Basil D'Oliveira Trophy
| File:Basil D'Oliveira Trophy.jpg The Basil D'Oliveira Trophy | |
| Administrator | ECB and CSA |
|---|---|
| Format | Test cricket |
| First edition | 2004–05 |
| Latest edition | 2019–20 |
| Next edition | 2022 |
| Tournament format | Test Series |
| Number of teams | 2 |
| Current trophy holder |  England |
| Most successful | England (5) |
| Most runs |  Hashim Amla (1,903) |
| Most wickets | Morne Morkel (75) |
The Basil D'Oliveira Trophy is a trophy played for by England and South Africa in the sport of cricket.[1] The trophy is awarded to the team that wins a Test series between the two nations. If the series is a draw, the holder keeps the trophy. It was first contested in the 2004–05 series played in South Africa.
The trophy is named after Basil D'Oliveira, a South African born English Test cricketer whose inclusion in the English squad to tour South Africa in 1968–69 led to the cancellation of the tour following objections from South African authorities due to D'Oliveira's classification as "coloured".[2]
Background
Prior to the trophy's inception, England and South Africa had played twenty-nine series, sixteen in South Africa and thirteen in England. The overall record was seven South African victories, eighteen English victories, and four drawn series.[3]
List of Test series
Pre Basil D'Oliveira Trophy era
| Season | Venue | Tests | Eng won |
SAF won |
Drawn | Series winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888–89 | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | England
|
| 1891–92 | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | England
|
| 1895–96 | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | England
|
| 1898–99 | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | England
|
| 1905–06 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |  South Africa
|
| 1907 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | England
|
| 1909–10 | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | South Africa
|
| 1912 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | England
|
| 1913–14 | South Africa | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | England
|
| 1922–23 | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | England
|
| 1924 | England | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | England
|
| 1927–28 | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Draw |
| 1929 | England | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | England
|
| 1930–31 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |  South Africa
|
| 1935 | England | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | South Africa
|
| 1938–39 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | England
|
| 1947 | England | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | England
|
| 1948–49 | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | England
|
| 1951 | England | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | England
|
| 1955 | England | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | England
|
| 1956–57 | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Draw |
| 1960 | England | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | England
|
| 1964–65 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | England
|
| 1965 | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | South Africa
|
| 1994 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Draw |
| 1995–96 | South Africa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | South Africa
|
| 1998 | England | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | England
|
| 1999–2000 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | South Africa
|
| 2003 | England | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Draw |
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy era
| Season | Venue | Tests | Eng won |
SAF won |
Drawn | Series winner |
Trophy holder |
Player(s) of the Series | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–05[4] | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | England
|
England
|
Andrew Strauss (Eng) | |
| 2008[5] | England | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | South Africa
|
South Africa
|
Kevin Pietersen (Eng) Graeme Smith (SAF) | |
| 2009–10[6] | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Drawn | South Africa
|
Mark Boucher (SAF) Graeme Swann (Eng) | |
| 2012[7] | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | South Africa
|
South Africa
|
Matt Prior (Eng) Hashim Amla (SAF) | |
| 2015–16[8] | South Africa | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | England
|
England
|
Ben Stokes (Eng) | |
| 2017 | England | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | England
|
England
|
Moeen Ali (Eng) | |
| 2019–20[8] | South Africa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | England
|
England
|
Ben Stokes (Eng) | |
| 2022 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | England
|
England
|
Kagiso Rabada (SA) Ben Stokes (Eng) |
|
| 2026–27 | South Africa | ||||||||
| Total | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | |||||
References
- ^ Wisden Cricinfo staff. "D'Oliveira honoured by South Africa". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Basil D'Oliveira". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Test series results England vs South Africa". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2004/05". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2008". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2009/10". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2012". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b "England tour of South Africa - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.