| Series Name: | Australian XI in South Africa in 1986–87 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of South Africa (1982–1994).svg |
| Team1 Name: | South Africa |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Australia.svg |
| Team2 Name: | Australian XI |
| From Date: | 21 November 1986 |
| To Date: | 18 February 1987 |
| Team1 Captain: | Clive Rice |
| Team2 Captain: | Kim Hughes |
| No Of Tests: | 4 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Peter Kirsten (391) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Steve Smith (399) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Garth Le Roux (17) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Rod McCurdy (15) |
| No Of Odis: | 8 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 5 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Jimmy Cook (283) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Kepler Wessels (326) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Garth Le Roux (13) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Peter Faulkner (8) Rod McCurdy (8) |
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 1985–86.[1] The series was highly controversial in Australia and its Australian participants were banned from interstate cricket for two seasons and international cricket for three seasons.[2]
The squad consisted of the following:
A series of four unofficial "Test" matches were scheduled. As happened the previous year the series was won 1–0 by South Africa, who won the opening match in Johannesburg, while the three remaining matches were all drawn.
A number of tourists on this "rebel" tour went on to play first-class cricket in South Africa, including Kim Hughes, Steve Smith, Mike Haysman, Rod McCurdy and John Maguire; McCurdy and Haysman wound up moving there permanently.[3] [4] South African-born Kepler Wessels, who had been playing in Australia since 1978, returned to the country of his birth, ultimately becoming its first captain upon their return to official Test cricket in 1992.[5]