He batted at No 6 in the first two matches and then, in the third match at Johannesburg, made 79 out of 117 in the first innings and a quick-fire 73 in the second innings as South Africa took a decisive 3–0 lead in the series. In the final match, batting at No 5, he made 102 in the second innings as South Africa sought, successfully, to bat Australia out of the match. With 353 runs in the four-match series, Irvine finished with a Test average of more than 50. Irvine did not play Test cricket again and in fact never played cricket outside the domestic South African competitions after this brief taste of Test cricket. He was selected for the proposed tours of England in 1970 and Australia in 1971–72, but the tours were called off, and though other players, such as Barry Richards and Mike Procter, returned to their English counties, Irvine did not go back to Essex after 1969. He played regularly for Transvaal for the next seven seasons, making a lot of runs and also acting as the regular wicketkeeper for the first five years. He was Transvaal captain in 1974–75 and 1975–76. He retired after the 1976–77 season. References External links Lee Irvine at CricketArchive.com, which lists all matches played by him, with full statistics Lee Irvine at Cricinfo 1944 births Living people South African cricketers South Africa Test cricketers Essex cricketers Gauteng cricketers KwaZulu-Natal cricketers South African cricket coaches Wicket-keepers