Test Cricket Tours - South Africa to Australia 1993-94

Test Cricket Tours - South Africa to Australia 1993-94

Tour of Australia 1993-94             Captain: Kepler Wessels

South Africa’s 17th Test tour
(December 1993 -
               January 1994)

Fifth Test-playing tour of Australia by South Africa
(previous tour 1963-64)

The Australian Cricket Board paid Sri Lanka compensation for postponing their forthcoming tour there in order to invite the South Africans. Test-cricketing relations between the two countries were resumed for the first time since Bill Lawry’s side had lost by a four-nil margin in 1970. En route to Australia, the tourists played the Cricket Association of Bengal’s diamond jubilee tournament for the Hero Cup.
After the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne was washed out by rain, the South Africans achieved a stunning 5-run victory in the second Test. Setting Australia only 117 for victory, Fanie de Villiers took six wickets. Australia fought back from 75 for eight but Hansie Cronje, coolly directing the South Africans in the field after their captain and leading batsman Wessels was lost to injury, guided his team to the sixth-narrowest finish in Test history.
The South Africans knocked a hole in the dressing wall in frustration at losing the third Test after some contentious umpiring decisions but still drew the Test series. The manager quickly found $100 to settle the damage. Stand-in captain Cronje said the South African players were very tired after the tour which had included not only three weeks in India before arriving in Australia but also the World Series Cup matches against Australia and New Zealand.

Other South African tours

Previous Tour
Sri Lanka 1993-94

Next tour
England 1994

Next tour of Australia
1997-98

Members of the Test tour party (15 + 2)

Opening batsmen Andrew Hudson, Hansie Cronje, Kepler Wessels (replaced by Peter Kirsten)
Middle-order batsmen  Daryll Cullinan, Jonty Rhodes, Dave Callaghan.
Wicket-keeper Dave Richardson, Errol Stewart
All-rounder Brian McMillan (temporarilyreplaced by Gary Kirsten)
Spin bowlers Pat Symcox, Dave Rundle.
Fast bowlers Allan Donald, Craig Matthews, Richard Snell, Fanie de Villiers.

D J Callaghan
EP
28
RHB      (RM)

W J Cronje
OFS
23
RHB       RM    vice-captain

D J Cullinan
T
26
RHB

P S de Villiers
NT
29
RFM

A A Donald
OFS
26
RF

A C Hudson
N
27
RHB opener

B M McMillan   added
WP
29
RHB       RFM

C R Matthews
WP
28
RFM

J N Rhodes
N
24
RHB

D J Richardson
EP
33
WK

D B Rundle
WP
28
OB

B N Schultz   w/d
EP
23
LF

R P Snell
T
24
RFM

E L R Stewart
N
24
reserve WK

P L Symcox
N
33
OB

K C Wessels
EP
35
LHB    captain

Provincial representation:

EP Eastern Province (3)
N - Natal (4)
NT Northern Transvaal (1)
OFS - Orange Free State (2)
T - Transvaal (2)
WP - Western Province (3)



Average age of team at time of first Test match
(26 December 1993) : 28 yrs 0 months.

Test Appearances made before the tour

Wessels 32 (24 for Australia +8), Hudson 8, Richardson 8, Donald 8, Rhodes 7, McMillan 6, Schultz 5, P Kirsten 5, Cullinan 4, Matthews 3, Snell 3, Symcox 3, Callaghan 0, de Villiers 0, G Kirsten 0, Rundle 0, Stewart 0.

Tour Officials

General manager
Goolam Rajah
Assistant Manager
Mike Procter
Coach
Craig Smith
Physiotherapist

Goolam Rajah, a pharmacist by profession, was a major figure in Transvaal cricket, serving as an executive board member, selector and team manager.

Selectors

Peter Pollock (convenor of selectors), ……

Selection

Unavailable:
Tour Party Announced : Monday 1 November 1993.
The selectors announced a squad of fifteen to compete in the CAB (Hero Cup) tournament and then go on to tour Australia.
Not selected: Brian McMillan - he was added to the squad later - and Clive Eksteen
Withdrawn:   It was hoped that Brett Schultz (EP) might be reunited with the team later but a stress fracture of the left knee suffered before the Hero Cup prevented him joining the tour in Australia.

Time between selection and departure from South Africa
6 days
(1 November to 7 November)

Travel
Johannesburg Q Bombay

Calcutta   Q   Sydney

The South Africans arrived in Bombay on Monday morning 8 November 1993. They finally arrival in Banglore for their first one-day match in the Hero Cup after their flight was delayed from afternoon till evening.
source: Indian Express page 15
Richard Snell was taking his university exams and did not arrive in Bombay until 11 November.
Their last match in the Bengal tournament was the semi final on 25 November at Calcutta.
They arrived in Sydney on 29 November. Some players still had the flu picked up in India.

Time spent in Australia
   66 days
(29 November- 3 February)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

G Kirsten
WP
26
LHB opener    (OB)

P Kirsten
Br
38
RHB

Gary Kirsten replaced Brian McMillan when he seriously injured his knee ligaments playing against Victoria in Melbourne. McMillan needed an operation but was able to play again after the second Test.
Peter Kirsten had just scored271 for Border before being called up to replace Wessels who went home with a broken hand and knee injuries.
Kirsten needed facial surgery after being hit in the face by a ball from Glenn McGrath.
Brett Schultz was unable to recover from his knee injury in time to join the team.

Fixtures/Results

a
§ Bangalore
Zimbabwe(Hero Cup)
No result
b
§ Bombay
West Indies(Hero Cup)
Won 41 r
c
§ Guwahati
Sri Lanka(Hero Cup)
Won 78 r
d
§ Mohali
India(Hero Cup)
Lost 43 r
e
§ Calcutta
India(semi-final)
Lost 2 r
f
† Canberra
Prime Minister's XI (reduced to 42 overs)
Lost 4 r
g
Melbourne
Victoria
Lost 6 w
h
§ Melbourne (d/n)
Australia (1st ODI)
Won 7 w
i
§ Adelaide
New Zealand (2nd ODI)
abandoned
j
§ Sydney
Australia (3rd ODI)
Lost 103 r
k
§ Hobart
New Zealand (4th ODI)
Lost 4 w
l
Brisbane
Queensland
Drawn
m
MELBOURNE
AUSTRALIA First Test
DRAWN
n
SYDNEY
AUSTRALIA Second Test)
WON 5 r
o
§ Brisbane
New Zealand (5th ODI)
Lost 9 r
p
§ Brisbane
Australia (6th ODI)
Lost 48 r
q
§ Perth
New Zealand (7th ODI)
Won 5 w
r
§ Perth
Australia (8th ODI)
Won 82 r
s
ϯ Sydney
New South Wales Invitation XI (50 overs)
Won 19 r
t
§ Melbourne
Australia (1st ODI final)
Won 28 r
u
§ Sydney
Australia (2nd ODI final)
Lost 69 r
v
§ Sydney
Australia (3rd ODI final)
Lost 35 r
w
ADELAIDE
AUSTRALIA Third Test
LOST 191 r

† not first-class
§ one-day international (Hero Cup, B & H World Series Cup)

Time spent in Australia before First Test:
27 days
(29 November - 26 December)

Test appearances on tour
(v Australia 1993-94)

3 - Cronje, Cullinan, Donald, Hudson, G Kirsten, Richardson, Rhodes, de Villiers.
2 - Wessels, Symcox, Matthews.
1 - McMillan, P Kirsten, Snell.
0 - Schultz, Callaghan, Rundle, Stewart.

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
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
D J Callaghan
o

o

x
x
o

o
x

o
o
o
x
o

o

W J Cronje
o
o
o
o
o
x
x
o

o
o
x
T
T
o
o
o
o
x
o
o
o
T
D J Cullinan
o
o
o

o

o

o
o
x
T
T
o
o
o
o
x
o
o

T
P S de Villiers
o
o
o
o
o

o

o
o
x
T
T
o
o
o
o

o
o
o
T
A A Donald
o
o
o
o
o

x
o

o

x
T
T
o

o
o

o
o
o
T
A C Hudson
o
o
o
o
o
x

o

o
o
x
T
T
o

x

T
G Kirsten

o
o
x
T
T

o
o
o
x
o
o
o
T
P N Kirsten

o

o
o

o
o
o
T
B M McMillan
o
o
o
o
o
x
x

o
o
o

x
o
o

T
C R Matthews
o

x
x

o
o
x
T
T
o

o
o
x

J N Rhodes
o
o
o
o
o
x
x
o

o

T
T
o
o
o
o

o
o
o
T
D J Richardson
o
o
o
o
o
x

o

o
o
x
T
T

o
o
o

o
o
o
T
D B Rundle

x
x

x

o

x

o

R P Snell

o
o
o
o

x
o

o
o

o

o
x
o
o
o
T
E L R Stewart

x
x

o

x

o

P L Symcox

o
o
o
o
x
x
o

o

T
T
o
o

x

o

K C Wessels
o
o
o
o
o
x
x
o

o
o
x
T
T

R E S U L T S
N
W
W
L
L
L
L
W
A
L
L
D
D
W
L
L
W
W
W
W
L
L
L

South Africa’s six previous Test tour results since readmission:

in Sri Lanka 1993-94 (3 Tests)
- won 1-0
in West Indies 1991-92 (1 Test)
- lost 0-1

Highlights

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•
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Tour Summary

In India
P
W
L
D
Aban
§ One-day internationals (Hero Cup)
5
2
2
1
-

In Australia
P
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
3
1
1
1
-
Other first-class matches
2
0
1
1
-
†Minor matches
  2
1
1
0
-
§ One-day internationals
11
4
6
0
1
All Matches (in Australia)
18
6
9
2
1

Return to South Africa
Adelaide? Q Johannesburg

The final Test ended on 1 February Team members flew home to Johannesburg on 3 February 1994, several to take part immediately in the semi-finals of the national limited-overs competition (despite their exhaustion from the long tour). At Jan Smuts Airport about 1000 people welcomed back the team on the night of Thursday 3 February.

Time away from South Africa    88 days
(7 November to 3 February)

Finances

The Australian Cricket Board postponed a tour of Australia by Sri Lanka in order to invite the South Africans and paid Sri Lanka $A 50 000 compensation

Accounts of the tour

Postscript