Australian national cricket team in South Africa in the 1957/58 season

The tour of the Australian national cricket team to South Africa in the 1957/58 season took place from December 23, 1957 to March 4, 1958. The international cricket tour was part of the 1957/58 international cricket season and comprised five tests . Australia won the series 3–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1952/53 season in Australia .

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	3rd test
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	1st & 4th test
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	2nd test
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	5th test

The teams named the following squads.

test
South Africa	Australia
Neil Adcock Chris Burger Peter Carlstein Russell Endean Eddie Fuller Ken Funston Trevor Goddard Peter Heine Jacky McGlew Roy McLean Jack Nel Ian Smith Hugh Tayfield John Waite Dick Westcott Clive van Ryneveld	Richie Benaud Peter Burge Jim Burke Ian Craig Alan Davidson Ron Gaunt Wally Grout Neil Harvey Lindsay Kline Ken Mackay Colin McDonald Ian Meckiff Bob Simpson

December 23-28 Scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 470-9d (130.6) & 201 (78.4)	-	Australia 368 (91.2) & 162-3 (73)
		draw

December 31st - January 3rd scorecard	Cape Town	Australia 449 (152.2)	-	South Africa 209 (86.5) & 99 (57.4) (f / o)
		Australia wins with one innings and 141 runs

January 24-29 Scorecard	Durban	Australia 163 (82.4) & 292-7 (147)	-	South Africa 384 (163.7)
		draw

February 7-12 scorecard	Johannesburg	Australia 401 (149.5) & 1-0 (0.4)	-	South Africa 203 (80.2) & 198
		Australia wins with 10 wickets

February 28 - March 4 scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 214 (74.6) & 144 (75.1)	-	Australia 291 (107.3) & 68-2 (12.4)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets