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International cricket tour
The
South Africa national cricket team toured Australia in the 1963–64 season and played 5
Test matches against
Australia . The series was drawn 1–1. After the series, the South Africans
toured New Zealand , playing a three-Test series, where all three matches were drawn.
South African team
Of the 15 players, only Goddard (20 Tests), and Waite (41) had played more than six Tests. Seven players (van der Merwe, Halse, Lindsay, Partridge, David Pithey, Graeme Pollock and Seymour) had not yet played a Test; all made their Test debuts on the tour.
The manager was
Ken Viljoen .
Test series summary
First Test
Second Test
Australia won the toss and elected to field.
5 January was taken as a rest day.
IR Redpath (AUS) made his Test debut.
Third Test
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
12 January was taken as a rest day.
CG Halse (SA) made his Test debut.
Fourth Test
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
26 January was taken as a rest day.
Fifth Test
South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
9 February was taken as a rest day.
References
Annual reviews
Further reading
R.S. Whitington , Bradman, Benaud and Goddard's Cinderellas , Rigby, 1964
Bill Frindall , The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978 ,
Wisden , 1979
Chris Harte, A History of Australian Cricket ,
Andre Deutsch , 1993
Ray Robinson, On Top Down Under ,
Cassell & Co. , 1975
Graham Short, The Trevor Goddard Story , Purfleet, 1965, pp. 100–159
various writers, A Century of South Africa in Test & International Cricket 1889-1989 , Ball, 1989
External links
International cricket tours of Australia
Test and LOI tours
Afghanistan Bangladesh England India New Zealand Pakistan South Africa Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe
Other tours
Afghanistan Australian Forces English England Lions Fijian Ireland Multi-national Nepal New Zealand PNG Scotland Sri Lanka UAE
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)