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Test Cricket Tours - Australia to South Africa 1993-94

 

 

Tour of South Africa 1993-94              Captain: Allan Border

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia’s 59th Test tour

 

(February - March 1994)

 

 

Eighth Test-playing tour of South Africa by Australia

     (previous tour 1969-70)

     

 

 

 

Australia, the last country to make an official cricket tour of South Africa before the sporting boycott, paid its first visit since 1969-70.

The 1993-94 Australian tour of Sri Lanka was postponed and in December 1993 the Australian Cricket Board paid $A 50,000 in compensation to the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka.

The team was accompanied by three bodyguards provided by the South Africans.

The United Cricket Board of South Africa decided that the third umpire would also be asked to adjudged boundary line decisions, which is now standard practice.

Shane Warne and Merv Hughes were fined by the match referee for their conduct in the first Test, but the Australian Board then added its own much larger fine on top. The tour management was instructed to rein in the whole team’s misbehaviour and they responded with a competitive but controlled performance at Cape Town that brought

The series was shared after a slow and disappointing draw at Durban. It was not a fitting occasion Allan Border’s final Test appearance: he had played 156 Test matches, 93 of them in succession as captain, and was the leading run-scorer in Test cricket with a total of 11174 runs.

The one-day international series was shared 4-4 after a run-out out on the last ball of the final over gave the visitors victory by one run

 

 

Other Australian Tours

 

 

Previous tour

England 1993

 

Next tour

Pakistan 1994-95

 

 

Next tour of South Africa

1996-97

 

 

 

 

Members of the Test tour party (15)

 

 

Opening batsmen: Mark Taylor, Michael Slater, David Boon

Middle-order batsmen:  Dean Jones, Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh, Allan Border, Matthew Hayden

Wicket-keepers: Ian Healy

Spin bowlers:  Tim May, Shane Warne.

Fast bowlers : Craig McDermott, Merv Hughes, Glenn McGrath, Paul Reiffel.

 

 

D C Boon

Tas

31

RHB

ODI

 

A R Border

Qld

37

RHB      captain

ODI

 

M L Hayden

Qld

21

LHB opener

ODI

 

I A Healy

Qld

28

WK

ODI

 

M G Hughes

Vic

30

RFM

 

 

D M Jones

Vic

32

RFM

ODI

 

C J McDermott

Qld

27

RF

ODI

 

G D McGrath

NSW

24

RFM

ODI

 

T B A May

SA

32

OB

ODI

 

P R Reiffel

Vic

26

RFM

ODI

 

M J Slater

NSW

22

RHB opener

ODI

 

M A Taylor

NSW

27

LHB  opener   vice-captain

ODI

 

S K Warne

Vic

22

LBG

ODI

 

M E Waugh

NSW

28

RHB

ODI

 

S R Waugh

NSW

28

RHB

ODI

 

Included only for the one-day

D W Fleming  (Vic)

ODI

 

 

 

  

 

  

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

   (4 March 1994) :

     28 yrs 2  months

 

 

 

State reprersentation

 Sheffield Shield teams

NSW   New South Wales

Qld   Queensland

SA   South Australia

Tas   Tasmania

Vic   Victoria

WA   Western Australia

 

 

ODI

 

 

 

Test Appearances made before the tour

 

Border 153,  Boon 86,  S Waugh 62,  Healy 59,  McDermott 55,  Jones 52,  Taylor 52,  Hughes 51,  M Waugh 33,  Warne 23,  May 18,  Slater 12,  Reiffel 11,  McGrath 3,  Hayden 0.  

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Officials

 

Cameron Battersby

Tour manager

Bob Simpson

Coach

Mike Walsh

Scorer

Errol Allcott/ Lynsey Tregar

Physiotherapist

 

Dr Cam Battersby was …..

Unexpected replacement of Errol Allcott as physiotherapist on the eve of the first Test..

 

 

 

 

 

Selectors

 

Lawrie Sawle (chairman),  Steve Bernard,  Jim Higgs,  Trevor Hohns,  Bob Simpson (coach).

 

The national selection panel was enlarged from four to five at the start of the 1993-94 season.  Steve Bernard replaced John Benaud who stood down after five years and Trevor Hohns, a former Test player, joined the panel as its fifth member. He later became chairman for 10 seasons, from 1996-97 to 2005-06.

 

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

Unavailable:  none

Merv Hughes and Craig McDermott were sufficiently fit to resume as fast bowlers, and Dean Jones regained his batting place from Damien Martyn.

Tour Party Announced :   24 January 1994.

Not selected : Damien Martyn.

 

 

Time between selection and departure from Australia         

    12 days

(24 January - 5 February

 

 

 

 

Travel

Sydney   Q  Johannesburg

 

 

Departure was on 5 February 1994. There was a 14-hour flight from Sydney to Johannesburg. The Australians arrived on Sunday morning 6 February.

The team was met by Zulu dancers and then went to the Sandton Hotel. Rain prevented planned practice sessions in the next few days.

 

 

Time spent in South Africa

   62 days

(6 February - 9 April?)

 

 

 

 

On-tour selection

 

Allan Border (captain),  Mark Taylor (vice-captain),  Bob Simpson (coach).

 

 

 

 

 

Reinforcements

 

Damien Fleming was flown over in time for the last four one-day internationals when Craig McDermott returned home immediately after the third Test match for surgery on a knee injury.

 

 

 

 

 

Fixtures/Results

 

a

ϯ Ranjesfontein

N F Oppenheimer’s XI (1-day)

Drawn

b

Verwoerdburg

Northern Transvaal

Won 249 r

c

ϯ Potchefstroom

S A Board President’s XI (1-day)

No result

d

§ Johannesburg

South Africa  (1st ODI)

Lost 5 r

e

§ Verwoerdburg

South Africa  (2nd ODI)

Lost 56 r

f

§ Port Elizabeth

South Africa  (3rd ODI)

Won 88 r

g

§ Durban

South Africa  (4th ODI)

Lost 7 w

h

Bloemfontein

Orange Free State

Won 60 r

i

JOHANNESBURG

SOUTH AFRICA  First Test

LOST 197 r

j

Stellenbosch

Boland

Drawn

k

CAPE TOWN

SOUTH AFRICA  Second Test

WON 9 w

l

DURBAN

SOUTH AFRICA  Third Test

DRAWN

m

§ East London

South Africa  (5th ODI)

Won 7 w

n

§ Port Elizabeth

South Africa  (6th ODI)

Lost 26 r

o

§ Cape Town

South Africa  (7th ODI)

Won 36 r

p

§ Bloemfontein

South Africa  (8th ODI)

Won 1 r

 

 

 

not first-class

 

§  one-day international

 

 

 

Time spent in South Africa before First Test: 

  26 days

(6 February - 4 March)

 

 

 

 

Test appearances on tour

 

3  -   Boon,  Border,  Healy,  McDermott,  Slater,  Warne,  M Waugh,  S Waugh.

2  -   Hughes,  McGrath,  Taylor.

1  -   Hayden,  May,  Reiffel.

0  -   Jones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match appearances

 

 

 

 

T  Test match

o  one-day international 

x other match 

⊕ T/20 international

 

 

W won  L lost  D drawn  

N no result   A abandoned  

u unknown result

 

 

 

 

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

D C Boon

 

x

x

o

o

o

o

x

T

x

T

T

o

o

 

o

A R Border

x

 

x

o

o

o

o

 

T

 

T

T

o

o

o

o

D W Fleming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

o

M L Hayden

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

x

T

 

 

 

 

 

o

 

I A Healy

x

x

x

o

o

o

o

x

T

x

T

T

o

o

o

o

M G Hughes

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

x

T

x

T

 

 

 

 

 

D M Jones

x

x

x

o

o

o

o

 

 

x

 

 

o

o

o

 

C J McDermott

x

 

x

o

o

o

o

 

T

 

T

T

 

 

 

 

G D McGrath

x

x

x

o

o

o

o

 

 

x

T

T

o

o

o

o

T B A May

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

x

T

 

 

 

o

o

o

 

P R Reiffel

 

x

x

o

o

o

o

x

 

x

 

T

o

o

o

o

M J Slater

x

x

 

 

 

 

o

x

T

x

T

T

o

o

 

o

M A Taylor

 

x

x

o

o

o

 

x

 

x

T

T

 

 

o

o

S K Warne

 

 

x

o

o

o

o

x

T

x

T

T

o

o

o

o

M E Waugh

x

x

x

o

o

o

o

x

T

x

T

T

o

o

o

o

S R Waugh

x

 

x

o

o

o

o

x

T

x

T

T

o

o

o

o

    RESULTS 

D

W

N

L

L

W

L

W

L

D

W

D

W

L

W

W

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia’s six previous Test tour results:

 

 

in

 

 

 

Highlights

 

   Shane Warne took 4-36 in the  3rd ODI at Port Elizabeth, the only ODI won in first half of the tour.

   Apart from David Boon (83) none of the Australians scored significantly, as the first Test was lost.

   After scoring 86, Steve Waugh (5-28) destroyed South Africa’s batting to win the match at Cape Town

   Michael Slater’s innings of 95 in 202 balls was his third dismissal in the nineties in 9 Tests during 1993-94

   Mark Waugh’s stylish sixth Test century (113*) at Durban followed Slater’s innings

   Australia were 77 for 7 in the ODI at Port Elizabeth before Warne and Reiffel shared in the record one-day partnership of 119 for the 8th wicket

   Allan Border played his 156th and final Test match; he also played his 273rd one-day international.

   Border finished his Test career with 32 wins in his 93 consecutive matches as Test captain

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Summary

 

 

 P

 W

L

D

Aban

Test Matches

  3

1

1

1

-

Other first-class matches

  3

2

0

1

-

Minor matches

  2

0

0

2

-

§ One-day internationals

  8

4

4

0

-

All Matches

16

7

5

4

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return to Australia

Johannesburg   Q  Sydney

 

 

It was decided on 28 March that Craig McDermott would fly home at the conclusion of the third Test for knee surgery.

Last match 8 April. 

 

 

Time away from Australia

  x days  

(5 February to 10? April)

 

 

 

 

Finances

 

Gate takings from the two month tour were expected to yield R10 million.

 

 

 

 

 

Written accounts of the tour

 

"Steve Waugh's South African Tour Diary"  Steve Waugh & Tony McDonald  [Ironbark]

“Cricket Contact Renewed  Australia versus the new South Africa”  by Mike Cowan [Simon & Schuster, 1994]

 

 

 

 

 

Postscript

 

 

Allan Border and Dean Jones announced their retirements from international cricket.

 

 




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