How the Proteas have done on their past tours to New Zealand

Cape Town — The Proteas preserved a proud record of never having been defeated by India in a home Test series with a 2-1 victory over the World’s No ranked team last month.

They are now set to embark on another almighty challenge when they face World Test Champions New Zealand in their backyard. The Proteas have never lost a series in the land of the long white cloud and have in fact lost just one single Test there dating back to 1931-32 when Graeme Smith’s team drew the 2003-04 series 1-1.

The task this time will be even tougher as South Africa remain the last visiting team to win a Test series in New Zealand back in 2016-17 when Faf du Plessis’s side were fortunate to hang on for a 1-0 victory after the last day of the series was rained out in Hamilton.

Here is the full list of Proteas tours to New Zealand:

1931/32

Series result: SA 2-0

1st Test, Christchurch, Feb 27 - Mar 1 1932,

NZ: 293 (Quinton McMillan 4/61) & 146 (McMillan 5/66)

SA: 451 (Jim Christy 103, Bruce Mitchell 113, Eric Dalton 81, Denys Morkel 51)

Result: South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs

2nd Test, Wellington, Mar 4 - 7 1932

NZ: 364 (McMillan 5/125) & 193 (Neville Quinn 4/37)

SA: 410 (Christy 62, Cameron 42, Ken Viljoen 82, Xen Balaskas 122) & 150/2 (Christy 53, Mitchell 53)

Result: South Africa won by 8 wickets

1952/53

Series result: SA 1-0

1st Test, Wellington, Mar 6 - 10 1953

SA: 524/8dec (Jackie McGlew 255, Anton Murray 109)

NZ: 172 (Eddie Fuller 3/29, Murray 3/30) & 172 (John Watkins 4/22, Tayfield 3/33)

Result: South Africa won by an innings and 180 runs

2nd Test, Auckland, Mar 13 - 17 1953

SA: 377 (Jonny Waite 72, Russell Endean 116, Jack Cheetham 54) & 200/5dec. (McGlew 50)

NZ: 245 (Tayfield 5/62) & 31/2

Result: Match drawn

1963/64

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