Test Cricket Tours - South Africa to Zimbabwe 2001-02
Tour of
Zimbabwe 2001-02Captain: Shaun
Pollock
30th
official test tour
Third
Test-playing tour of Zimbabwe
by South Africa
(September 2001)
Despite fears for the safety of
the South African team owing to unrest in Zimbabwe, the tour went ahead,
being approved on 14 August.As a
two-Test series, it qualified for the ICC Test Championship, whereas on the
two previous tours of Zimbabwe
a single Test match was played.
The formidable South African
batting line-up overwhelmed the Zimbabwe
bowling: the first innings at Harare reached
600 for 3 declared, with Kirsten scoring a double century; while at Bulawayo the team score
was 519-8 declared.Kallis, although
slow, scored 388 runs without being dismissed and batted for 1028 minutes. The
bowling attack was not at its bestbut
dealt with the Zimbabweans in the end, except for Flower who scored even more
than Kallis.
Rushdie Magiet (convenor of selectors), Hylton Ackerman, Morice Garda, Gerald Majola, Graeme Pollock, Mike Procter.
Selection
The squad was selected so that a
minimum of one player of colour could be included in each match.
Unavailable: Daryll
Cullinan (knee injury); Nantie Hayward( ); Mfuneko Ngam (shoulder); Nicky Boje (shoulder and knee).
Tour Party Announced:13 August 2001.
Not selected : Gulam Bodi
Withdrawal: On 3
September Allan Donald (FS) dropped out of the tour because of a
serious flu strain, and was replaced by Charl Langeveldt.
Ackerman was then added to the squad, also on 3 September, as a
stand-by for Kirsten who was suffering with a stiff neck.
The National Selection
Committee met again on 24 September to choose the team for the second and
third one-day internationals, and made no changes as Donald was still
suffering from flu.
Time between selection and departure from South Africa
23 days
(13 August to 5 September)
Travel
The South Africans had a week-long training camp
before leaving on the tour.
On Wednesday 5 September the team flew from Johannesburg and landed in Harare.
Time spent in Zimbabwe
26 days
(5 September - 1 October)
On-tour selection panel
Reinforcements
H D
Ackerman
WP
28
RHB
Ackerman was named as a stand-by for Kirsten who was
suffering with a stiff neck on 3 September and travelled to Harare with the team.He was not needed and returned home to
captain South Africa
A.
Ontong and Rhodes joined the team for the one-day
international series.
•In the first
innings of the series Gibbs (147) and Kirsten (220) added 256 for the first
wicket.
•Kirsten and
Kallis (157*) then added a further 199 for the 2nd wicket.
•Gibbs and
Kirsten started the South African innings at Bulawayo with another century stand (117).
•Kallis added
a further undefeated century (149* in the second Test at Bulawayo. He therefore scored 388 Test runs
without being dismissed over 1028 minutes, a world record.
•Claude
Henderson was the leading wicket-taker with 11 victims, but at an average of
more than 30.
Tour Summary
P
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
2
1
0
1
-
Other first-class matches
0
-
-
-
-
†Minor matches
1
1
0
0
-
§
One-day internationals
3
3
0
0
-
All Matches
6
5
0
1
-
Return to South
Africa
Ackerman and Langeveldt were replaced for the ODI series and returned
home.
The team departed for home from Harare on 1 October 2001.