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
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
SydneyQJohannesburg
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 AFRICAFirst Test
LOST
197 r
j
Stellenbosch
Boland
Drawn
k
CAPE TOWN
SOUTH AFRICASecond Test
WON 9
w
l
DURBAN
SOUTH AFRICAThird 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
TTest match
oone-day international
x other match
⊕ T/20 international
W wonL lostD drawn
N no
resultA abandoned
u unknown
result
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
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 the3rd 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
JohannesburgQSydney
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 RenewedAustralia versus the new South Africa”by Mike Cowan [Simon
& Schuster, 1994]
Postscript
Allan Border and Dean Jones announced their retirements from
international cricket.