South African cricket team in Australia in 2000

The South African national cricket team toured Australia in August 2000, well outside the normal Australian cricket season. They played 3 One Day Internationals. The series was tied 1-1 with all matches played at the covered Docklands Stadium, Melbourne. The series was the first time ODI's were played under a closed roof.[1]

LOI series summary

Statistics

Most runs

After the ODI's were played, Australian batsman, Steve Waugh ended up scoring the most runs in the series with 161 runs from three innings which included a century. He finished ahead of fellow Australian batsman, Michael Bevan and Adam Gilchrist with South African players Lance Klusener and Jonty Rhodes rounding out the top five.[2]

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsNot OutRunsHSAverage100s50s
Steve Waugh  Australia 331161114*80.5010
Michael Bevan  Australia 33014210647.3310
Adam Gilchrist  Australia 3301016333.6601
Lance Klusener  South Africa 331864943.0000
Jonty Rhodes  South Africa 220705435.0001

Most wickets

Ian Harvey ended the series as the leading wicket taker with five wickets from three matches at an average of 16.80 runs per wicket. He was followed by Glenn McGrath, Nicky Boje and Roger Telemachus with four wickets while another five bowlers took three.[2]

PlayerTeamMatchesOversRunsWicketsAverageBBI
Ian Harvey  Australia 22084516.803/41
Nicky Boje  South Africa 22062415.502/29
Glenn McGrath  Australia 330101425.253/26
Roger Telemachus  South Africa 330127431.752/54
Jason Gillespie  Australia 22079326.333/40

References
  1. "When cricket was played indoors for the first time". Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. "Super Challenge, 2000/01 Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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