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South Africa tour of Australia

15 recorded matches · 2005 to 2025

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15 total

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Recorded matches by format

South Africa tour of Australia matches by format
Format	Men	Women
Test	5	0
ODI	6	0
T20I	4	0

Recent recorded matches

International match results
Date	Match	Format	Result	Coverage
2025-08-24	AustraliavSouth Africa	ODI · Men	Australia won by 276 runs	Scorecard
2025-08-22	South AfricavAustralia	ODI · Men	South Africa won by 84 runs	Scorecard
2025-08-19	South AfricavAustralia	ODI · Men	South Africa won by 98 runs	Scorecard
2025-08-16	South AfricavAustralia	T20I · Men	Australia won by 2 wickets	Scorecard
2025-08-12	South AfricavAustralia	T20I · Men	South Africa won by 53 runs	Scorecard
2025-08-10	AustraliavSouth Africa	T20I · Men	Australia won by 17 runs	Scorecard
2023-01-04	AustraliavSouth Africa	Test · Men	Match drawn	Scorecard
2022-12-26	South AfricavAustralia	Test · Men	Australia won by an innings and 182 runs	Scorecard
2022-12-17	South AfricavAustralia	Test · Men	Australia won by 6 wickets	Scorecard
2018-11-17	South AfricavAustralia	T20I · Men	South Africa won by 21 runs	Scorecard
2018-11-11	South AfricavAustralia	ODI · Men	South Africa won by 40 runs	Scorecard
2018-11-09	AustraliavSouth Africa	ODI · Men	Australia won by 7 runs	Scorecard
2018-11-04	AustraliavSouth Africa	ODI · Men	South Africa won by 6 wickets	Scorecard
2006-01-02	South AfricavAustralia	Test · Men	Australia won by 8 wickets	Scorecard
2005-12-26	AustraliavSouth Africa	Test · Men	Australia won by 184 runs	Scorecard

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MEN · TEST · 2 EDITIONS

South Africa tour of Australia: men Test editions

South Africa tour of Australia 2022/23

3 matches · 2022-12-17 to 2023-01-04

South Africa 0 - 2 Australia 1 drawn or no result

Latest matches
Date	Match	Result	Scores
2023-01-04	Australia v South Africa	Drawn	Australia 475/4 · South Africa 255 · South Africa 106/2
2022-12-26	South Africa v Australia	Australia won	South Africa 189 · Australia 575/8 · South Africa 204
2022-12-17	South Africa v Australia	Australia won	South Africa 152 · Australia 218 · South Africa 99 · Australia 35/4

Leading players of 2022/23

Most Test runs
Batter	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
Steven Smith	Australia	3	4	231	104	57.75	54.22	1	1
Travis Head	Australia	3	4	213	92	53.25	100.94	0	3
David Warner	Australia	3	4	213	200	53.25	76.61	1	0
Usman Khawaja	Australia	3	4	209	195*	69.66	50.11	1	0
Temba Bavuma	South Africa	3	6	185	65	37.00	46.36	0	1

Most Test wickets
Bowler	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Pat Cummins	Australia	3	6	12	5/42	16.91	2.36	43.00	1
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	3	4	11	4/13	32.00	4.54	42.27	0
NM Lyon	Australia	3	6	10	3/14	26.20	2.54	61.80	0
Mitchell Starc	Australia	2	4	8	3/41	21.00	3.00	42.00	0
SM Boland	Australia	2	4	7	2/14	17.85	2.60	41.14	0

Highest individual Test scores
Score	Batter	Team	BF	Opponent	Ground	Date
200	David Warner	Australia	255	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2022-12-26
195*	Usman Khawaja	Australia	368	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground	2023-01-04
111	Alex Carey	Australia	149	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2022-12-26
104	Steven Smith	Australia	192	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground	2023-01-04
92	Travis Head	Australia	96	South Africa	Brisbane Cricket Ground	2022-12-17

Best Test bowling figures
Figures	Bowler	Team	Balls	Opponent	Ground	Date
5/27	Cameron Green	Australia	64	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2022-12-26
5/42	Pat Cummins	Australia	76	South Africa	Brisbane Cricket Ground	2022-12-17
4/13	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	24	Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	2022-12-17
4/48	Josh Hazlewood	Australia	138	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground	2023-01-04
4/76	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	105	Australia	Brisbane Cricket Ground	2022-12-17

South Africa tour of Australia 2005/06

2 matches · 2005-12-26 to 2006-01-02

Australia 2 - 0 South Africa

Latest matches
Date	Match	Result	Scores
2006-01-02	South Africa v Australia	Australia won	South Africa 451/9 · Australia 359 · South Africa 194/6 · Australia 288/2
2005-12-26	Australia v South Africa	Australia won	Australia 355 · South Africa 311 · Australia 321/7 · South Africa 181

Leading players of 2005/06

Most Test runs
Batter	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
Ricky Ponting	Australia	2	4	391	143*	130.33	69.82	3	0
Matthew Hayden	Australia	2	4	296	137	74.00	52.48	1	2
Michael Hussey	Australia	2	3	198	122	66.00	51.03	1	0
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	2	4	197	94	49.25	53.53	0	2
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	2	4	193	111	64.33	39.63	1	1

Most Test wickets
Bowler	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
Andre Nel	South Africa	2	4	10	4/81	28.20	3.43	49.30
Shane Warne	Australia	2	4	8	4/74	35.87	2.98	72.00
Glenn McGrath	Australia	2	4	7	3/44	32.42	2.49	78.00
Brett Lee	Australia	2	4	7	3/82	35.00	3.08	68.14
Andrew Symonds	Australia	2	3	6	3/50	20.83	2.65	47.00

Highest individual Test scores
Score	Batter	Team	BF	Opponent	Ground	Date
143*	Ricky Ponting	Australia	159	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground	2006-01-02
137	Matthew Hayden	Australia	242	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2005-12-26
122	Michael Hussey	Australia	203	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2005-12-26
120	Ricky Ponting	Australia	174	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground	2006-01-02
119	Ashwell Prince	South Africa	271	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2006-01-02

Best Test bowling figures
Figures	Bowler	Team	Balls	Opponent	Ground	Date
4/74	Shane Warne	Australia	168	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2005-12-26
4/81	Andre Nel	South Africa	145	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2006-01-02
4/84	Andre Nel	South Africa	186	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2005-12-26
3/33	Stuart MacGill	Australia	36	South Africa	Sydney Cricket Ground	2006-01-02
3/44	Glenn McGrath	Australia	90	South Africa	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2005-12-26

MEN · ODI · 2 EDITIONS

South Africa tour of Australia: men ODI editions

South Africa tour of Australia 2025

3 matches · 2025-08-19 to 2025-08-24

South Africa 2 - 1 Australia

Latest matches
Date	Match	Result	Scores
2025-08-24	Australia v South Africa	Australia won	Australia 431/2 · South Africa 155
2025-08-22	South Africa v Australia	South Africa won	South Africa 277 · Australia 193
2025-08-19	South Africa v Australia	South Africa won	South Africa 296/8 · Australia 198

Leading players of 2025

Most ODI runs
Batter	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
Mitchell Marsh	Australia	3	3	206	100	68.66	90.74	1	1
Travis Head	Australia	3	3	175	142	58.33	128.67	1	0
Cameron Green	Australia	3	3	156	118*	78.00	133.33	1	0
Matthew Breetzke	South Africa	2	2	145	88	72.50	108.20	0	2
Josh Inglis	Australia	2	2	92	87	46.00	110.84	0	1

Most ODI wickets
Bowler	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	5w
Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	2	2	7	5/42	10.00	5.18	11.57	1
Keshav Maharaj	South Africa	3	3	6	5/33	21.66	4.64	28.00	1
Cooper Connolly	Australia	1	1	5	5/22	4.40	3.66	7.20	1
Adam Zampa	Australia	3	3	5	3/63	30.40	6.12	29.80	0
Travis Head	Australia	2	2	4	4/57	17.25	6.27	16.50	0

Highest individual ODI scores
Score	Batter	Team	BF	Opponent	Ground	Date
142	Travis Head	Australia	103	South Africa	Great Barrier Reef Arena	2025-08-24
118*	Cameron Green	Australia	55	South Africa	Great Barrier Reef Arena	2025-08-24
100	Mitchell Marsh	Australia	106	South Africa	Great Barrier Reef Arena	2025-08-24
88	Mitchell Marsh	Australia	96	South Africa	Cazalys Stadium	2025-08-19
88	Matthew Breetzke	South Africa	78	Australia	Great Barrier Reef Arena	2025-08-22

Best ODI bowling figures
Figures	Bowler	Team	Balls	Opponent	Ground	Date
5/22	Cooper Connolly	Australia	36	South Africa	Great Barrier Reef Arena	2025-08-24
5/33	Keshav Maharaj	South Africa	60	Australia	Cazalys Stadium	2025-08-19
5/42	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	52	Australia	Great Barrier Reef Arena	2025-08-22
4/57	Travis Head	Australia	54	South Africa	Cazalys Stadium	2025-08-19
3/63	Adam Zampa	Australia	60	South Africa	Great Barrier Reef Arena	2025-08-22

South Africa tour of Australia 2018

3 matches · 2018-11-04 to 2018-11-11

Australia 1 - 2 South Africa

Latest matches
Date	Match	Result	Scores
2018-11-11	South Africa v Australia	South Africa won	South Africa 320/5 · Australia 280/9
2018-11-09	Australia v South Africa	Australia won	Australia 231 · South Africa 224/9
2018-11-04	Australia v South Africa	South Africa won	Australia 152 · South Africa 153/4

Leading players of 2018

Most ODI runs
Batter	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
David Miller	South Africa	3	3	192	139	96.00	106.66	1	1
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	3	3	182	125	91.00	89.65	1	0
Shaun Marsh	Australia	2	2	128	106	64.00	100.00	1	0
Alex Carey	Australia	3	3	122	47	40.66	66.30	0	0
Aiden Markram	South Africa	3	3	87	36	29.00	95.60	0	0

Most ODI wickets
Bowler	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
Marcus Stoinis	Australia	3	3	8	3/16	15.12	5.67	16.00
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	3	7	3/45	13.42	3.48	23.14
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	3	3	7	4/54	17.71	4.50	23.57
Dwaine Pretorius	South Africa	2	2	5	3/32	18.60	4.65	24.00
Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	3	3	4	2/26	37.25	5.48	40.75

Highest individual ODI scores
Score	Batter	Team	BF	Opponent	Ground	Date
139	David Miller	South Africa	108	Australia	Bellerive Oval	2018-11-11
125	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	114	Australia	Bellerive Oval	2018-11-11
106	Shaun Marsh	Australia	102	South Africa	Bellerive Oval	2018-11-11
63	Marcus Stoinis	Australia	76	South Africa	Bellerive Oval	2018-11-11
51	David Miller	South Africa	71	Australia	Adelaide Oval	2018-11-09

Best ODI bowling figures
Figures	Bowler	Team	Balls	Opponent	Ground	Date
4/54	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	57	Australia	Adelaide Oval	2018-11-09
3/16	Marcus Stoinis	Australia	26	South Africa	Perth Stadium	2018-11-04
3/32	Dwaine Pretorius	South Africa	60	Australia	Adelaide Oval	2018-11-09
3/33	Andile Phehlukwayo	South Africa	36	Australia	Perth Stadium	2018-11-04
3/35	Marcus Stoinis	Australia	60	South Africa	Adelaide Oval	2018-11-09

MEN · T20I · 2 EDITIONS

South Africa tour of Australia: men T20I editions

South Africa tour of Australia 2025

3 matches · 2025-08-10 to 2025-08-16

Australia 2 - 1 South Africa

Latest matches
Date	Match	Result	Scores
2025-08-16	South Africa v Australia	Australia won	South Africa 172/7 · Australia 173/8
2025-08-12	South Africa v Australia	South Africa won	South Africa 218/7 · Australia 165
2025-08-10	Australia v South Africa	Australia won	Australia 178 · South Africa 161/9

Leading players of 2025

Most T20I runs
Batter	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50
Dewald Brevis	South Africa	3	3	180	125*	90.00	204.54	1	1
Tim David	Australia	3	3	150	83	50.00	176.47	0	2
Ryan Rickelton	South Africa	3	3	98	71	32.66	125.64	0	1
Tristan Stubbs	South Africa	3	3	93	37	31.00	129.16	0	0
Mitchell Marsh	Australia	3	3	89	54	29.66	156.14	0	1

Most T20I wickets
Bowler	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
Kwena Maphaka	South Africa	3	3	9	4/20	12.55	10.27	7.33
Corbin Bosch	South Africa	3	3	6	3/20	15.00	9.00	10.00
Josh Hazlewood	Australia	3	3	6	3/27	18.83	9.41	12.00
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	3	3	5	2/29	16.40	7.45	13.20
Ben Dwarshuis	Australia	3	3	5	3/26	17.40	7.25	14.40

Highest individual T20I scores
Score	Batter	Team	BF	Opponent	Ground	Date
125*	Dewald Brevis	South Africa	56	Australia	Marrara Cricket Ground	2025-08-12
83	Tim David	Australia	52	South Africa	Marrara Cricket Ground	2025-08-10
71	Ryan Rickelton	South Africa	55	Australia	Marrara Cricket Ground	2025-08-10
62*	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	36	South Africa	Cazalys Stadium	2025-08-16
54	Mitchell Marsh	Australia	37	South Africa	Cazalys Stadium	2025-08-16

Best T20I bowling figures
Figures	Bowler	Team	Balls	Opponent	Ground	Date
4/20	Kwena Maphaka	South Africa	24	Australia	Marrara Cricket Ground	2025-08-10
3/20	Corbin Bosch	South Africa	18	Australia	Marrara Cricket Ground	2025-08-12
3/26	Ben Dwarshuis	Australia	24	South Africa	Marrara Cricket Ground	2025-08-10
3/26	Corbin Bosch	South Africa	24	Australia	Cazalys Stadium	2025-08-16
3/27	Josh Hazlewood	Australia	24	South Africa	Marrara Cricket Ground	2025-08-10

South Africa tour of Australia 2018

1 match · 2018-11-17 to 2018-11-17

South Africa 1 - 0 Australia

Latest matches
Date	Match	Result	Scores
2018-11-17	South Africa v Australia	South Africa won	South Africa 108/6 · Australia 87/7

Leading players of 2018

Most T20I runs
Batter	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	1	1	38	38	38.00	165.21
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	1	1	27	27	27.00	180.00
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	1	1	22	22	22.00	137.50
Reeza Hendricks	South Africa	1	1	19	19	19.00	237.50
CA Lynn	Australia	1	1	14	14	14.00	140.00

Most T20I wickets
Bowler	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR
Chris Morris	South Africa	1	1	2	2/12	6.00	6.00	6.00
Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	1	1	2	2/16	8.00	8.00	6.00
Andrew Tye	Australia	1	1	2	2/18	9.00	9.00	6.00
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Australia	1	1	2	2/19	9.50	9.50	6.00
Andile Phehlukwayo	South Africa	1	1	2	2/21	10.50	10.50	6.00

Highest individual T20I scores
Score	Batter	Team	BF	Opponent	Ground	Date
38	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	23	South Africa	Carrara Oval	2018-11-17
27	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	15	Australia	Carrara Oval	2018-11-17
22	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	16	Australia	Carrara Oval	2018-11-17
19	Reeza Hendricks	South Africa	8	Australia	Carrara Oval	2018-11-17
14	CA Lynn	Australia	10	South Africa	Carrara Oval	2018-11-17

Best T20I bowling figures
Figures	Bowler	Team	Balls	Opponent	Ground	Date
2/12	Chris Morris	South Africa	12	Australia	Carrara Oval	2018-11-17
2/16	Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	12	Australia	Carrara Oval	2018-11-17
2/18	Andrew Tye	Australia	12	South Africa	Carrara Oval	2018-11-17
2/19	Nathan Coulter-Nile	Australia	12	South Africa	Carrara Oval	2018-11-17
2/21	Andile Phehlukwayo	South Africa	12	Australia	Carrara Oval	2018-11-17