It was the last official Test series to involve South Africa for 22 years, [1][2] and the 1970 South African team has been held to be one of the greatest in the history of cricket.[3]
australian, cricket, team, south, africa, 1969, australian, national, cricket, team, toured, south, africa, from, january, march, 1970, played, four, match, test, series, against, south, african, national, cricket, team, south, africa, test, series, australia,. The Australian national cricket team toured South Africa from January to March 1970 and played a four match Test series against the South African national cricket team South Africa won the Test series 4 0 Australia were captained by Bill Lawry and South Africa by Ali Bacher Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1969 70 South AfricaAustraliaDates6 January 1970 19 March 1970CaptainsAli BacherBill LawryTest seriesResultSouth Africa won the 4 match series 4 0Most runsGraeme Pollock 517 Ian Redpath 283 Most wicketsMike Procter 26 Alan Connolly 20 It was the last official Test series to involve South Africa for 22 years 1 2 and the 1970 South African team has been held to be one of the greatest in the history of cricket 3 Contents 1 Squads 2 Test series summary 2 1 First Test 2 2 Second Test 2 3 Third Test 2 4 Fourth Test 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksSquads EditSouth Africa AustraliaAli Bacher c Eddie Barlow Grahame Chevalier Dennis Gamsy wk Trevor Goddard Lee Irvine Tiger Lance Denis Lindsay wk Graeme Pollock Peter Pollock Mike Procter Barry Richards Kelly Seymour John Traicos Pat Trimborn Bill Lawry c Ian Chappell vc Alan Connolly Eric Freeman John Gleeson Jock Irvine Ray Jordon wk Ashley Mallett Laurie Mayne Graham McKenzie Ian Redpath Paul Sheahan Keith Stackpole Brian Taber wk Doug WaltersTest series summary EditFirst Test Edit 22 27 January 1970 5 day match ScorecardSouth Africa v Australia382 167 1 overs EJ Barlow 127 322 AA Mallett 5 126 55 1 overs 164 66 4 overs KD Walters 73 148 PM Pollock 4 20 12 overs 232 96 overs RG Pollock 50 130 AN Connolly 5 47 26 overs 280 129 1 overs WM Lawry 83 175 MJ Procter 4 47 17 overs South Africa won by 170 runsNewlands Cape Town Umpires G Goldman and WW WadeSouth Africa won the toss and elected to bat 25 January was taken as a rest day GA Chevalier D Gamsy BL Irvine and BA Richards all SA made their Test debuts Second Test Edit 5 9 February 1970 5 day match ScorecardSouth Africa v Australia622 9d 167 5 overs RG Pollock 274 401 JW Gleeson 3 160 51 overs 157 48 2 overs AP Sheahan 62 107 EJ Barlow 3 24 10 overs 336 f o 131 2 overs KD Walters 74 154 IR Redpath 74 236 MJ Procter 3 62 18 5 overs South Africa won by an innings and 129 runsKingsmead Durban Umpires CMP Coetzee and JG DraperSouth Africa won the toss and elected to bat 8 February was taken as a rest day The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four AJ Traicos SA made his Test debut BA Richards scored his maiden Test century Third Test Edit 19 24 February 1970 5 day match ScorecardSouth Africa v Australia279 102 4 overs BL Irvine 79 126 JW Gleeson 3 61 21 4 overs 202 91 2 overs KD Walters 64 136 PM Pollock 5 39 23 2 overs 408 121 3 overs EJ Barlow 110 252 JW Gleeson 5 125 45 overs 178 77 5 overs IR Redpath 66 202 MJ Procter 3 24 14 overs South Africa won by 307 runsNew Wanderers Johannesburg Umpires CMP Coetzee and AJ WarnerSouth Africa won the toss and elected to bat 22 February was taken as a rest day Fourth Test Edit 5 10 March 1970 5 day match ScorecardSouth Africa v Australia311 123 2 overs BA Richards 81 178 AN Connolly 6 47 28 2 overs 212 76 1 overs AP Sheahan 67 137 MJ Procter 3 30 25 1 overs 470 8d 121 2 overs BA Richards 126 212 LC Mayne 3 83 29 overs 246 90 3 overs AP Sheahan 46 64 MJ Procter 6 73 24 overs South Africa won by 323 runsSt George s Park Port Elizabeth Umpires CMP Coetzee and AJ WarnerSouth Africa won the toss and elected to bat 8 March was taken as a rest day This was the last Test match South Africa would play until 1992 See also EditAustralian cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1969 70 31 October 28 December 1969 immediately preceding the trip to South AfricaReferences Edit South Africa v Australia 1970 CricketArchive Retrieved 22 July 2014 Out on a high ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 13 March 2018 Rodney Hartman January 2006 When They Were Kings ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 26 February 2013 External links EditAustralia tour of South Africa 1969 70 on ESPNcricinfo This article about an international cricket tour of South Africa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1969 70 amp oldid 1121725312, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
