Australian XI in South Africa in 1986β87 | |||
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South Africa | Australian XI | ||
Dates | 21 November 1986 β 18 February 1987 | ||
Captains | Clive Rice | Kim Hughes | |
Test series | |||
Result | South Africa won the 4-match series 1β0 | ||
Most runs | Peter Kirsten (391) | Steve Smith (399) | |
Most wickets | Garth Le Roux (17) | Rod McCurdy (15) | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | South Africa won the 8-match series 5β2 | ||
Most runs | Jimmy Cook (283) | Kepler Wessels (326) | |
Most wickets | Garth Le Roux (13) |
Peter Faulkner (8) Rod McCurdy (8) |
An unofficial Australian cricket team toured South Africa in the 1986β87 season to play a series of unofficial Test and one day matches. It was the second of two tours by the side, the first being in 1985β86. [1] The series was highly controversial in Australia and its Australian participants were banned from interstate cricket for two seasons and international cricket for three seasons. [2]
The squad consisted of the following:
A series of four unofficial "Test" matches were scheduled. As happened the previous year the series was won 1β0 by South Africa, who won the opening match in Johannesburg, while the three remaining matches were all drawn.
1β6 January 1987
Scorecard |
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257/3 (86 overs)
PN Kirsten 105* |
A number of tourists on this "rebel" tour went on to play first-class cricket in South Africa, including Kim Hughes, Steve Smith, Mike Haysman, Rod McCurdy and John Maguire; McCurdy and Haysman wound up moving there permanently. [3] [4] South African-born Kepler Wessels, who had been playing in Australia since 1978, returned to the country of his birth, ultimately becoming its first captain upon their return to official Test cricket in 1992. [5]
Australian XI in South Africa in 1986β87 | |||
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South Africa | Australian XI | ||
Dates | 21 November 1986 β 18 February 1987 | ||
Captains | Clive Rice | Kim Hughes | |
Test series | |||
Result | South Africa won the 4-match series 1β0 | ||
Most runs | Peter Kirsten (391) | Steve Smith (399) | |
Most wickets | Garth Le Roux (17) | Rod McCurdy (15) | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | South Africa won the 8-match series 5β2 | ||
Most runs | Jimmy Cook (283) | Kepler Wessels (326) | |
Most wickets | Garth Le Roux (13) |
Peter Faulkner (8) Rod McCurdy (8) |
An unofficial Australian cricket team toured South Africa in the 1986β87 season to play a series of unofficial Test and one day matches. It was the second of two tours by the side, the first being in 1985β86. [1] The series was highly controversial in Australia and its Australian participants were banned from interstate cricket for two seasons and international cricket for three seasons. [2]
The squad consisted of the following:
A series of four unofficial "Test" matches were scheduled. As happened the previous year the series was won 1β0 by South Africa, who won the opening match in Johannesburg, while the three remaining matches were all drawn.
1β6 January 1987
Scorecard |
v
|
||
257/3 (86 overs)
PN Kirsten 105* |
A number of tourists on this "rebel" tour went on to play first-class cricket in South Africa, including Kim Hughes, Steve Smith, Mike Haysman, Rod McCurdy and John Maguire; McCurdy and Haysman wound up moving there permanently. [3] [4] South African-born Kepler Wessels, who had been playing in Australia since 1978, returned to the country of his birth, ultimately becoming its first captain upon their return to official Test cricket in 1992. [5]