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Fri, 23 Dec - Wed, 28 Dec 1966 - 00:00 – 1st Test • New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
South Africa won by 233 runs
South Africa
485/10 (20.00) & 620/10 (177.3)
Australia
332/5 (20.00) & 261/10 (117.5)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most 50s
Bob Simpson
2
Bill Lawry
2
Tom Veivers
2
Eddie Barlow
2
Tiger Lance
2
Denis Lindsay
2
Graeme Pollock
2
Best Average
Trevor Goddard
11.500000
Bob Simpson
19.000000
Eddie Barlow
21.500000
Graham McKenzie
27.333333
Neil Hawke
35.500000
Most Wickets
Trevor Goddard
8
Graham McKenzie
6
Bob Simpson
4
Eddie Barlow
4
David Renneberg
3
Atholl McKinnon
3
Ian Chappell
2
Best Bowling Fig
Trevor Goddard
6
Graham McKenzie
5
Eddie Barlow
3
David Renneberg
2
Bob Simpson
2
Atholl McKinnon
2
Ian Chappell
2
Best Economy
Trevor Goddard
1.572649
Graeme Pollock
1.666666
Tiger Lance
2.050000
Atholl McKinnon
2.395104
Peter Pollock
2.488372
Most Runs Conceed
Graham McKenzie
164
David Renneberg
150
Atholl McKinnon
137
Peter Pollock
107
Ian Chappell
107
Best Averages
Denis Lindsay
125.500000
Bill Lawry
62.500000
Tiger Lance
57.000000
Bob Simpson
56.500000
Graeme Pollock
47.500000
Most Runs Conceed
Richard Dumbrill
98
Trevor Goddard
92
Eddie Barlow
86
Best Bowling Fig
Richard Dumbrill
1
Peter Pollock
1
Tiger Lance
1
Most Not Outs
Neil Hawke
2
David Renneberg
2
Highest Score
Denis Lindsay
182
Bill Lawry
98
Graeme Pollock
90
Peter van der Merwe
76
Tiger Lance
70
Most Not Outs
Atholl McKinnon
2
Best Economy
Tom Veivers
2.666666
Eddie Barlow
2.687500
Best Strike Rate
Bob Simpson
30.15
Trevor Goddard
43.875
Eddie Barlow
48
Most Fours
Denis Lindsay
33
Graeme Pollock
16
Tiger Lance
14
Eddie Barlow
10
Ali Bacher
9
Most Runs
Denis Lindsay
251
Bill Lawry
125
Tiger Lance
114
Bob Simpson
113
Graeme Pollock
95
Best Strike Rate
Tiger Lance
0.919354
Denis Lindsay
0.765243
Ali Bacher
0.581196
Eddie Barlow
0.496062
Best Strike Rate
Graham McKenzie
60.5
Neil Hawke
66.6
Ian Chappell
69
David Renneberg
96
Most Runs
Peter van der Merwe
95
Tom Veivers
73
Ian Chappell
71
Most Ducks
Bob Cowper
2
Keith Stackpole
2
Colin Bland
2
Best Average
Tiger Lance
41.000000
Atholl McKinnon
45.666666
Best Averages
Peter van der Merwe
47.500000
Tom Veivers
36.500000
Ian Chappell
35.500000
Most 100s
Denis Lindsay
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Graham McKenzie
118
David Renneberg
96
Ian Chappell
91
Keith Stackpole
75
Peter Pollock
74
Atholl McKinnon
73
Bob Simpson
66
Highest Score
Bob Simpson
65
Ali Bacher
63
Most sixes
Denis Lindsay
5
Graeme Pollock
2
Graham McKenzie
2
Most Fours
Bill Lawry
9
Bob Simpson
6
Graham McKenzie
5
Tom Veivers
5
Most Balls Faced
Denis Lindsay
328
Most sixes
Ian Chappell
1
Colin Bland
1
Tiger Lance
1
Most Balls Faced
Eddie Barlow
127
Tiger Lance
124
Ali Bacher
117