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.
ODI series summary 1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
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. Player Team Matches Innings Not Out Runs HS Average 100s 50sSteve Waugh 3 3 1 161 114* 80.50 1 0Michael Bevan 3 3 0 142 106 47.33 1 0Adam Gilchrist 3 3 0 101 63 33.66 0 1Lance Klusener 3 3 1 86 49 43.00 0 0Jonty Rhodes 2 2 0 70 54 35.00 0 1
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. Player Team Matches Overs Runs Wickets Average BBIIan Harvey 2 20 84 5 16.80 3/41Nicky Boje 2 20 62 4 15.50 2/29Glenn McGrath 3 30 101 4 25.25 3/26Roger Telemachus 3 30 127 4 31.75 2/54Jason Gillespie 2 20 79 3 26.33 3/40
References
External links Cricinfo