Basil D'Oliveira Trophy
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament main
| name = Basil D'Oliveira Trophy
| image = Basil D'Oliveira Trophy.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = The Basil D'Oliveira Trophy
| country = {{cr|RSA}}
{{cr|ENG}}
| administrator = England Cricket Board
Cricket South Africa
| cricket format = Test cricket
| first = 2004–05 (South Africa)
| next = 2026–27 (South Africa)
| current =
| tournament format = Test Series
| participants = 2
| trophyholder = {{cr|ENG}} (2022)
| most successful = {{cr|ENG}} (5 series wins)
| most runs = {{flagicon|RSA}} Hashim Amla (1,903)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|RSA}} Morne Morkel (75)
}}
The Basil D'Oliveira Trophy is a trophy played for by England and South Africa in the sport of cricket.{{cite web|last=Wisden Cricinfo staff|title=D'Oliveira honoured by South Africa|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/135284.html|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|access-date=17 November 2021}} 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".{{cite web|title=Basil D'Oliveira|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11914.html|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|access-date=17 November 2021}}
Summary of results
{{sticky header}}{{table alignment}}{{static row numbers}}
| class="unsortable wikitable sticky-header static-row-numbers col1left col4left" {{left}} |
| Year
!Host !Winning team |
|---|
| 2004–05
|{{flag|South Africa}} |style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} |
| 2008
|{{flag|England}} |style="background:#8ef595"| {{cr|South Africa}} |
| 2009–10
|{{flag|South Africa}} |style="background:#deb887"| Drawn |
| 2012
|{{flag|England}} |style="background:#8ef595"| {{cr|South Africa}} |
| 2015–16
|{{flag|South Africa}} |style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} |
| 2017
|{{flag|England}} |style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} |
| 2019–20
|{{flag|South Africa}} |style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} |
| 2022
|{{flag|England}} |style="background:#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} |
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Total Series | style="background:#8ef595"| {{cr|South Africa}} | style="background:#99ccff"| {{cr|England}} | style="background:#deb887| Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1 |
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/headtohead/team-series-results/england-south-africa-1vs3/test-matches-1|title=Test series results England vs South Africa|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|access-date=11 April 2024}}
List of Test series
{{legend|#99ccff|England win|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#bbffbb|South Africa win|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|#cccccc|Draw|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
=Pre Basil D'Oliveira Trophy era=
| class="sortable wikitable" |
| Years
! Host ! Tests ! {{flagicon|England}} ! {{flagicon|South Africa}} ! Drawn ! class="unsortable" | Series |
|---|
| 1888–89
| {{noflag|South Africa}} | align=center|2 | align=center|2 | align=center|0 | align=center|0 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1891–92
| {{noflag|South Africa}} | align=center|1 | align=center|1 | align=center|0 | align=center|0 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1895–96
| {{noflag|South Africa}} | align=center|3 | align=center|3 | align=center|0 | align=center|0 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1898–99
| {{noflag|South Africa}} | align=center|2 | align=center|2 | align=center|0 | align=center|0 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1905–06
| {{noflag|South Africa}} | align=center|5 | align=center|1 | align=center|4 | align=center|0 | bgcolor="#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa|1876}} |
| 1907
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|3 | align=center|1 | align=center|0 | align=center|0 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1909–10
| {{noflag|South Africa}} | align=center|5 | align=center|2 | align=center|3 | align=center|0 | bgcolor="#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa|1876}} |
| 1912
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|3 | align=center|3 | align=center|0 | align=center|0 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1913–14
| {{flag|Union of South Africa|1912|name=South Africa}} | align=center|5 | align=center|4 | align=center|0 | align=center|1 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1922–23
| {{flag|Union of South Africa|1912|name=South Africa}} | align=center|5 | align=center|2 | align=center|1 | align=center|2 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1924
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|5 | align=center|3 | align=center|0 | align=center|2 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1927–28
| {{flag|Union of South Africa|1912|name=South Africa}} | align=center|5 | align=center|2 | align=center|2 | align=center|1 | bgcolor="#cccccc" | Draw |
| 1929
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|5 | align=center|2 | align=center|0 | align=center|3 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1930–31
| {{flag|Union of South Africa|1928|name=South Africa}} | align=center|5 | align=center|0 | align=center|1 | align=center|4 | bgcolor="#bbffbb" | {{flag|Union of South Africa|1928|name=South Africa}} |
| 1935
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|5 | align=center|0 | align=center|1 | align=center|4 | bgcolor="#bbffbb" | {{flag|Union of South Africa|1928|name=South Africa}} |
| 1938–39
| {{flag|Union of South Africa|1928|name=South Africa}} | align=center|5 | align=center|1 | align=center|0 | align=center|4 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1947
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|5 | align=center|3 | align=center|0 | align=center|2 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1948–49
| {{flag|Union of South Africa|1928|name=South Africa}} | align=center|5 | align=center|2 | align=center|0 | align=center|3 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1951
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|5 | align=center|3 | align=center|1 | align=center|1 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1955
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|5 | align=center|3 | align=center|2 | align=center|0 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1956–57
| {{flag|Union of South Africa|1928|name=South Africa}} | align=center|5 | align=center|2 | align=center|2 | align=center|1 | bgcolor="#cccccc" | Draw |
| 1960
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|5 | align=center|3 | align=center|0 | align=center|2 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1964–65
| {{flag|South Africa|1928}} | align=center|5 | align=center|1 | align=center|0 | align=center|4 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1965
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|3 | align=center|0 | align=center|1 | align=center|2 | bgcolor="#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa|1928}} |
| 1994
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|3 | align=center|1 | align=center|1 | align=center|1 | bgcolor="#cccccc" | Draw |
| 1995–96
| {{flag|South Africa}} | align=center|5 | align=center|0 | align=center|1 | align=center|4 | bgcolor="#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa}} |
| 1998
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|5 | align=center|2 | align=center|1 | align=center|2 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{flag|England}} |
| 1999–2000
| {{flag|South Africa}} | align=center|5 | align=center|1 | align=center|2 | align=center|2 | bgcolor="#bbffbb" | {{flag|South Africa}} |
| 2003
| {{flag|England}} | align=center|5 | align=center|2 | align=center|2 | align=center|1 | bgcolor="#cccccc" | Draw |
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy
| class="unsortable wikitable"
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Series ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Years ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Host ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Tests ! style="background:#8ef595"| {{cr|South Africa}} ! style="background:#99ccff"| {{cr|England}} ! style="background:#deb887"| Drawn ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Holder ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Player of the series |
| scope=row align=center | 1
| 2004–05 | {{flag|South Africa}} | align=center|5 | align=center|1 | align=center|2 | align=center|2 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} | {{cricon|ENG}} Andrew Strauss |
|---|
| scope=row align=center | 2
| 2008 | {{flag|England}} | align=center|4 | align=center|2 | align=center|1 | align=center|1 | bgcolor="#8ef595" | {{cr|South Africa}} | bgcolor="#8ef595" | {{cr|South Africa}} | {{cricon|ENG}} Kevin Pietersen |
| scope=row align=center | 3
| 2009–10 | {{flag|South Africa}} | align=center|4 | align=center|1 | align=center|1 | align=center|2 | bgcolor=#deb887 | Drawn | bgcolor="#8ef595" | {{cr|South Africa}} | {{cricon|ENG}} Graeme Swann |
| scope=row align=center | 4
| 2012 | {{flag|England}} | align=center|3 | align=center|2 | align=center|0 | align=center|1 | bgcolor="#8ef595" | {{cr|South Africa}} | bgcolor="#8ef595" | {{cr|South Africa}} | {{cricon|ENG}} Matt Prior |
| scope=row align=center | 5
| 2015–16 | {{flag|South Africa}} | align=center|4 | align=center|1 | align=center|2 | align=center|1 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} | {{cricon|ENG}} Ben Stokes |
| scope=row align=center | 6
| 2017 | {{flag|England}} | align=center|4 | align=center|1 | align=center|3 | align=center|0 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} | {{cricon|ENG}} Moeen Ali |
| scope=row align=center | 7
| 2019–20 | {{flag|South Africa}} | align=center|4 | align=center|1 | align=center|3 | align=center|0 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} | {{cricon|ENG}} Ben Stokes |
| scope=row align=center | 8
| 2022 | {{flag|England}} | align=center|3 | align=center|1 | align=center|2 | align=center|0 | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} | bgcolor="#99ccff" | {{cr|England}} | {{cricon|ENG}} Ben Stokes |
| scope=row align=center | 9
| {{flag|South Africa}} | align=center|3 | align=center| | align=center| | align=center| | bgcolor="" | | bgcolor="" | | |
| colspan="3" align="center" style="bold"|Total
!{{center|31}} !{{center|10}} !{{center|14}} !{{center|7}} !colspan="3" align="center" style="bold"| |
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Total Series | style="background:#8ef595"| {{cr|South Africa}} | style="background:#99ccff"| {{cr|England}} | style="background:#deb887| Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1 |