The England women's cricket team toured South Africa in 1960–61, the first women's Test series ever in South Africa. England won the four match series 1–0, with three drawn Tests.[1]
Test series
1st Test
2–5 December 1960
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was South African women's first ever Women's Test.
- Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, Mollie Hunt, Esme Irwin, Sheila Plant, Alison Ratcliffe, Margaret Rutherford and Kathleen Smith (Eng); Barbara Cairncross, Jennifer Gove, Pamela Hollett, Eileen Hurly, Joy Irwin, Audrey Jackson, Eleanor Lambert, Jean McNaughton, Sheelagh Nefdt, Yvonne van Mentz and Lorna Ward (SA) made their Test debut.
2nd Test
17–20 December 1960
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Barbara Pont (Eng); Beverly Lang and Maureen Payne (SA) made their Test debut.
3rd Test
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- South Africa Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ann Jago (Eng) and Patricia Klesser (SA) made their Test debut.
4th Test
13–16 January 1961
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dulcie Wood (SA) made her Test debut.
Tour matches
1-day tour match: England Women v Western Province Combined XI Women
12 November 1960
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- Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day tour match: England Women v Western Province Women
2-day tour match: England Women v South African XI Women
19,21 November 1960
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- England Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day tour match: England Women v Southern Transvaal Women
25,26 November 1960
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- Southern Transvaal Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day tour match: England Women v South African XI Women
9,10 December 1960
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- South African XI Women won the toss and elected to bat.
1-day tour match: England Women v Southern Transvaal B Women
14 December 1960
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- Southern Transvaal B Women won the toss and elected to bat.
2-day tour match: England Women v Natal Women
1-day tour match: England Women v Border Women
1-day single-innings tour match: England Women v Eastern Province Women
9 January 1961
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- Eastern Province Women won the toss and elected to field.
References
- ^ "England Women in South Africa Women's Test Series 1960/61 / Results". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
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