User:TripleRoryFan/sandbox/Peter Handscomb with the Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18

Peter Handscomb played for the Australian cricket team on their tour of South Africa in early 2018.

Background
Handscomb had been a regular member of Australia's Test team for some time, but he struggled during the 2017–18 Ashes series to score runs and was dropped after 62 runs from three innings in the first two matches, and was experiencing criticism for his unusual batting technique. He was still included in the Australian squad for the tour, although only as a backup batsman as the selectors preferred to use Mitchell Marsh as an all-rounder rather than using six specialist batsmen in the team.

Handscomb found form in a Sheffield Shield match for Victoria against South Australia cricket team, the only first-class match he played before the tour, scoring a match-winning 114 not out in the final innings as the team's captain.

Tour match against South Africa A
Australia went into their tour match trying to use the same team they would for the Test series, but in the absence of David Warner, Handscomb was brought into the team to bat at number 3 to avoid upsetting the batting order.