[1][2][3] New Zealand also competed in the Mandela Trophy with South Africa, Sri Lanka and Pakistan but were eliminated in the group stage, not winning any of their matches.

[1] Four players were later suspended as a result of their off-field behaviour during the tour, three for smoking cannabis,[5][6] and the New Zealand captain, Ken Rutherford, was twice sanctioned by the ICC match referee Peter Burge.

A report by Director of New Zealand Cricket, Roddy Fulton, condemned Ken Rutherford's poor captaincy and lack of team management skills.

The report was leaked by an unknown source to New Zealand media which subsequently revealed a number of management failings by Fulton's former teammate Geoff Howarth and the team's senior players.

Developments to the TV umpire system, which had been introduced during Australia's tour the previous summer,[9] and both countries agreeing to a minimum of 90 overs per day were also credited by Wisden.

Mark Priest was included in the tour party during the Mandela Trophy matches after having flown in as a replacement for the injured Matthew Hart who had broken a finger.

[1][3][7] With the addition of Crowe, who was already in South Africa rehabilitating from a knee injury, Lee Germon and Murphy Su'a, the Test team was the same side which had played in the Wills World Series immediately before the tour.

[11] The tour party was considered to be fairly weak due injuries and a lack of depth in talent in New Zealand cricket at the time.

This and the absence of former captain Kepler Wessels, also through injury, left wicket-keeper Dave Richardson as the only player to have played in each Test since reintegration.

[12] Fannie De Villiers bowled "brilliantly" to reduce New Zealand to 34/5 in their second innings before lower order runs once again helped to raise their score to 194, a lead of over 300.

[13] After losing two early wickets, New Zealand opener Bryan Young scored the third slowest half-century in Test history, taking 333 minutes to reach 50 runs.

[13] The final Test of the series took place after the New Year at Newlands in Cape Town on a relaid pitch which was "unusually pacy" for the ground.

Following an injury to Matthew Hart, replacement Mark Priest played in New Zealand's first ODI of the tournament just hours after arriving in South Africa.

[19] In their final match New Zealand were bowled out again, this time for 172 runs, with Pakistan's Waqar Younis taking a hat-trick to finish the innings.

The New Zealanders drew with Northern Transvaal and beat Griqualand West by 23 runs before losing by two wickets to Orange Free State.