Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2015–16

Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2015–16
Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2015–16
	South Africa
Dates	4 March 2016 – 9 March 2016
Captains	Faf du Plessis
Twenty20 International series
Results	Australia won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Faf du Plessis (123)
Most wickets	Kagiso Rabada (5); Imran Tahir (5)
Player of the series	David Warner (Aus)

The Australian cricket team toured South Africa from 4 to 9 March 2016 to play three Twenty20 International matches.^[1] The matches were in preparation for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 which started later that month in India. Australia won the series 2–1.

Squads[]

T20Is
South Africa^[2]	Australia^[3]
Faf du Plessis (c) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock AB de Villiers Jean-Paul Duminy Imran Tahir David Miller Chris Morris Aaron Phangiso Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw Dale Steyn David Wiese	Steve Smith (c) David Warner Ashton Agar Nathan Coulter-Nile James Faulkner Aaron Finch John Hastings Josh Hazlewood Usman Khawaja Mitchell Marsh Glenn Maxwell Peter Nevill Andrew Tye Shane Watson Adam Zampa

T20I series[]

1st T20I[]

4 March
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia 157/9 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 158/7 (19.2 overs)
Aaron Finch 40 (18) Imran Tahir 3/21 (4 overs)		David Miller 53* (35) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/29 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 3 wickets
Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Player of the match: David Miller (SA)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Peter Nevill and Adam Zampa (both Australia) made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I[]

6 March
14:30
Scorecard

South Africa 204/7 (20 overs)	v	Australia 205/5 (20 overs)
Faf du Plessis 79 (41) James Faulkner 3/28 (4 overs)		David Warner 77 (40) Kagiso Rabada 2/25 (4 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Player of the match: David Warner (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to field.
Ashton Agar (Aus) made his T20I debut.
This was Australia's highest successful run-chase in T20Is.^[4]
The partnership of 161 between Warner and Glenn Maxwell was the highest 4th wicket partnership in T20Is.^[4]

3rd T20I[]

9 March
18:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

South Africa 178/4 (20 overs)	v	Australia 181/4 (19.2 overs)
Hashim Amla 97* (62) Nathan Coulter-Nile 2/36 (4 overs)		Steve Smith 44 (26) Imran Tahir 2/38 (4 overs)

Australia won by 6 wickets
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Adrian Holdstock (SA)
Player of the match: Hashim Amla (SA)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

References[]

^ "South Africa announce itinerary for Australia T20s". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
^ "South Africa Twenty20 Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^ "Smith to lead, Wade, Boyce dropped from World T20 squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Record Warner-Maxwell stand helps Australia win thriller". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

External links[]

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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[Matches-1] "South Africa announce itinerary for Australia T20s". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 June 2015.

[SATeam-2] "South Africa Twenty20 Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2016.

[AUSTeam-3] "Smith to lead, Wade, Boyce dropped from World T20 squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

[2ndT20I-4] "Record Warner-Maxwell stand helps Australia win thriller". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

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