Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2019–20
International cricket tour
The Australia cricket team toured South Africa in February and March 2020 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. Cricket South Africa confirmed the fixtures for the tour in May 2019. On 17 February 2020, the day after the conclusion of the home series against England, Faf du Plessis announced that he had stepped down as the captain of South Africa's Test and T20I sides. Later the same day, South Africa announced their squad for the T20I series against Australia, with Quinton de Kock as captain and du Plessis included in the team.
The tour marked the return of Steve Smith and David Warner. They had last played for Australia in South Africa in the third Test match in March 2018, after being found guilty of ball-tampering during the game. Australia won the T20I series 2–1. In the ODI series, South Africa won the first two matches to take an unassailable lead. South Africa won the third and final ODI match by six wickets, to win the series 3–0. It was South Africa's eighth-consecutive win in ODIs at home against Australia.
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