The England cricket team toured South Africa in 2004–05. England won the five-Test series 2–1, achieving their first series win in South Africa for 40 years, when MJK Smith's side were victorious in 1964–65; however, South Africa won the seven-match ODI series 4–1, one match finishing as a tie and the other as "no result".
The Test series saw the awarding of the inaugural Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, named for the South Africa-born England cricketer Basil D'Oliveira.
Background England went into the tour having won all seven Test matches they played during the English summer, beating the West Indies and New Zealand in series whitewashes.
Squads TestsODIs Graeme Smith (c) Hashim Amla Nicky Boje Mark Boucher (wk) Zander de Bruyn AB de Villiers (wk) Boeta Dippenaar Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Jacques Kallis Charl Langeveldt André Nel Makhaya Ntini Shaun Pollock Jacques Rudolph Dale Steyn Thami Tsolekile (wk) Martin van JaarsveldMichael Vaughan (c) James Anderson Gareth Batty Mark Butcher Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Steve Harmison Matthew Hoggard Geraint Jones (wk) Simon Jones Rob Key Jonathan Lewis Chris Read (wk) Andrew Strauss Graham Thorpe Marcus TrescothickGraeme Smith (c) Adam Bacher Nicky Boje Mark Boucher (wk) AB de Villiers Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Jacques Kallis Justin Kemp Charl Langeveldt André Nel Makhaya Ntini Shaun Pollock Ashwell Prince Jacques RudolphMichael Vaughan (c) James Anderson Gareth Batty Ian Bell Paul Collingwood Ashley Giles Darren Gough Steve Harmison Matthew Hoggard Geraint Jones (wk) Simon Jones Kabir Ali Kevin Pietersen Vikram Solanki Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick Alex Wharf
Tour matches
45-over: Nicky Oppenheimer XI vs England XI
First-class: South Africa A vs England XI
50-over: South Africa A vs England XI
Test series
1st Test
2nd Test
3rd Test
4th Test
5th Test
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
4th ODI
5th ODI
6th ODI
7th ODI
References
External links England tour of South Africa, 2004/05 at ESPNcricinfo.com