The
New Zealand national cricket team toured South Africa from November 1994 to January 1995 and played a three-match
Test series against the
South Africa national cricket team
The South Africa national cricket team, also known as the Proteas, represents South Africa in men's international cricket and is administered by Cricket South Africa (CSA). South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council ...
. The tour was the third time that New Zealand had visited South Africa and their first tour to the country since the end of the
apartheid
Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
regime which had led to a
sporting boycott of South Africa
South Africa under apartheid was subjected to a variety of international boycotts, including on sporting contacts. There was some debate about whether the aim of the boycott was to oppose segregation in sport or apartheid in general, with the la ...
. South Africa won the Test series 2–1, despite New Zealand having won the first match of the series - the first time that a side had lost a three-match series after having led since
1888 when Australia had lost against England.
[The New Zealanders in South Africa, 1994-95]
''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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'', 1996. Retrieved 2018-06-18.[Stanley B (2017]
Inglorious Days: The story of the 1994 tour to South Africa
'' Newsroom'', 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2018-08-21.[Alfred L (2017]
Charger, Ken, and a right royal battle down south
ESPN cricket, 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2018-06-18. New Zealand also competed in the
Mandela Trophy
The Mandela Trophy was a one-day International cricket tournament which took place from 2 December 1994 to 12 January 1995. The tournament was hosted by South Africa, who were one of the four sides competing, with the others being New Zealand, ...
with South Africa,
Sri Lanka and
Pakistan
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but were eliminated in the group stage, not winning any of their matches.
[Cricket: Tours of the unexpected]
''New Zealand Herald
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'', 2006-04-06. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
The tour saw the New Zealand team in "disarray" and criticised for their lack of discipline on the field.
Four players were later suspended as a result of their off-field behaviour during the tour, three for smoking
cannabis
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,
[Boock R (2004]
Cricket: Fleming caught out for a smoke
''New Zealand Herald
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'', 2004-11-06. Retrieved 2018-08-21.[Williamson M, Miller A (2006]
Dabbling with drugs
CricInfo, 2006-11-01. Retrieved 2018-08-21. and the New Zealand captain,
Ken Rutherford, was twice sanctioned by the
ICC match referee
Peter Burge. Rutherford was sacked later in the season following a domestic season which "degenerated into a series of traumas"
and the tour manager, Mike Sandlant, and coach
Geoff Howarth
Geoffrey Philip Howarth (born 29 March 1951) is a former New Zealand cricketer and former captain, who remains the only New Zealand captain to have positive win–loss records in both Test cricket and ODI cricket. He was the third most success ...
both left their posts as a result of their handling of the team during the tour. A report by Director of New Zealand Cricket,
Roddy Fulton, condemned Ken Rutherford's poor captaincy and lack of team management skills. The report was leaked by an unknown source to New Zealand media which subsequently revealed a number of management failings by Fulton's former teammate
Geoff Howarth
Geoffrey Philip Howarth (born 29 March 1951) is a former New Zealand cricketer and former captain, who remains the only New Zealand captain to have positive win–loss records in both Test cricket and ODI cricket. He was the third most success ...
and the team's senior players.
The tour has been called the "Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n Roll" tour and is considered to have had a major influence on the ways in which
New Zealand Cricket
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administered the international side for years ahead.
The tour immediately followed New Zealand's involvement in the
Wills World Series in India in October 1994, the majority of the team travelling directly from India to South Africa.
[New Zealand to South Africa 1994–95]
Test Cricket Tours (archived June 2020). Retrieved 2018-08-21. New Zealand had not won any of their four matches during the Wills series.
''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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'', 1996. Retrieved .
The organisation of the Test series by the
United Cricket Board of South Africa
Cricket South Africa (CSA) is the governing body for both professional and amateur cricket in South Africa. In 1991, the separate South African Cricket Union and the South African Cricket Board merged to form the United Cricket Board of South Afr ...
was praised by ''
Wisden
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''. Over 150,000 spectators watched the three matches, the Board putting in place a system of reducing ticket prices throughout each day in order to attract more spectators. The policy was successful and the number of younger people who attended matches was picked out by the Almanack as a particular success. Developments to the TV umpire system, which had been introduced during Australia's tour the previous summer,
[ Bannister J (1995]
The Australians in South Africa, 1993–94
''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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'', 1995. Retrieved 2018-04-12. and both countries agreeing to a minimum of 90 overs per day were also credited by ''Wisden''.
Tour party
The New Zealand team was captained by
Ken Rutherford in his last tour as captain.
Martin Crowe
Martin David Crowe (22 September 1962 – 3 March 2016) was a New Zealand cricketer, Test and ODI captain as well as a commentator. He played for the New Zealand national cricket team between 1982 and 1995, and is regarded as one of the count ...
, who became New Zealand's record run scorer in Test matches during the tour, was the vice-captain.
Mark Priest
Mark Wellings Priest (born 12 August 1961) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played in three Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1990 and 1998. He was the leading wicket-taker for Canterbury, with 290 d ...
was included in the tour party during the
Mandela Trophy
The Mandela Trophy was a one-day International cricket tournament which took place from 2 December 1994 to 12 January 1995. The tournament was hosted by South Africa, who were one of the four sides competing, with the others being New Zealand, ...
matches after having flown in as a replacement for the injured
Matthew Hart
Matthew Norman Hart (born 16 May 1972) is a former New Zealand cricketer. Hart, a left-arm orthodox spinner, played in 14 Tests between 1994 and 1996, claiming 29 wickets including one five-wicket haul against South Africa.
He also appeared ...
who had broken a finger.
[South Africa v New Zealand]
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'', 1996. Retrieved 2019-12-13. Danny Morrison, who was originally not available for selection due to injury, joined the tour in its later stages as a replacement for
Dion Nash
Dion Joseph Nash (born 20 November 1971) is a New Zealand entrepreneur and former cricketer. He played for the New Zealand cricket team, captaining the team in 1999 with the injury of regular captain Stephen Fleming. Nash was a right-arm fast ...
who had suffered a side injury. Morrison played in the final three matches, including the second and third Tests.
With the addition of Crowe, who was already in South Africa rehabilitating from a knee injury,
Lee Germon
Lee Kenneth Germon (born 4 November 1968) is a former New Zealand cricketer, wicket-keeper and former captain. He played for the provinces of Canterbury and Otago and is the most successful Canterbury cricket captain of the modern era.Appleby, ...
and
Murphy Su'a
Murphy Logo Su'a (born 7 November 1966) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 13 Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. He is the 1st Samoan born cricketer to play test cricket for New Zealand.
Murphy Su'a played for the ...
, the Test team was the same side which had played in the
Wills World Series immediately before the tour.
The party included two uncapped players: Darrin Murray
Darrin James Murray (born 4 September 1967) is a former New Zealand international cricketer. He played eight Test matches and one One Day International for New Zealand, all in the 1994/95 season.[Lee Germon
Lee Kenneth Germon (born 4 November 1968) is a former New Zealand cricketer, wicket-keeper and former captain. He played for the provinces of Canterbury and Otago and is the most successful Canterbury cricket captain of the modern era.Appleby, ...]
made his ODI debut during the Mandela Trophy matches. Influential all-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are consi ...
Chris Cairns
Christopher Lance Cairns (born 13 June 1970) is a former New Zealand cricketer and former ODI captain, who played for the New Zealand cricket team as an all-rounder. Cairns finished his Test career with a batting average of 33.53 and a bowling ...
, who went on to play over 250 international matches, missed the tour with an injury.[McConnell L (2000]
Cairns return leaves big gap in career CV
CricInfo, 2000-11-02. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
The tour party was considered to be fairly weak due injuries and a lack of depth in talent in New Zealand cricket at the time. Speaking in 2017, Rutherford was of the opinion that "there was o onewe left back home who deserved to play."[
The South African team was captained by ]Hansie Cronje
Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje (25 September 1969 – 1 June 2002) was a South African international cricketer and captain of the South African national cricket team in the 1990s. A right-handed all-rounder, as captain Cronje led his team to vi ...
in his first series as captain, having replaced Kepler Wessels
Kepler Christoffel Wessels (born 14 September 1957) is a South African-Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. Since retiring he has been a lawn bowls competitor.
He ...
following the team's failure to win a match in the 1994–95 Wills Triangular Series in Pakistan. Wessels resigned the captaincy in November before the first Test match to focus on his own batting performances but a "recurring" knee injury led to his retirement from international cricket in December without him playing a match during the tour.
Test series
The first Test match in the series was played in late November after a series of warm-up matches. The second and third Tests were played between 26 December and 6 January after the Mandela Trophy
The Mandela Trophy was a one-day International cricket tournament which took place from 2 December 1994 to 12 January 1995. The tournament was hosted by South Africa, who were one of the four sides competing, with the others being New Zealand, ...
ODI series. South Africa were without their leading fast bowler Allan Donald
Allan Anthony Donald (born 20 October 1966) is a South African former cricketer who is also the current bowling coach of Bangladesh national cricket team. Often nicknamed 'White Lightning' due to his lightning quick bowling, he is considered ...
throughout the series due to injury. Donald had played in every Test match since the reintegration of South Africa into international cricket in 1992. This and the absence of former captain Kepler Wessels
Kepler Christoffel Wessels (born 14 September 1957) is a South African-Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. Since retiring he has been a lawn bowls competitor.
He ...
, also through injury, left wicket-keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. ...
Dave Richardson as the only player to have played in each Test since reintegration.
Richardson, who was the leading run scorer of the series, was named the player of the series.
First Test
The first Test was played at Wanderers Stadium
The Wanderers Stadium (Imperial Wanderers due to sponsorship reasons and affectionately known as the Bullring due to its intimidating atmosphere) is a stadium situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South ...
in Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Dem ...
. New Zealander Darrin Murray
Darrin James Murray (born 4 September 1967) is a former New Zealand international cricketer. He played eight Test matches and one One Day International for New Zealand, all in the 1994/95 season.[Wisden
''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', or simply ''Wisden'', colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "bible of cricket" was first used in the 1930s by Alec Waugh in a ...]
'' wrote that "Both sides distrusted the pitch" although it "played well enough until the fourth day".[First Test]
South Africa v New Zealand, ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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'', 1996. Retrieved 2018-10-01. New Zealand scored 411 in their first innings after a good first day and then an innings of 84 by Shane Thomson lower down the order and a tenth wicket partnership of 57 runs.
In reply South Africa scored 279 with Dave Richardson, who batted with a broken thumb, top scoring with 83. Martin Crowe
Martin David Crowe (22 September 1962 – 3 March 2016) was a New Zealand cricketer, Test and ODI captain as well as a commentator. He played for the New Zealand national cricket team between 1982 and 1995, and is regarded as one of the count ...
set a new New Zealand record for the number of Test match catches during the innings, catching Richard Snell to pass Jeremy Coney
Jeremy Vernon Coney (born 21 June 1952) is a former New Zealand cricketer and current cricket commentator. An all-rounder, between 1974 and 1987 he played 52 Test matches and 88 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for New Zealand, of which he was c ...
's 64 catches. Fannie De Villiers bowled "brilliantly" to reduce New Zealand to 5/34 in their second innings before lower order runs once again helped to raise their score to 194, a lead of over 300. The wearing pitch with wide cracks[ helped create the conditions for a South African batting collapse on the last day of the match, the home team losing seven wickets for 39 runs on the final morning to be all out for 189, losing by 137 runs. ]Simon Doull
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, who was the man of the match, took four wickets in South Africa's second innings whilst Matthew Hart
Matthew Norman Hart (born 16 May 1972) is a former New Zealand cricketer. Hart, a left-arm orthodox spinner, played in 14 Tests between 1994 and 1996, claiming 29 wickets including one five-wicket haul against South Africa.
He also appeared ...
took 5/77 bowling into the rough outside off stump, setting new Test match best figures.
The New Zealand victory "stunned" South Africa, although an injury to bowler Dion Nash
Dion Joseph Nash (born 20 November 1971) is a New Zealand entrepreneur and former cricketer. He played for the New Zealand cricket team, captaining the team in 1999 with the injury of regular captain Stephen Fleming. Nash was a right-arm fast ...
ruled him out of the rest of the tour.
Second Test
The second Test began on Boxing Day at Kingsmead Kingsmead may refer to:
Places in England
* Kingsmead, Bath, an electoral ward in Somerset
** Kingsmead Square, Bath
* Kingsmead, Cheshire
* Kingsmead, a district of Shenley Brook End in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Other uses
* Kingsmead ...
in Durban
Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini for the mountain range that terminates in the area), nicknamed ''Durbs'',Ishani ChettyCity nicknames in SA and across the worldArticle on ''news24.com'' from ...
. It followed the Mandela Series of ODI matches which had taken place at the beginning of December. South Africa gave debuts to Jack Commins and Steven Jack
Steven Douglas Jack (born 4 August 1970) is a former South African cricketer who played in two Test matches and two One Day Internationals. He was a fast, aggressive bowler and formed a formidable opening partnership with Richard Snell for Tr ...
.
New Zealand again won the toss but lost quick wickets in their first innings due, ''Wisden'' said, to "injudicious shots".[Second Test]
South Africa v New Zealand, ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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'', 1996. Retrieved 2018-10-01. After losing five wickets for 66 runs, a recovery led by Shane Thomson, who top-scored with a score of 82, meant that the tourists scored a total of 185. In reply South Africa started strongly but then collapsed themselves, going from 110/2 to 182/9 before a last wicket stand of 44 left them with a narrow lead having scored 226.
After losing two early wickets, New Zealand opener Bryan Young scored the third slowest half-century in Test history, taking 333 minutes to reach 50 runs. Once he was out the batting collapsed again, the last six wickets falling for 48 runs, leaving South Africa a modest target of 152. They reached this with the loss of two wickets and ''Wisden'' was of the opinion that, following the loss of all of their matches in the One Day series and the disciplining of players before Christmas, New Zealand's "decline now looked terminal".
During New Zealand's second innings Martin Crowe set another New Zealand test record, becoming the country's leading Test match run scorer after he passed John Wright's record of 5,334 runs.
Third Test
The final Test of the series took place after the New Year at Newlands
Newlands may refer to:
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* Newlands, Queensland, a locality in the Whitsunday Region
New Zealand
* Newlands, Wellington, a suburb of Wellington
South Africa
* Newlands, Cape Town, a suburb of Cape Town
* Newlands, Johannesbur ...
in Cape Town
Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...
on a relaid pitch which was "unusually pacy" for the ground.[Third Test]
South Africa v New Zealand, ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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'', 1996. Retrieved 2018-10-01. A combination of poor New Zealand batting and good bowling by South Africa led to South Africa winning the match by seven wickets to seal a series win, the first time that a team had come back from 1–0 down in a three match series to win the series since 1888.
New Zealand again won the toss and chose to bat and were reduced to 96/5 before recovering to make a total of 288. In reply South Africa made 440, including centuries for captain Hansie Cronje and a first Test century for wicket-keeper Dave Richardson, whilst Test debutant opener Rudi Steyn made 38 runs. The slow pace of scoring meant that only five sessions remained in the match. New Zealand, ''Wisden'' suggested, needed to bat for four of them to save the match and draw the series but poor batting, in particular falling into a trap set by Cronje of hooking or pulling in the air, saw them dismissed for 239, leaving South Africa 42 overs to score the 88 runs required for victory. They did so with 11 to spare and ''Wisden'' lamented the general approach of the New Zealand team which it considered "careless" with few of the team "still competing".
One Day International matches
New Zealand played six One Day Internationals in the Mandela Trophy, playing twice against each of South Africa, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. New Zealand did not win a match during the series, losing all but their second match which was abandoned after a torrential thunderstorm flooded the ground after Sri Lanka had scored 288/4.[New Zealand v Sri Lanka]
Mandela Trophy 1994–95, fourth match, ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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'', 1996. Retrieved 2018-08-20. The matches took place after the first Test match.
Following an injury to Matthew Hart
Matthew Norman Hart (born 16 May 1972) is a former New Zealand cricketer. Hart, a left-arm orthodox spinner, played in 14 Tests between 1994 and 1996, claiming 29 wickets including one five-wicket haul against South Africa.
He also appeared ...
, replacement Mark Priest
Mark Wellings Priest (born 12 August 1961) is a former New Zealand international cricketer who played in three Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1990 and 1998. He was the leading wicket-taker for Canterbury, with 290 d ...
played in New Zealand's first ODI of the tournament just hours after arriving in South Africa. New Zealand lost by 69 runs in a match played on a poor quality pitch which was the subject of an inquiry.[ Following the abandoned second match, during which ]Sanath Jayasuriya
Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya ( si, සනත් ජයසූරිය, ta, சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a captain. He is credited for having revolutionized one-day in ...
scored his maiden ODI century,[ the team lost their remaining four matches. Their third match of the tournament saw South Africa's ]Dave Callaghan
David John Callaghan (born 1 February 1965) is a former South African international cricketer. Despite there being a distance of eight years between his first and last One Day International, Callaghan only played 29 times for South Africa. He wa ...
follow Jayasuriya's lead and score an unbeaten 169 runs, his first ODI century, on a hard pitch which favoured the South African bowlers.[South Africa v New Zealand]
Mandela Trophy 1994–95, sixth match, ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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'', 1996. Retrieved 2019-12-13.[Alfred L (2016]
When little Dave Callaghan went big
CricInfo, 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
Their fourth match saw New Zealand bowled out for the third time, collapsing from 173/2 to lose their final eight wickets for just 28 runs,[New Zealand v Pakistan]
Mandela Trophy 1994–95, seventh match, ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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'', 1996. Retrieved 2018-12-13. although they set a more challenging target in their fifth match before losing to Sri Lanka again. The match saw New Zealand captain Ken Rutherford fined half of his match fee for attempting to influence an umpire's decision.[New Zealand v Sri Lanka]
Mandela Trophy 1994–95, tenth match, ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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'', 1996. Retrieved 2018-12-13. In their final match New Zealand were bowled out again, this time for 172 runs, with Pakistan's Waqar Younis
Waqar Younis Maitla HI (Punjabi, ur, ; born 16 November 1971) is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who captained Pakistan national cricket team. A right-arm fast bowler, Waqar Younis is regarded as one of the great ...
taking a hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three.
Origin
The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...
to finish the innings.[New Zealand v Pakistan]
Mandela Trophy 1994–95, eleventh match, ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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'', 1996. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
Other matches
As well as the international matches, four first-class and three other matches were played by the New Zealanders during the tour. The tour began with a friendly one-day match against NF Oppenheimer's XI and three first-class matches were played before the first Test match against Northern Transvaal
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, Griqualand West
Griqualand West is an area of central South Africa with an area of 40,000 km2 that now forms part of the Northern Cape Province. It was inhabited by the Griqua people – a semi-nomadic, Afrikaans-speaking nation of mixed-race origin, wh ...
and Orange Free State
The Orange Free State ( nl, Oranje Vrijstaat; af, Oranje-Vrystaat;) was an independent Boer sovereign republic under British suzerainty in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeat ...
. The New Zealanders drew with Northern Transvaal and beat Griqualand West by 23 runs before losing by two wickets to Orange Free State.[New Zealand in South Africa in 1994/95]
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
After the first Test match a friendly one-day match against a Transvaal Invitational XI and a List A match against Transvaal Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of (''i.e.'', beyond) the Vaal River in South Africa. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name Transvaal.
* South African Republic (1856–1902; af, ...
were played, the New Zealanders winning the friendly match but losing against Transvaal. A final first-class match was played after the Mandela Series matches and before the last two Test matches against Boland. The match was abandoned at the beginning of the second day after the umpires deemed the pitch too dangerous to continue with 22 wickets having fallen on the first day, both sides having been dismissed for less than 90 runs.
Notes
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