South African national cricket team in New Zealand in the 1963/64 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to New Zealand in the 1963/64 season took place from February 21 to March 17, 1964. The international cricket tour was part of the 1963/64 international cricket season and included three tests . The series ended in a 0–0 draw.

prehistory

South Africa previously did a tour in Australia , for New Zealand it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1961/62 season in South Africa .

Stages

Auckland Dunedin (CS) Wellington (BR)

Tour venues

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

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	3rd test
Carisbrook	Dunedin	29,000	2nd test
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	1st test

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

test
New Zealand	South Africa
Bruce Blair Grant Bradburn Frank Cameron Murray Chapple Bob Cunis Artie Dick Graham Dowling Graham Gedye Noel McGregor Dick Motz Richard Reid Mike Shrimpton Mathew Sinclair John Sparling John Ward	Eddie Barlow Colin Bland Buster Farrer Trevor Goddard Denis Lindsay Joe Partridge David Pithey Tony Pithey Graeme Pollock Peter Pollock John Waite Peter van der Merwe

Testing

First test in Wellington

February 21-25 scorecard	Wellington	South Africa 302 (131.5) & 218-2d (66)	-	New Zealand 253 (152.5) ​​& 138-6 (76)
		draw

Second test in Dunedin

February 28 - March 3 scorecard	Dunedin	New Zealand 149 (94) & 138 (84.5)	-	South Africa 223 (105.2) & 42-3 (7)
		draw

Third test in Auckland

March 13-17 Scorecard	Auckland	South Africa 371 (125.5) & 200-5d (64.4)	-	New Zealand 263 (131.3) & 191-8 (101)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo