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Test Cricket Tours - South Africa to New Zealand 2011-12

 

 

Tour of New Zealand 2011-12               Captain: Graeme Smith

 

 

 

 

49th official Test tour

 

Seventh Test-playing tour of New Zealand by South Africa

 

 

  (February - March 2012)

 

 

South Africa returned to New Zealand for the first time since 2004. They came home with trophies won in all three formats of the international game.

There was a new management team with Russell Domingo and Allan Donald joining the coaching staff. This was the first tour for twenty years on which Ghulam Rajah was not manager. His career, most recently as Logistics Manager, was brought to an end in November 2011 when he reached the age of 65.

 

 

Other South African tours

 

Previous Tour

To UAE 2010-11 to play Pakistan

 

Next tour

To England 2012

 

Next tour of New Zealand

  None scheduled

 

 

 

 

Members of the Test tour party (15)

 

 

Opening batsmen:  Graeme Smith, Alviro Petersen

Middle-order batsmen:   Hashan Amla, A B de Villiers, Jacques Kallis, JP Duminy, Jacques Rudolph.

Wicket-keeper:   Mark Boucher

Slow bowlers:  Imran Tahir, Robin Peterson.

Fast bowlers:  Marchant de Lange, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

H M Amla

D 

28

RHB

T20     ODI     

 

M V Boucher

CC

35

WK

 

 

M de Lange

T 

21

RFM

T20     ODI

 

A B de Villiers

T

28

RHB   reserve WK   vice-captain

T20     ODI     

 

J P Duminy

CC

27

LHB   OB

T20     ODI     

 

Imran Tahir

D

32

LBG

 

 

J H Kallis

W

36

RHB   RFM

           ODI

 

M Morkel

T 

27

RF

T20     ODI     

 

A N Petersen

HL

31

RHB  opener

 

 

R J Peterson

CC

32

SLA

T20     ODI     

 

V D Philander

CC

26

RFM

 

 

J A Rudolph

T    

30

LHB

 

 

G C Smith

CC

31

LHB  opener      captain

           ODI

 

D W Steyn

CC

29

RF

           ODI

 

L Tsotsobe

W 

28

RFM

T20     ODI     

 

Required only for the limited overs matches

J Botha  (W)

T20     ODI     

 

F du Plessis (T)

           ODI

 

C A Ingram  (W)

T20

 

 

 

R E Levi (CC)

T20

 

 

 

J A Morkel   (T)

T20     ODI     

 

 

 

J L Ontong  (CC)

T20     ODI     

 

 

 

W Parnell(W)

T20     ODI     

 

 

 

J R Theron  (W)

T20       

 

FLAG_South_Africa 

 

Representation of Supersport Series teams:   

  

CC(Bo, WP) - Cape Cobras (6)

D  (KZN) - Dolphins (2)

K  (FS, GW) - Knights (0)

HL(G, NW) - Highveld Lions (1)

T(Es, No) - Titans (4)

W(EP, Br) - Warriors (2)

 

  

Average age of  team at time of first Test match

 

(7 March 2012) :

      29 yrs  11 months.

 

 

 

ODI - member of squad for one-day internationals

T20 - member of squad for Twenty20 internationals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test Appearances made before the tour

 

Kallis 150,  Boucher 144,  Smith 96,  de Villiers 71,  Amla 56,  Steyn 51,  Rudolph 40,  Morkel 36,  Duminy 12,  AN Petersen 10,  R J Peterson 6,  Tsotsobe 5,  Imran Tahir 5,  Philander 4,  de Lange 1.

 

 

 

 

 

Team Officials

 

Dr Mohammad Moosajee

Team manager

Riaan Muller

Logistics manager / masseur

Gary Kirsten

Coach

Russell Domingo

Assistant coach

Allan Donald

Bowling coach

Brandon Jackson

Physiotherapist

Paddy Upton

Mental conditioning coach

Rob Walter

Fitness trainer

 

 

 

 

Selectors

 

Andrew Hudson (selection convenor), ……….

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

Unavailable:  Rory Kleinveldt (quadriceps) and Dean Elgar (knee).

Tour Party Announced :  25 January 2012.

Not selected :   Ashwell Prince,  Paul Harris.

Limited overs squads announced:  25 January 2012.

23 players were used in the three formats and only five players - Amla, de Villiers, Duminy, Robin Peterson and Morne Morkel - were present throughout the tour.

 

Time between selection and departure from South Africa      16 days

(25 January to 10 February)

 

 

 

 

Travel

 

The limited-overs team flew from O R Tambo Airport, Johannesburg, on Friday 10 February to New Zealand.

They arrived in Wellington on 13 February. 

Dale Steyn, Graeme Smith, Faf du Plessis and Jacques Kallis arrived for the ODIs around 19 February before the end of the T20 International series.

Boucher arrived with the remaining members of the Test squad on Thursday 1 March.

Time spent in New Zealand  44 days

(13 February - 28 March)

 

 

 

 

On-tour selection panel

 

Gary Kirsten (coach), Graeme Smith (captain), and the touring selector.

 

 

 

 

 

Reinforcements

 

Marchant de Lange was unofficially added to the ODI squad while in New Zealand, otherwise he would have flown back to South Africa with the T20 players only to return a week later for the Test series.

 

 

 

 

 

Fixtures/Results

 

ϯ Christchurch *

Canterbury Wizards (20-over charity match)

Won 20 r

⊕ Wellington

New Zealand (1st T20)

Lost 6 w

⊕ Hamilton

New Zealand (2nd T20)

Won 8 w

⊕ Auckland

New Zealand (3rd T20)

Won 3 r

§ Wellington

New Zealand (1st ODI)

Won 6 w

§ Napier

New Zealand (2nd ODI)

Won 6 w

§ Auckland

New Zealand (3rd ODI)

Won 5 w

DUNEDIN

NEW ZEALAND  First Test

DRAWN

HAMILTON

NEW ZEALAND  Second Test

WON 9 w

WELLINGTON

NEW ZEALAND  Third Test

DRAWN

 

         * charity match at Hagley Oval, raising funds for Christchurch earthquake damage.

 

† not first-class

§  one-day international

Twenty 20 international

 

Time spent in New Zealand before First Test:  23 days

(13 February - 7 March)

 

 

 

 

 

Test appearances on tour

 

3  -   Amla,  Boucher,  de Villiers,  Morkel,  AN Petersen,  Philander,  Rudolph,  Smith,  Steyn.

2  -   Imran,  Kallis

1 -    de Lange,  Duminy

0 -    R J Peterson,  Tsotsobe.

 

 

 

 

 

Highlights

 

  Graeme Smith was the leading run-scorer in the series with 282 runs (average 56.40), including a century and two fifties

  Mark Boucher took his 550th wicket-keeping dismissal at Hamilton, far outstripping Adam Gilchrist (416)

 

   Philander nevertheless finished the series with 21 wickets at 15.47

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Summary

 

 

 P

W

L

D

Aban

Test Matches

  3

1

0

2

-

Other first-class matches

  0

-

-

-

-

Minor matches

  1

1

0

0

-

§ One-day internationals

  3

3

0

0

-

Twenty 20 internationals

  3

2

1

0

-

All Matches

10

7

1

2

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Return to South Africa

 

 

Richard Levi, Rusty Theron and Colin Ingram got on the plane to Sydney at 3:30 am on 23 February, and onwards home after the deciding T20 International.

Justin Ontong rolled over on his ankle and missed the last ODI, returning to South Africa on 3 March.

Allan Donald flew home on 24 March; and the Test team returned to South Africa, departing from Wellington to Sydney at 6 am on 28 March to catch a flight to Johannesburg.

They arrived at Tambo International Airport back in South Africa on 28 March.

 

Time away from South Africa    47 days  

(10 February -28 March 2012)

 

 

 

 

Published accounts of the tour

 

 

Neil Manthorp’s New Zealand Tour Diary (blog)

http://www.supersport.com/cricket/blogs/neil-nz-tour-diary/Week_1

 

 

 



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