South African cricket team in Australia in 2012–13
| South African cricket team in Australia in 2012–13 | |||
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| Australia | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 2 November 2012 – 3 December 2012 | ||
| Captains | Michael Clarke | Graeme Smith | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | South Africa won the 3-match series 1–0 | ||
| Most runs | Hashim Amla (377) | Michael Clarke (576) | |
| Most wickets | Morne Morkel (14) | Nathan Lyon (12) | |
| Player of the series | Michael Clarke (Aus) | ||
The South African cricket team toured Australia from 2 November to 3 December 2012. The tour consisted of three Test matches. The test series was preceded by one first class match between the South Africans and the Australian A squad.Michael Clarke became the first man to score four double-centuries in a calendar year, when he passed the 200-run mark in the first innings of the second Test in Adelaide. It was the last series played by former Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who retired after the third Test.
South Africa completed a 1-0 win over Australia after the first two tests were drawn, retaining their number one position in the ICC Test Match rankings.
South Africa announced their squad on 10 October 2012 and dropped quick Lonwabo Tsotsobe for all-rounder Rory Kleinveldt. Australia announced a squad for the first test match at the Gabba on 28 October 2012. Brad Haddin was overlooked in favour of the younger Matthew Wade. In a Sheffield Shield match, Shane Watson injured his calf and was ruled out of the first test, and was replaced by Rob Quiney who made his test debut.Dean Elgar replaced JP Duminy after he was injured in the first test.
Match Report:
Taking different approaches to the match, South Africa opted to leave spinner Imran Tahir out of the starting eleven, playing debutant fast bowler Rory Kleinveldt and going into the match without a frontline spinner; Australia omitted fourth pace bowler Mitchell Starc in favour of spinner Nathan Lyon. Australian batsman Rob Quiney made his Test debut, replacing Shane Watson who suffered a calf injury in the lead-up to the game.
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