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 ODIsT20I 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
20 over match: Cricket Australia XI vs South Africa
ODI series 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
T20I match Only T20I
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo