South African cricket team in Australia in 2025
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| South African cricket team in Australia in 2025 | |||
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| Australia | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 10 – 24 August 2025 | ||
| Captains | Mitchell Marsh |
Temba Bavuma (ODIs)[a] Aiden Markram (T20Is) | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Mitchell Marsh (206) | Matthew Breetzke (145) | |
| Most wickets |
Cooper Connolly (5) Adam Zampa (5) | Lungi Ngidi (7) | |
| Player of the series | Keshav Maharaj (SA) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Tim David (150) | Dewald Brevis (180) | |
| Most wickets | Josh Hazlewood (6) | Kwena Maphaka (9) | |
| Player of the series | Tim David (Aus) | ||
The South Africa cricket team toured Australia in August 2025 to play the Australia cricket team.[1][2][3] The tour consisted of three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[4][5] In March 2025, the Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2025 home international season.[6]
 Australia |
 South Africa | ||
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| ODIs[7] | T20Is[8] | ODIs[9] | T20Is[10] |
On 10 August, Aaron Hardie was added into the T20I squad as a cover for Matthew Short.[11] On 12 August, Alex Carey was added to the T20I squad for second and third T20Is as a cover for Josh Inglis, due to 'flu-like symptoms'.[12] On 14 August, Lance Morris (back injury), Mitchell Owen (concussion) and Matthew Short (side injury) were ruled out of the ODI series, and were replaced by Matthew Kuhnemann, Aaron Hardie and Cooper Connolly.[13][14] On 24 August, Sean Abbott was added to the squad for third ODI.
On 18 August, Kwena Maphaka was added into the ODI squad.[15][16] On 19 August, Kagiso Rabada was ruled out of the ODI series due to an inflammation of his right ankle.[17][18]
T20I series
1st T20I
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the first T20I to be played at the venue.[19]
2nd T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Dewald Brevis recorded the highest individual score by a South Africa cricketer in T20Is (125), surpassing Faf du Plessis (119). His century was the youngest by a South Africa cricketer,[20] and the highest individual score[21] and fastest against Australia, in terms of balls faced, in T20Is (41).[22]
3rd T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the first T20I to be played at the venue.[23]
ODI series
1st ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Dewald Brevis and Prenelan Subrayen (SA) both made their ODI debuts.
- Keshav Maharaj (SA) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[24]
2nd ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Cameron Green (Aus) scored his maiden century in ODIs. This was the second fastest by an Australian.[25]
- Cooper Connolly (Aus) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[26] He became the youngest Australian bowler to take an ODI five-wicket haul, and obtained the best bowling figures in ODIs by an Australian spin bowler.[27]
- This was South Africa's biggest loss in terms of runs and second-biggest score conceded.[28]
- This was Australia's second highest ODI total and second biggest win in terms of runs.[29] It was also the highest ODI total in Australia.