Neil Harvey with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 age of 19, Harvey was the youngest player of the touring party—more than six and half years younger than all the other members of the squad. An attacking left-handed middle-order batsman, Harvey had become the youngest Australian to score a Test century, by making 153 in the Fifth Test against India in the preceding Australian summer. However, Harvey struggled early in the tour and had difficulty adapting to English conditions. After being omitted from the first-choice team in the early part of the tour, Harvey's performances improved with increasing familiarity with local conditions, and he was called into the team
Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 1945–46 seven debutants for the Test, many of whom would go on to play large roles for the national side in later tours, including during the 1948 "Invincibles" tour. The match was also Bill O'Reilly's last at Test level. Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 1945–46 The Australian national cricket team toured New Zealand in March 1946, playing a single Test match against New Zealand's national team. The Australians opened the tour with first-class matches against the four Plunket Shield teams, winning all by large margins, three of them by an innings. The Test, played at the Basin Reserve, Wellington,