Test Cricket Tours - Australia to South Africa 1993-94

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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

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b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

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o

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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 Africaâ€� by Mike Cowan [Simon & Schuster, 1994]

Postscript

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