# South African cricket team in Australia in 2014–15

The South Africa cricket team toured Australia from 2 to 23 November 2014. The tour consisted of three Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) and five One Day International (ODI) matches. During the ODI series, the International Cricket Council undertook a trial to broadcast the discussions between the on-field and television umpires. Australian captain Michael Clarke injured his hamstring during the first ODI game and was ruled out for the rest of the series. George Bailey captained the side for the remaining fixtures.
Australia won the T20I series 2–1 and the ODI series 4–1. With their win in the final ODI match, Australia went to number one in the ODI rankings.

## Squads

| ODIs | ODIs | T20s | T20s |
| Australia | South Africa | Australia | South Africa |
| George Bailey (C) Nathan Coulter-Nile Pat Cummins Xavier Doherty James Faulkner Aaron Finch Josh Hazlewood Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Kane Richardson Steve Smith Mitchell Starc Matthew Wade (WK) David Warner Shane Watson Michael Clarke (withdrew) | AB de Villiers (C) Hashim Amla Kyle Abbott Quinton de Kock (WK) JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Imran Tahir Ryan McLaren David Miller Morne Morkel Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Vernon Philander Rilee Rossouw Dale Steyn | Aaron Finch (C) Sean Abbott Doug Bollinger Cameron Boyce Patrick Cummins Ben Cutting Ben Dunk (WK) James Faulkner Nic Maddinson Glenn Maxwell Nathan Reardon Kane Richardson Shane Watson Cameron White | JP Duminy (C) Kyle Abbott Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock (WK) Marchant de Lange Reeza Hendricks Imran Tahir Ryan McLaren David Miller Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw David Wiese |

## Tour match
### Twenty20: Cricket Australia XI v South Africans

* 2 November 2014 Scorecard
| Cricket Australia XI 5/189 (20 overs) | v | South Africa 167 (18.5 overs) |
| Ashton Turner 73 (46) Kyle Abbott 2/22 (4 overs) | | Rilee Rossouw 47 (29) Ben Ashkenazi 3/21 (2.5 overs) |
* Cricket Australia XI won by 22 runs North Sydney Oval, Sydney Umpires: Greg Davidson (Aus) and Tony Wilds (Aus)
* South Africans won the toss and elected to field.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 5 November 2014 7:05 PM Scorecard
| Australia 6/144 (20 overs) | v | South Africa 3/145 (19 overs) |
| Shane Watson 47 (36) Kyle Abbott 3/21 (4 overs) | | Rilee Rossouw 78 (50) Patrick Cummins 1/21 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 7 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and John Ward (Aus) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw (SA)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* This was South Africa's first victory in Australia in T20Is.
* Ben Dunk, Nathan Reardon (both Aus) and Rilee Rossouw, Kagiso Rabada and Reeza Hendricks (all SA) made their T20I debuts.

### 2nd T20I

* 7 November 2014 7:35 PM Scorecard
| South Africa 7/101 (20 overs) | v | Australia 3/102 (12.4 overs) |
| JP Duminy 49 (51) James Faulkner 3/25 (4 overs) | | Aaron Finch 44* (30) Wayne Parnell 2/17 (3.4 overs) |
* Australia won by 7 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Mick Martell (Aus) Player of the match: Cameron Boyce (Aus)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd T20I

* 9 November 2014 7:35 PM Scorecard
| South Africa 6/145 (20 overs) | v | Australia 8/146 (19.5 overs) |
| Reeza Hendricks 49 (48) James Faulkner 3/28 (4 overs) | | Cameron White 41* (31) David Wiese 3/21 (4 overs) |
* Australia won by 2 wickets Sydney Olympic Stadium, Sydney Umpires: Mick Martell (Aus) and John Ward (Aus) Player of the match: Cameron White (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 14 November 2014 11:20 AM (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 8/300 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 268 (48.1 overs) |
| George Bailey 70 (75) Vernon Philander 4/45 (10 overs) | | AB de Villiers 80 (76) Nathan Coulter-Nile 4/48 (10 overs) |
* Australia won by 32 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Aus)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* AB de Villiers became the fastest player to score 7,000 career runs in ODI cricket.

### 2nd ODI

* 16 November 2014 11:20 AM (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 154 (41.4 overs) | v | South Africa 7/157 (27.4 overs) |
| Mitchell Marsh 67 (88) Morné Morkel 5/21 (8 overs) | | AB de Villiers 48 (41) Josh Hazlewood 5/31 (9.4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 3 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and John Ward (Aus) Player of the match: Morné Morkel (SA)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Morné Morkel's 5/21 are his best figures in ODIs.

### 3rd ODI

* 19 November 2014 2:20 PM (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 5/329 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 9/256 (44.3 overs) |
| Aaron Finch 109 (127) Morné Morkel 2/84 (10 overs) | | Hashim Amla 102 (115) Mitchell Starc 4/32 (8 overs) |
* Australia won by 73 runs Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Steve Smith
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 21 November 2014 2:20 PM (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 8/267 (50 overs) | v | Australia 7/268 (49 overs) |
| AB de Villiers 91 (88) James Faulkner 2/45 (10 overs) | | Steve Smith 104 (112) Dale Steyn 2/47 (9 overs) |
* Australia won by 3 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and John Ward (Aus) Player of the match: Steve Smith
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Australia completed their first ever ODI victory over South Africa at the MCG

### 5th ODI

* 23 November 2014 2:20 PM (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 6/280 (50 overs) | v | Australia 8/275 (47.1 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 107 (123) Pat Cummins 3/54 (9 overs) | | Shane Watson 82 (93) Robin Peterson 4/32 (6.1 overs) |
* Australia won by 2 wickets (DLS method) Sydney Cricket Ground Umpires: Nigel Llong (Eng) and Mick Martell (Aus) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Australia's innings was revised to 48 overs and target to 275 after a rain delay.