| Tour of South Africa 2004-05 Captain : Michael Vaughan  | |
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| England’s 89thTest tour (November – January 2005) 17th Test playing tour of South Africa by England (previous tour 1999-2000) | The England Cricket Board was reluctant to tour Zimbabwe because of Robert
Mugabe’s human rights record but the I.C.C. said that, in the absence of
direction from the British government, commitments under the Future Tours
Programme would have to be met. Four one-day internationals were grudgingly
played in Zimbabwe, with England
winning them all comfortably, and flying out as soon as possible. There were five Tests in
succession in only 40 days, which has not occurred on an England tour before.: England gained their first series win in South Africa
since 1964-65. As happened with Chris Broad in 1986-87 and Alistair Cook in
2010-11, England’s
key to winning the series was an opening batsman, Andrew Strauss, hitting
rich form and scoring three centuries. Michael Vaughan was fined
his match fee of £5500 for criticising the ‘inconsistent’ way the umpires had
ruled on bad light and being “dismissive and rude” to match referee Clive
Lloyd. | Other England tours Previous
Test tour West Indies 2003-04 Next
Test tour Pakistan 2005-06 Next
tour of South Africa 2009-10 | |
| Members
of the Test tour party (16) Opening batsmen: Andrew Strauss,
Marcus Trescothick, Mark Butcher Middle-order batsmen Michael Vaughan, Graham
Thorpe, Robert Key, Paul Collingwood Wicket-keeper: Geraint Jones, Chris Read All-rounder: Andrew Flintoff Slow bowler: Ashley Giles, Gareth Batty Fast
bowlers: Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Simon Jones, James Anderson ECB
contracts Alan Butcher,
Andrew Flintoff, Michael Vaughan, Marcus Trescothick, Ashley Giles, James
Anderson, Graham Thorpe, Steve Harmison, Mathew Hoggard, Simon Jones, Andrew
Strauss and Geraint Jones | J M Anderson | La ⋄ | 22 | RFM | ODI (Z) (SA) | | G J
Batty | Wo | 27 | OB | ODI (Z) (SA) | | M A
Butcher | Sy ⋄ | 32 | LHB RM | | | P D
Collingwood | Du | 28 | RHB RM | ODI (Z) (SA) | | A
Flintoff | La ⋄ | 26 | RHB RF | ODI (SA) w/d | | A F
Giles | Wk ⋄ | 31 | SLA | ODI (Z) (SA) | | S J
Harmison | Du ⋄ | 26 | RF | ODI (SA) | | M J
Hoggard | Yo ⋄ | 27 | RFM | ODI (SA) added | | G O
Jones | Kt ⋄ | 28 | WK | ODI (Z) (SA) | | S P
Jones | Gm ⋄ | 25 | RF | ODI (Z) (SA)
added | | R W T
Key | Kt | 25 | RHB | | | C M W
Read | Nt | 26 | second WK | | | A J
Strauss | Mx ⋄ | 27 | LHB opener | ODI (Z) (SA) | | G P
Thorpe | Sy ⋄ | 35 | LHB | | | M E Trescothick | Sm ⋄ | 28 | LHB opener | ODI (SA) | | M P Vaughan | Yo ⋄ | 30 | RHB captain | ODI (Z) (SA) | | | Selected
for the one-day matches only | I R Bell | ODI (Z) (SA) | | D
Gough | ODI (Z) (SA) | | Kabir
Ali | ODI (SA) | | K P
Pietersen | ODI (Z) (SA) added | | M J
Prior | ODI (Z) | | V S Solanki | ODI (Z) (SA) | | A G
Wharf | ODI (Z) (SA) |
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County representation: Du - Durham (2) Gm - Glamorgan (1) Kt -
Kent (2) La - Lancashire
(2) Mx - Middlesex (1) Nt - Nottinghamshire (1) Sm - Somerset (1) Sy - Surrey
(2) Wk - Warwickshire (1) Wo - Worcestershire (1) Yo - Yorkshire
(2) Average age of team at time of first Test match (17 vember 1950): 2 yrs 2 months. | |
| Test
Appearances made before the tour | Thorpe 93, Butcher 69,
Trescothick 54, Vaughan
50, Flintoff 40, Giles 40,
Hoggard 33, Harmison 23, Key 12,
Anderson 11, Read 11, G Jones 8,
S P Jones 8, Strauss 7, Batty 5,
Collingwood 2, Bell 1, Lewis 0. | | |
| Tour
Officials | Phil Neale | Manager | Duncan Fletcher | Coach | Mike Watkinson | Assistant coach | Tim Boon | Assistant coach | Kirk Russell | Physiotherapist | Mark Ridgewell | Doctor | Andrew Walpole | Media manager | Mark Hodgson | Media manager | Malcolm Ashton | Scorer & analyst |
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| Selectors | David Graveney (chairman),
Duncan Fletcher (coach),
and Michael Vaughan (captain) | | |
| Selection | Not considered:
Nasser Hussain (retired) Tour Party Announced : 25 August 2004. Not selected:
Ian Bell, Jonatahan Lewis (both
stand-by players), Kevin Pietersen (he
was later added to the one day squad). | Time between selection and departure from England 84 days (25 August - 17 November) | |
| Travel London Q Johannesburg | Departure from London
was on approx 17 November and moved on to Windhoek where rainy weather held up the
intended days of practice. The team went to Johannesburg
and expected to fly from there to Zimbabwe on Wednesday 24 November
but the government did not issue visas to 13 of the accompanying pressmen,
resulting in the first ODI being cancelled. Mark Butcher, Andrew Flintoff, Stephen Harmison,
Graham Thorpe and Marcus Trescothick flew in to Johannesburg on 1 December to practise for
the Test series. The main team returned from Zimbabwe to Johannesburg on 7 December The one-day specialists flew out to South Africa on 17 January. | Time spent in South Africa days (7
December - | |
| On-tour
selection panel | | | |
| Reinforcements | Ian
Bell
flew out on 12 January to take the place of Mark Butcher who had suffered a sprained wrist and had to
return to England Andrew Flintoff tore an abdominal muscle at Cape Town and then had a
recurrence of an ankle injury that required him to have an operation after
the fifth Test. Jonathan
Lewis
was brought in to the Test party for the final Test as cover for the fast
bowlers. Kevin Pietersen was added to the announced
one-day side. Matthew Hoggard was
retained in the touring party at the end of the Test series to replace Andrew
Flintoff who returned home. Simon Jones was also kept on as cover for Steve
Harmison who pulled a calf muscle but was not needed after all and returned
home. | | |
| Fixtures/Results The Namibian CA refused Fletcher’s request to turn the two
games into 14-a-side practice matches The five one-day matches in Zimbabwe were not agreed upon
until 9 September There was a seven-day break between the third and fourth Test
matches | a | ϯ Windhoek | Namibia XII | Won 67 r | b | ϯ Windhoek | Namibia | Won 7 w | c | § Harare | Zimbabwe (1st ODI) | cancelled | d | § Harare | Zimbabwe (2nd ODI) | Won 5 w | e | § Harare | Zimbabwe (3rd ODI) | Won 161 r | f | § Bulawayo | Zimbabwe (4th ODI) | Won 8 w | g | § Bulawayo | Zimbabwe (5th ODI) | Won 74 r | h | ϯ Randjesfontein | N F Oppenheimser’s XI | Won 8 w | i | Potchefstroom | South
Africa A | Lost 7 w | j | PORT ELIZABETH | SOUTH AFRICA First Test | WON 7
w | k | DURBAN | SOUTH AFRICA Second Test | DRAWN | l | CAPE TOWN | SOUTH AFRICA Third Test | LOST
196 r | m | JOHANNESBURG | SOUTH AFRICA Fourth Test | WON 77
r | n | CENTURION | SOUTH AFRICA Fifth Test | DRAWN | o | ϯ Kimberley
| South
Africa A | Won 6 w | p | § Johannesburg | South
Africa (1st ODI) | Won 26 r | q | § Bloemfontein | South
Africa (2nd ODI) | Tied | r | § Port Elizabeth | South
Africa (3rd ODI) | Lost 3 w | s | § Cape Town | South
Africa (4th ODI) | Lost 108 r | t | § East London | South
Africa (5th ODI) | Lost 7 r | u | § Durban | South
Africa (6th ODI) | No result | v | § Centurion | South
Africa (7th ODI) | Lost 3 w |
| † not first-class Time spent in South Africa before First Test: 10 days (7 December - 17 December) | |
| Test
appearances on tour | 5 - Flintoff,
Giles, Harmison, Hoggard, G Jones, Strauss, Thorpe, Trescocthick, Vaughan. 4 - S Jones 3 - Key 2 - Butcher 1 - Anderson 0 - . Batty,
Collingwood, Read. | | |
| Match
appearances T Test match o one-day international x other match W won L lost D drawn T tied N no
result A abandoned C cancelled u unknown result The first match against Namibia was 12-a-side; in the
second match Ashley Giles was captain | | NAMIBIA &
ZIMBABWE | S O U
T H A F R I C A | | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | J M Anderson
| x | x | | o | o | o | | | | | | | T | | x | | | | | | | | G J Batty | | x | | | | | o | x | | | | | | | x | | | | | | | | I R Bell | x | x | | o | o | o | o | | | | | | | | x | o | o | o | o | | | | M A Butcher | | | | | | | | x | x | T | T | | | | | | | | | | | | P D Collingwood | x | x | | o | o | o | o | x | | | | | | | x | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | A Flintoff | | | | | | | | x | x | T | T | T | T | T | | | | | | | | | A F Giles | x | x | | o | o | o | | | x | T | T | T | T | T | | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | D Gough | x | | | o | o | | o | | | | | | | | x | o | o | o | o | o | o | | S J Harmison | | | | | | | | x | x | T | T | T | T | T | | | | | o | | | o | M J Hoggard | | | | | | | | x | x | T | T | T | T | T | | o | o | o | | o | | | G O Jones | x | x | | o | o | o | o | | x | T | T | T | T | T | x | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | S P Jones | x | x | | | | o | o | x | x | T | T | T | | T | | | | | | | | | Kabir Ali | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | x | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | R W T Key | | | | | | | | x | | | | T | T | T | | | | | | | | | K P Pietersen | x | x | | o | o | o | o | | | | | | | | x | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | M J Prior | | x | | | | | o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C M W Read | | | | | | | | x | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | V S Solanki | x | x | | o | o | o | | | | | | | | | x | | | o | | o | o | o | A J Strauss | x | | | o | o | o | o | | x | T | T | T | T | T | | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | G P Thorpe | | | | | | | | x | x | T | T | T | T | T | | | | | | | | | M E Trescothick | | | | | | | | x | x | T | T | T | T | T | x | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | M P Vaughan | x | | | o | o | o | o | | x | T | T | T | T | T | | o | o | | o | o | o | o | A G Wharf | x | x | | o | o | o | o | | | | | | | | x | | | | | | o | o | R E S U L T S | W | W | C | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | T | L | L | L | N | L |
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| Highlights | • Andrew Strauss scored three centuries in
the series, the first Englishman to do so on a South African tour • At Durban
Strauss, Trescothick and Thorpe scored centuries in the second
innings. • Matthew Hoggard's performance at Johannesburg (5-144 and 7-52) helped England win the fourth Test match • Trescothick and Strauss shared an opening
partnership of 273 at Kingsmead - the highest first-wicket stand since 1960 • Kevin Pitersen’s century (100*) in the fifth ODI at East London
was England’s
fastest in one-day cricket | | |
| Tour
Summary | | F | W | L | D/NR | Tied | Aban | Canc | Test Matches | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | Other first-class matches | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | ϯ Minor matches | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | § One-day internationals | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | All Matches | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| F Fixtures W Won L Lost
D Drawn T Tied Canc Cancelled
Aban abandoned | |
| Return
to England Johannesburg Q London | Mark Butcher went home early with a wrist injuiry that would not
heal. Andrew Flintoff also had to return home at the end of the Test
series for surgery on his ankle. Test specialists Graham Thorpe, Robert Key, Chris Read and
reinforcement Jon Lewis returned to England after the Test series. Simon Jones was added to the one-day squad but when Harmison
turned out to be fit enough, Jones went home at the end of January | Time away from England x
days (1 December - ) | |
| Finances | | | |
| Accounts
of the Tour | | | |
| Postscript | The E.C.B.’s Director of Cricket Operations, John Carr, admitted
that the gruelling tour itinerary was far from ideal but said it was
necessary to accommodate South
Africa’s busy international schedule. Carr
also explained that England had to play seven Tests and ten one-day
internationals at home each summer to finance cricket development and this
tour programme was necessary to reciprocate the Tests and one-day
internationals played on the South African tour of 2003. | | |
| Other
tours in 2004-05 | | | |
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