South African cricket team in England in 1994
| South Africa in England in 1994 | |||
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| England | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 23 June – 4 September 1994 | ||
| Captains | Mike Atherton | Kepler Wessels | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | 3-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Graeme Hick (304) | Brian McMillan (264) | |
| Most wickets | Darren Gough (11) | Fanie de Villiers (12) | |
| Player of the series | Devon Malcolm (Eng) and Brian McMillan (SA) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | England won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Graeme Hick (81) | Daryll Cullinan (99) | |
| Most wickets | Phillip DeFreitas (4) | Allan Donald (2) | |
| Player of the series | Phillip DeFreitas (Eng) and Daryll Cullinan (SA) | ||
The South African cricket team toured England during the 1994 season. This was their first tour to England after the apartheid-inspired international sporting ban was rescinded. The team was led by Eastern Province's Kepler Wessels, who had returned to his native country after playing 24 Tests for Australia during the International ban years.
South Africa had made a promising start to their International return, drawing their two most recent series, home and away against Australia, and some talents had begun to emerge already. Allan Donald was already well-known to English spectators from his extended and successful spell as Warwickshire's overseas player from 1987 onwards, and had spearheaded the South African attack with 63 Test wickets prior to this series, and Fanie de Villiers made a useful foil, having taken 22 wickets against the Australians, including 6−43 in the victory at Sydney. Andrew Hudson had emerged as a superb opener, racking up centuries against the West Indies and Australia and nine fifties in his short career. Jonty Rhodes had established himself as one of the top fielders in the world already, and had won over doubters of his batting with a never-say-die attitude, which characterised the whole team, even where outright ability was lacking.
England had just completed a victorious series against New Zealand, but seemed flattered by the tourists reliance on a couple of key players. The South Africans would provide a much more useful yardstick of Ray Illingworth's management of the team, and there were still doubts over middle order batsmen Robin Smith and Graeme Hick and the strength of the bowling, despite Phillip DeFreitas's re-emergence. New caps Darren Gough and Craig White had looked promising against New Zealand, but had yet to be seriously tested.
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