Test Cricket Tours - South Africa to New Zealand 2003-04

Test Cricket Tours - South Africa to New Zealand 2003-04

Tour of New Zealand 2003-04 Captain: Graeme Smith

35th official Test tour

Sixth Test-playing tour of New Zealand by South Africa

(February - March 2004)

The third one-day international at Wellington was made a benefit match and ticket money went to flood relief funds; the teams donated shirts and cricket equipment for auction.

Other South African tours

Previous Tour

Pakistan 2003-04

Next tour

Sri Lanka 2004

Next tour of New Zealand

2011-12

Members of the Test tour party (14 + 1)

Opening batsmen Graeme Smith, Herschelle Gibbs

Middle-order batsmen Jacques Kallis, Gary Kirsten, Martin van Jaarsveld, Jacques Rudolph, Neil McKenzie,

Wicket-keeper Mark Boucher

All-rounder: Shaun Pollock, Albie Morkel

Spin bowlers Paul Adams, Nicky Boje

Fast bowlers Makhaya Ntini,Andre Nel, David Terbrugge (r)

P R Adams	WP	27	SLA unorthodox

N Boje	FS	31	SLA orthodox	ODI

M V Boucher	Br	27	WK	ODI

H H Gibbs	WP	30	RHB	ODI

J H Kallis	WP	28	RHB RFM	ODI

G Kirsten	WP	36	LHB (OB)

N D McKenzie	No	28	RHB

J A Morkel	Es	22	LHB RFM

A Nel	Es	26	RFM

M Ntini	Br	26	RF

S M Pollock	KZN	30	RHB RFM

J A Rudolph	No	22	LHB

G C Smith	WP	23	LHB opener OB captain

M van Jaarsveld	No	29	RHB



Joined the tour party for the			H H Dippenaar	ODI
one-day internationals			L Klusener	ODI
			R J Peterson	ODI
			A G Prince	ODI

Provincial representation

Br - Border (2)

Es - Easterns (2)

FS - Free State (1)

KZN - Kwa Zulu Natal (1)

N - Northerns (3)

WP - Western Province (5)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(10 March 2004) :

28 yrs 0 months

Test Appearances made before the tour

Kirsten 98, Pollock 81, Kallis 75, Boucher 71, Gibbs 56, Adams 44, Ntini 42, McKenzie 39, Boje 21, Smith 21, Rudolph 11, Nel 8, Terbrugge 6, van Jaarsveld 4.

Team Officials

Goolam Rajah	General manager
	Team Manager
Eric Simons	Coach
	Assistant coach
Shane Jabbar	Physiotherapist

Selectors

Omar Henry (convenor of selectors), Haroon Lorgat, Douglas Maku, Hugh Page.

Selection

Unavailable: Andrew Hall (back injury);

Tour party announced: 2 February 2004.

Not selected: Morne van Wyk ;

Withdrawal Mfuneko Ngam withdrew shortly before his team-mates departed for New Zealand.

Time between selection and departure from South Africa

x days

(2 February to depart in Saf)

Travel

Arrived on Sunday night 8 February 2004

Time spent in

x days

(8 February - depart Host)

On-tour selection panel

Reinforcements

D J Terbrugge

RFM

Fast bowler David Terbrugge was called to stand in for Shaun Pollock whose groin problem was slow to heal. Terbrugge flew out of Johannesburg on 2 March to join up with the team in Auckland.

Fixtures/Results

ϯ Hamilton	Northern Districts	Won 6 w
§ Auckland	New Zealand (1st ODI)	Won 5 w
§ Christchurch	New Zealand (2nd ODI)	Lost 5 w
§ Wellington	New Zealand (3rd ODI)	Lost 5 r
§ Dunedin	New Zealand (4th ODI)	Abandoned
§ Dunedin	New Zealand (4th ODI - replayed)	Lost 6 w
§ Auckland	New Zealand (5th ODI)	Abandoned
§ Auckland	New Zealand (5th ODI - replayed)	Lost 2 r
§ Napier	New Zealand (6th ODI)	Lost 5 w
Napier	Central Districts	Drawn
HAMILTON	NEW ZEALAND First Test	DRAWN
AUCKLAND	NEW ZEALAND Second Test	LOST 9 w
WELLINGTON	NEW ZEALAND Third Test	WON 6 w

† not first-class

§ one-day international

Time spent in before First Test: 31 days

(8 February - 10 March)

Test appearances on tour

3 - Boucher, Gibbs, Kallis, Kirsten, Ntini, Pollock, Rudolph, Smith.

2 - Boje, McKenzie, Nel

1 - Adams, van Jaarsveld, Terbrugge

0 - Morkel.

Highlights

• Gary Kirsten played in his 100th Test at Auckland and retired from all cricket at the end of the series.

Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban
Test Matches	3	1	1	1	-
Other first-class matches	1	0	0	1	-
†Minor matches	1	1	0	0	-
§ One-day internationals	8	1	5	0	2
All Matches	13	3	6	2	2

Return to South Africa

Boeta Dippenaar, Ashwell Prince, Robin Peterson and Lance Klusener returned to South Africa after the one-day series.

Time away from South Africa

x days

(depart SAf to arrive home in S AfI)

Finances