New Zealand national cricket team in South Africa in the 1961/62 season

The tour of the New Zealand national cricket team to South Africa in the 1961/62 season took place from December 8, 1961 to February 20, 1962. The international cricket tour was part of the 1961/62 international cricket season and comprised five tests . The series ended in a 0–0 draw.

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 1953/54 season in South Africa .

Tour venues

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

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

The teams named the following squads.

test
South Africa	New Zealand
Neil Adcock Eddie Barlow Colin Bland Harry Bromfield Sydney Burke Kim Elgie Buster Farrer Peter Heine Tiger Lance Goofy Lawrence Jacky McGlew Atholl McKinnon Roy McLean Sid O'Linn Peter Pollock John Waite Kenneth Walter	Jack Alabaster Gary Bartlett Paul Barton Frank Cameron Murray Chapple Artie Dick Graham Dowling John Guy Chris Harris Noel McGregor Dick Motz Richard Reid John Sparling

December 8-12 scorecard	Durban	South Africa 292 (88.5) & 149 (61.2)	-	New Zealand 245 (99.3) & 166 (79.3)
		South Africa wins with 30 runs

December 26-29 Scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 322 (103.2) & 178-6d (43)	-	New Zealand 223 (92.3) & 165-4 (68)
		draw

January 1st - 4th scorecard	Cape Town	New Zealand 385 (157.5) & 212-9d (88.1)	-	South Africa 190 (68.4) & 335 (142.2)
		New Zealand wins with 72 runs

February 2-5 scorecard	Johannesburg	New Zealand 164 (53.1) & 249 (88.2)	-	South Africa 464 (124.2)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 51 runs

February 16-20 scorecard	Port Elizabeth	New Zealand 275 (111.2) & 228 (83.1)	-	South Africa 190 (72.4) & 273 (144)
		New Zealand wins with 40 runs