | Australia |
| Graeme Smith (c) AB de Villiers, (wk) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Jean-Paul Duminy Quinton de Kock Faf du Plessis Dean Elgar Rory Kleinveldt Ryan McLaren Morne Morkel Wayne Parnell Alviro Petersen Robin Peterson Vernon Philander Dale Steyn Thami Tsolekile | Michael Clarke (c) Brad Haddin (vc, wk) Jackson Bird Alex Doolan Ryan Harris Moises Henriques Phillip Hughes Mitchell Johnson Nathan Lyon Shaun Marsh James Pattinson Chris Rogers Peter Siddle Steve Smith David Warner Shane Watson |

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 12–16 February 2014 Scorecard
* Australia won by 281 runs Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Alex Doolan (Aus) made his Test debut.

### 2nd Test

* 20–24 February 2014 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 231 runs St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Jean-Paul Duminy (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Quinton de Kock (SA) made his Test debut.

### 3rd Test

* 1–5 March 2014 Scorecard
* Australia won by 245 runs Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: David Warner (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain stopped play on day 2.
* This was Graeme Smith's final Test match and his last International match.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 9 March 2014 14:30 Scorecard
| South Africa | v | Australia |
* Match abandoned St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain.

### 2nd T20I

* 12 March 2014 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 80/1 (7 overs) | v | Australia 82/5 (6.4 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 41* (20) Nathan Coulter-Nile 1/17 (2 overs) | | David Warner 40 (16) Jean-Paul Duminy 2/5 (1 over) |
* Australia won by 5 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Shaun George (RSA) and Adrian Holdstock (RSA) Player of the match: Brad Hodge (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Match reduced to seven overs per side due to rain.
* Beuran Hendricks (SA) made his T20 international debut.

### 3rd T20I

* 14 March 2014 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 128/7 (20 overs) | v | Australia 129/4 (15 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 41 (40) Mitchell Starc 2/16 (4 overs) | | Aaron Finch 39 (27) Imran Tahir 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Australia won by 6 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Johan Cloete (RSA) and Shaun George (RSA) Player of the match: Mitchell Starc (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics

Australia
* David Warner passed 2,000 Test runs in the second innings of the 1st Test.
* Brad Haddin passed 3,000 Test runs in the second innings of the 2nd Test.
* Chris Rogers passed 1,000 Test runs in the second innings of the 3rd Test.
* Ryan Harris took his 100th Test wicket in the fourth innings of the 3rd Test.
South Africa
* Hashim Amla passed 6,000 Test runs in the second innings of the 1st Test.
* AB de Villiers passed 7,000 Test runs in the first innings of the 2nd Test.
* Jean-Paul Duminy passed 1,000 Test runs in the first innings of the 2nd Test.