South African cricket team in Australia in 2001–02

The South Africa national cricket team toured Australia in the 2001–02 cricket season. South Africa played three Test matches against Australia, and also contested the 2001–02 VB Series, a triangular One Day International tournament that also involved New Zealand.

Australia won all three Tests convincingly. However, South Africa atoned for this by winning the VB Series, beating New Zealand in the final.

Series summary

1st Test

14–18 December 2001
Scorecard

Australia	v	South Africa
439 (141 overs) Damien Martyn 124* (210) Claude Henderson 4/116 (33 overs)		374 (121.4 overs) Neil McKenzie 87 (168) Shane Warne 5/113 (39.4 overs)
309/7d (78.1 overs) Matthew Hayden 131 (207) Jacques Kallis 3/45 (15 overs)		128 (67 overs) Jacques Kallis 65* (174) Glenn McGrath 3/13 (14 overs)

Australia won by 246 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus) and Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Test

26–29 December 2001
Scorecard

South Africa	v	Australia
277 (103.5 overs) Neil McKenzie 67 (163) Andy Bichel 3/44 (19.5 overs)		487 (139 overs) Matthew Hayden 138 (211) Shaun Pollock 3/84 (31 overs)
219 (75.1 overs) Jacques Kallis 99 (180) Shane Warne 3/68 (24 overs)		10/1 (3 overs) Justin Langer 7 (6) Shaun Pollock 1/6 (1 over)

Australia won by 9 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Eddie Nicholls (WI)
Player of the match: Matthew Hayden (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to field.

3rd Test

2–5 January 2002
Scorecard

Australia	v	South Africa
554 (144.2 overs) Justin Langer 126 (211) Nicky Boje 4/63 (25.2 overs)		154 (62.2 overs) Mark Boucher 35 (65) Glenn McGrath 3/35 (17 overs)
54/0 (10.1 overs) Justin Langer 30* (30)		452 (141.5 overs) (f/o) Gary Kirsten 153 (359) Stuart MacGill 4/123 (45 overs)

Australia won by 10 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Matthew Hayden (Aus) and Justin Langer (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Justin Ontong (SA) made his Test debut.

External sources

CricketArchive

References

Playfair Cricket Annual
Wisden Cricketers Almanack

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan	2021–22
Bangladesh	2003 2008
England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021–22 2022–23
India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2018–19 2020–21 2024–25
New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17 2019–20 2022–23
Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1989–90 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20 2023–24
South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971–72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17 2018–19 2022–23
Sri Lanka	1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016–17 2018–19 2019–20 2021–22
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Zimbabwe	1994–95 2003–04 2022

Tournaments hosted
World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
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Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79

v t e International cricket in 2001–02
Preceding season: International cricket in 2001
September 2001	Asian Test Challenge South Africa in Zimbabwe
October 2001	England in Zimbabwe Standard Bank Triangular Tournament New Zealand in Australia Khaleej Times Trophy
November 2001	West Indies in Sri Lanka Zimbabwe in Bangladesh England in India
December 2001	South Africa in Australia Bangladesh in New Zealand LG Abans Triangular Series Zimbabwe in Sri Lanka
January 2002	England women in India Pakistan in Bangladesh Australia Tri-Nation Series Kenya in Sri Lanka Pakistan women in Sri Lanka West Indies against Pakistan in UAE
February 2002	Zimbabwe in India New Zealand in Australia Australia in South Africa New Zealand women in Australia
March 2002	Australia women in New Zealand India women in South Africa India in South Africa
April 2002	Sharjah Cup
Following season: International cricket in 2002