English national cricket team in South Africa in the 1995/96 season

The tour of the English national cricket team to South Africa in the 1995/96 season took place from November 16, 1995 to January 21, 1996. The international cricket tour was part of the 1995/96 international cricket season and included five tests and seven ODIs . South Africa won the Test Series 1–0 and the ODI Series 6–1.

prehistory

South Africa previously did a tour in Zimbabwe , for England it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in England in the 1994 season .

Stages

Bloemfontein Centurion Durban (SSK) East London Johannesburg Cape Town Port Elizabeth

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Chevrolet Park	Bloemfontein	20,000	2. ODI
Centurion Park	Centurion	22,000	1st test; 4. ODI
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	3rd test; 5. ODI
Buffalo Park	East London	20,000	6. ODI
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	2. test; 3. ODI
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	5. test; 1. ODI
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	4. test; 7. ODI

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test		ODI
South Africa	England	South Africa	England
Paul Adams Hansie Cronje Daryll Cullinan Allan Donald Clive Eksteen Andrew Hudson Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Craig Matthews Brian McMillan Shaun Pollock Meyrick Pringle Jonty Rhodes David Richardson Brett Schultz	Mike Atherton Dominic Cork John Crawley Angus Fraser Jason Gallian Darren Gough Graeme Hick Richard Illingworth Mark Ilott Devon Malcolm Peter Martin Mark Ramprakash Jack Russell Mike Smith Alec Stewart Graham Thorpe Mike Watkinson	Paul Adams Nicky buoy Hansie Cronje Daryll Cullinan Allan Donald Andrew Hudson Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Adrian Kuiper Craig Matthews Brian McMillan Steve Palframan Shaun Pollock Jonty Rhodes David Richardson Richard Snell Pat Symcox Fanie de Villiers	Mike Atherton Dominic Cork Phil DeFreitas Neil Fairbrother Darren Gough Graeme Hick Richard Illingworth Peter Martin Mark Ramprakash Dermot Reeve Jack Russell Mike Smith Mike Smith Alec Stewart Graham Thorpe Mike Watkinson Craig White

Tour matches

October 24th scorecard	Randjesfontein	England XI 242-5d (60.2)	-	Nicky Oppenheimer XI 130 (36)
		England XI wins with 112 runs

October 25 scorecard	Springs	Eastern Province 261-5 (50)	-	England XI 264-5 (49)
		England XI wins with 5 wickets

October 27-30 scorecard	Soweto	England XI 332 (131.4) & 282-5d (80)	-	South African Invitational XI 210 (78.1) & 25-1 (14)
		draw

November 2-5 Scorecard	East London	England XI 351 (133.1)	-	Border 166 (58.3) & 132 (51.5) (f / o)
		England XI wins with one innings and 53 runs

November 22nd - 26th Scorecard	Kimberley	South Africa A 470-9d (142) & 148-4 (38.5)	-	England XI 308 (106.3) & 309 (113.4) (f / o)
		South Africa A wins with 6 wickets

November 23rd - 25th scorecard	Bloemfontein	England XI 316-4d (97.5) & 239-4d (85)	-	Free State 245-9d (72) & 110-3 (39)
		draw

November 26th scorecard	Bloemfontein	Free State 201-8 (50)	-	England XI 202-3 (41)
		England XI wins with 7 wickets

December 7th - 9th scorecard	Pair	England XI 402-8d (152.5) ​​& 33-2 (12.3)	-	Boland 288 (135)
		draw

December 10th scorecard	Pair	England XI 244 (49.4)	-	Boland 170 (42.4)
		England XI wins with 74 runs

December 20-22 Scorecard	Pietermaritzburg	South African Students XI 269-8d (86.1)	-	England XI 186-2 (78)
		draw

January 6th scorecard	Cape Town	England XI 196 (49.5)	-	200-7 (49)
		Western Province wins with 3 wickets

Testing

First test in Centurion

November 16-20 Scorecard	Centurion	England 381-9d (143)	-	South Africa
		draw

Second test in Johannesburg

November 30th - December 4th scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 332 (104) & 346-9d (104.3)	-	England 200 (68.3) & 351-5 (165)
		draw

Third test in Durban

December 14-18 scorecard	Durban	South Africa 225 (100)	-	England 152-5 (48.1)
		draw

Fourth test in Port Elizabeth

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 428 (159.5) & 162-9d (65.3)	-	England 263 (120.4) & 189-3 (92)
		draw

Fifth test in Cape Town

January 2-4 scorecard	Cape Town	England 153 (68.1) & 157 (62.5)	-	South Africa 244 (101) & 70-0 (15.4)
		South Africa wins with 10 wickets

One-day internationals

First ODI in Cape Town

January 9 scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 211-8 (50)	-	England 205 (49.5)
		South Africa wins with 6 runs

Second ODI in Bloemfontein

January 11th scorecard	Bloemfontein	South Africa 262-8 (50)	-	England 265-5 (48.2)
		England wins with 5 wickets

Third ODI in Johannesburg

January 13th scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 198-8 (50)	-	England 199-7 (48.1)
		South Africa wins with 3 wickets

Fourth ODI in Centurion

January 14th scorecard	Centurion	England 272-8 (50)	-	South Africa 276-3 (48)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Fifth ODI in Durban

January 17th scorecard	Durban	England 129 (41.4)	-	South Africa 185-5 (48.2)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets

Sixth ODI in East London

January 19th scorecard	East London	South Africa 129 (41.4)	-	England 115 (43.4)
		South Africa wins with 14 runs

Seventh ODI in Port Elizabeth

January 21 scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 218-9 (50)	-	England 154 (46.1)
		South Africa wins with 64 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo