All Over Bar the Cricket
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47. South African Tour Stories: Mandela, Merv Hughes & A Pistol In The Dressing Room
32 minutes Posted Oct 20, 2026 at 3:41 am.
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No Test match talk this week, just a fireside chat while the boys are on a break.

With Australia back in South Africa, the boys look back at the tours that shaped them. Hayden remembers meeting Nelson Mandela on the 1994 tour, his Test debut at the Wanderers, Merv Hughes taking on the crowd with a bat, and the story of a heated Cape Town Test that ended with a pistol in the dressing room, as told by Haydos. Blewie relives his 1997 double century and the infamous bus trip to Sun City, and JB tells the story of his very short retirement negotiation and the “can I have your pads?” moment.


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