The South Africa national cricket team toured the West Indies in April 1992. The tour marked the first-ever official Test and

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matches between the two teams. It was also South Africa's first Test match since their reintroduction to the sport after being suspended in 1970 due to the apartheid regime, and their first Test against a non-white team. The tour consisted of three One-day Internationals and one Test match against the West Indies. All four matches were won by the West Indies.

Squads

Match details

1st ODI: West Indies v South Africa at Kingston, 7 April 1992

2nd ODI: West Indies v South Africa at Port-of-Spain, 11 April 1992

3rd ODI: West Indies v South Africa at Port-of-Spain, 12 April 1992

Test Match

The Test match was South Africa's first since their return to international cricket, and so 10 players were making their Test match debuts ( Kepler Wessels had previously played for

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). For the West Indies, 3 players made their debuts —

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, David Williams and

Kenny Benjamin Kenneth Charlie Griffith Benjamin (born 8 April 1967) is a former cricketer from Antigua and Barbuda who played 26 Tests and 26 One Day Internationals for the West Indies. Playing career A right arm fast bowler, Benjamin spent much of his inte ...

. The selection of Benjamin in particular had been a contentious issue. The Barbados crowd had expected Anderson Cummins, a Barbadian and a local favourite, to make his debut in this match in front of his home fans. However, the West Indian selectors opted for Benjamin instead. As a result, many fans chose to boycott the match in protest. South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl first. The West Indies had reached 219/3, but collapsed to 262 all out. Notable contributions came from

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(59), Desmond Haynes (58) and

Richie Richardson Sir Richard Benjamin Richardson, KCN (born 12 January 1962) is a former West Indies international cricketer and a former captain of the West Indian cricket team. He was a flamboyant batsman and superb player of fast bowling. He was famous for ...

(44), and Richard Snell picked up 4 wickets for South Africa. South Africa batted throughout the whole of the second day and into the third, racking up a score of 345 all out. A century from

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(163) formed the backbone of the innings with some support from Kepler Wessels (59). Debutant

used his part-time spin bowling to pick up 4 wickets. In their second innings, the West Indies scored 283 all out with help from

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(64) and

(79*).

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and Richard Snell took 4 wickets each. This left South Africa requiring 201 runs for victory. After the loss of two early wickets to Curtly Ambrose, half-centuries from Kepler Wessels (74) and

Peter Kirsten Peter Noel Kirsten (born 14 May 1955) is a former cricketer who represented South Africa in 12 Test matches and 40 One Day Internationals from 1991 to 1994. He is the current coach of the Ugandan national side, having been appointed in August 2 ...

(52) steadied the South African innings. However, after Wessels' dismissal to Courtney Walsh, South Africa collapsed from 123/2 to 148 all out as Ambrose (6 wickets) and Walsh (4 wickets) demolished the rest of the batting line-up. Four players were out for

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, and after Wessels and Kirsten, the next highest score was only 4. Curtly Ambrose and

were jointly named Men of the Match — Ambrose for his match-winning spell of 6/34 and Hudson for his 163.

Notes

* ''Playfair Cricket Annual'' * ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' (annual)

References

External sources

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