# West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1983–84

In late 1983 and early 1984, a representative team of West Indian cricket players undertook a so-called "Rebel tour" to South Africa to play a series of matches against the South African team. At the time, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had placed a moratorium on international cricket teams making tours of South Africa, due to the nation's government policy of apartheid, leaving South Africa with no official international competition.

## Background

The previous season another West Indian tour had taken place. It was a financial success with quality competitive matches throughout, the test series being drawn 1-1 and the Springboks won the ODI series 4–2. Consequently, a second series was organised to replicate the successes of the first.

## Touring team

| Player | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | First class team |
| Lawrence Rowe (c) | 8 January 1949 | Right hand | Left arm fast medium | Jamaica |
| Hartley Alleyne | 28 February 1957 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | Barbados |
| Faoud Bacchus | 31 January 1954 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | Guyana |
| Sylvester Clarke | 11 December 1954 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | Barbados |
| Colin Croft | 15 March 1953 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | Guyana |
| Alvin Greenidge | 20 August 1956 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | Barbados |
| Bernard Julien | 13 March 1950 | Right hand | Left arm medium-fast | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Alvin Kallicharran | 21 March 1949 | Left-hand | Right-arm offbreak | Guyana |
| Collis King | 11 June 1951 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | Barbados |
| Monte Lynch | 21 May 1958 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | Guyana |
| Everton Mattis | 11 April 1957 | Right-hand | Right-arm offbreak | Jamaica |
| Ezra Moseley | 5 January 1958 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium-fast | Barbados |
| David Murray | 29 May 1950 | Right-hand | wicket-keeper | Barbados |
| Albert Padmore | 17 December 1944 | Right-hand | Right-arm offbreak | Barbados |
| Derick Parry | 22 December 1954 | Right-hand | Right-arm offbreak | Leeward Islands |
| Franklyn Stephenson | 8 April 1959 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | Barbados |
| Emmerson Trotman | 10 November 1954 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | Barbados |

## Tour matches

* 19–22 November 1983 (3-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn Berea Park, Pretoria Umpires: George Baker and George Hawkins
* Northern Transvaal elected to bat
* 25–28 November 1983 (3-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Bernard Glass and Taffy Rossiter
* West Indies elected to bat
* 2–4 December 1983 (3-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Denzil Bezuidenhout and Karl Liebenberg
* West Indies elected to bat

### First ODI

* 7 December 1983 Scorecard
| South Africa 233/7 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 235/8 (49.2 overs) |
| Peter Kirsten 55 (82) Colin Croft 3/48 (10 overs) | | Alvin Kallicharran 80 (98) Garth Le Roux 3/39 (10 overs) |
* West Indies won by 2 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Oswald Schoof Player of the match: Alvin Kallicharran (WI)
* West Indies elected to field
* 12–15 December 1983 (3-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Carl Coetzee and Louis Rautenbach
* West Indies elected to bat
* 17–19 December 1983 (3-day match) Scorecard
* Transvaal won by 4 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Arthur Norton and James Peacock
* West Indies elected to bat

### First Test

* 23–27 December 1983 (4-day match) Scorecard
* Match drawn Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Denzil Bezuidenhout and Dudley Schoof
* West Indies elected to bat

### Second Test

* 30 December 1983-3 January 1984 (4-day match) Scorecard
* South Africa won by 10 wickets Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Sydney Moore Player of the match: Alan Kourie (SA)
* West Indies elected to bat
* 1 January was a rest day

### Second ODI

* 6 January 1984 Scorecard
| West Indies 260/8 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 261/6 (44.4 overs) |
| Ezra Moseley 63* (48) Stephen Jefferies 4/79 (10 overs) | | Henry Fotheringham 78 (97) Hartley Alleyne 2/26 (7 overs) |
* South Africa won by 4 wickets St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Dudley Schoof and Perry Hurwitz Player of the match: Henry Fotheringham (SA)
* South Africa elected to field

### Third ODI

* 8 January 1984 Scorecard
| South Africa 220 (49.5 overs) | v | West Indies 194/4 (40 overs) |
| Ken McEwan 50 (61) Ezra Moseley 4/53 (9.5 overs) | | Lawrence Rowe 45* Clive Rice 2/31 (7 overs) |
* West Indies won by 6 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Denzil Bezuidenhout and Oswald Schoof Player of the match: Lawrence Rowe (WI)
* West Indies elected to field
* West Indies target was revised to 194 runs in 44 overs

### Fourth ODI

* 10 January 1984 Scorecard
| South Africa 149 (41.2 overs) | v | West Indies 150/2 (39.5 overs) |
| Graeme Pollock 45 (80) Ezra Moseley 4/38 (10 overs) | | Emmerson Trotman 94 (132) Alan Kourie 1/24 (10 overs) |
* West Indies won by 8 wickets Newlands, Cape Town Umpires: Herbert Martin and Perry Hurwitz Player of the match: Ezra Moseley (WI)
* West Indies elected to field

### Third Test

* 13–17 January 1984 (4-day match) Scorecard
* West Indies won by 1 wicket Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Dudley Schoof and Sydney Moore Player of the match: Hartley Alleyne (WI)
* South Africa elected to bat

### Fifth ODI

* 21 January 1984 Scorecard
| South Africa 279/3 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 208/7 (34.2 overs) |
| Mandy Yachad 123 (159) Sylvester Clarke 1/43 (10 overs) | | Lawrence Rowe 87 (69) Rupert Hanley 2/37 (10 overs) |
* West Indies won by 3 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Denzil Bezuidenhout
* West Indies elected to field
* West Indies target was revised 207 runs in 37 overs

### Sixth ODI

* 23 January 1984 Scorecard
| South Africa 227/7 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 54 (20.1 overs) |
| Clive Rice 54 (87) Sylvester Clarke 3/31 (10 overs) | | Lawrence Rowe 12 (21) Rupert Hanley 6/22 (10 overs) |
* South Africa won by 173 runs Berea Park, Pretoria Umpires: Dudley Schoof and Sydney Moore Player of the match: Rupert Hanley (SA)
* West Indies elected to field

### Fourth Test

* 27–31 January 1984 (4-day match) Scorecard
* West Indies won by 6 wickets St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Herbert Martin Player of the match: Sylvester Clarke (WI)
* South Africa elected to bat