New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1961–62
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The New Zealand national cricket team toured South Africa from October 1961 to February 1962 and played a five-match Test series against the South Africa national cricket team. The series was drawn 2–2, with New Zealand's victory in the third Test the team's first Test match win outside their home country. New Zealand captain John Reid scored a total of 1,915 runs during the tour, setting a record for the most runs scored in South Africa by a touring batsman.[2] The tour was the second to South Africa by a team from New Zealand, the previous tour having taken place in 1953–54.
New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1961–62[lower-alpha 1] | |||
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South Africa | New Zealand | ||
Dates | 12 October 1961 – 12 March 1962 | ||
Captains | DJ McGlew | JR Reid | |
Test series | |||
Result | 5-match series drawn 2–2 | ||
Most runs | DJ McGlew (426) | JR Reid (546) | |
Most wickets | GB Lawrence (28) | JC Alabaster (22)[1] |
After South Africa withdrew from the British Commonwealth in 1961,[lower-alpha 2] the tour was not deemed official as the country was no longer a member of the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC). Despite this, the international matches on the tour have always been considered to have Test match status.[3][4]
Due to the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era, no official Test cricket was played by South Africa after 1970, with an effective moratorium on international tours to the country after a resolution passed by the ICC opposing the apartheid system.[lower-alpha 3][6] As a result, New Zealand did not tour the country again until 1994–95, after the end of the apartheid regime and the reintegration of South Africa into international sport in 1991.[7]