# South African cricket team in Australia in 2018–19

The South Africa cricket team toured Australia in October and November 2018 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) match. Ahead of the ODI series, a 50-over practice match took place at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. Ahead of the T20I match, a 20-over practice match took place in Brisbane. In April 2018, it was confirmed that the Carrara Stadium would host its first ever international cricket match.
Prior to the tour, Aaron Finch replaced Tim Paine as captain, and both Josh Hazlewood and Alex Carey were appointed joint vice-captains of the Australia ODI cricket team. The final ODI of the series was the 600th to be played by the South African team. South Africa won the ODI series 2–1. The one-off T20I match was reduced to ten overs per side due to rain, with South Africa winning the fixture by 21 runs.

## Squads

| ODIs | ODIs | T20I | T20I |
| Australia | South Africa | Australia | South Africa |
| Aaron Finch (c) Josh Hazlewood (vc) Alex Carey (vc, 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 (c) 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 (c) Alex Carey (vc, 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 (c) 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 |
Ahead of the tour, JP Duminy and Hashim Amla were both ruled out of South Africa's squads due to injury. Ahead of the second ODI, Ben McDermott was added to Australia's ODI squad as cover for Shaun Marsh.

## Tour matches
### 50 over match: Prime Minister's XI vs South Africa

* 31 October 2018 13:50 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 173 (42 overs) | v | Prime Minister's XI 6/174 (36.3 overs) |
| Aiden Markram 47 (51) Usman Qadir 3/28 (10 overs) | | Josh Philippe 57 (53) Lungi Ngidi 2/16 (6 overs) |
* Prime Minister's XI won by 4 wickets Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Shawn Craig (Aus) and Simon Fry (Aus) Player of the match: Josh Philippe (Prime Minister's XI)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

### 20 over match: Cricket Australia XI vs South Africa

* 14 November 2018 14:00 Scorecard
| South Africa 5/201 (20 overs) | v | Cricket Australia XI 7/160 (20 overs) |
| Aiden Markram 45 (26) Gurinder Sandhu 1/18 (3 overs) | | Alex Ross 40 (35) Chris Morris 2/35 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 41 runs Allan Border Field, Brisbane Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Phillip Gillespie (Aus) Player of the match: Aiden Markram (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 4 November 2018 11:20 Scorecard
| Australia 152 (38.1 overs) | v | South Africa 4/153 (29.2 overs) |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile 34 (31) Andile Phehlukwayo 3/33 (6 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 47 (40) Marcus Stoinis 3/16 (4.2 overs) |
* South Africa won by 6 wickets Perth Stadium, Perth Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Simon Fry (Aus) Player of the match: Dale Steyn (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Imran Tahir (SA) took his 150th wicket in ODIs.

### 2nd ODI

* 9 November 2018 13:50 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 231 (48.3 overs) | v | South Africa 9/224 (50 overs) |
| Alex Carey 47 (72) Kagiso Rabada 4/54 (9.3 overs) | | David Miller 51 (71) Marcus Stoinis 3/35 (10 overs) |
* Australia won by 7 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Aus)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI

* 11 November 2018 13:50 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 5/320 (50 overs) | v | Australia 9/280 (50 overs) |
| David Miller 139 (108) Mitchell Starc 2/57 (10 overs) | | Shaun Marsh 106 (102) Kagiso Rabada 3/40 (10 overs) |
* South Africa won by 40 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Paul Wilson (Aus) Player of the match: David Miller (SA)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Faf du Plessis (SA) scored his 10th century in ODIs.
* Faf du Plessis and David Miller made the highest partnership for South Africa against Australia in ODIs (252).

## T20I match
### Only T20I

* 17 November 2018 18:20 (N) Scorecard
| South Africa 6/108 (10 overs) | v | Australia 7/87 (10 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 27 (15) Andrew Tye 2/18 (2 overs) | | Glenn Maxwell 38 (23) Chris Morris 2/12 (2 overs) |
* South Africa won by 21 runs Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast Umpires: Gerard Abood (Aus) and Paul Wilson (Aus) Player of the match: Tabraiz Shamsi (SA)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain.
* This was the first international cricket match to be played at this venue.