An unofficial Australian cricket team toured South Africa in the 1986-87 season to play a series of unofficial Test and one day matches. It was the second of two tours by the side, the first being in 1985-85. The series was highly controversial in Australia and its Australian participants were banned from first-class cricket for two seasons and Test cricket for three seasons.
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Australian squad
The squad consisted of the following:
The Tour
South Africa won the unofficial test series 1-0.
Legacy
A number of Australian players went on to play first-class cricket in South Africa, including Kim Hughes, Kepler Wessels, Steve Smith, Mick Haysman, Rod McCurdy and John Maguire. Wessels, McCurdy and Haysman wound up moving there permanently (although Wessels had been born and raised in South Africa).