He toured England in 1965 and played in all three Tests. He made the team's first century of the tour, 105 in three hours against Yorkshire batting at number three. He stayed at three for the First Test, making 40 and 22, taking three catches and conceding one bye. He took four catches and a stumping and conceded one bye again when South Africa won the Second Test, though he scored only 0 and 9. Asked to open the batting in the Third Test in an attempt to find a partner for Eddie Barlow, he made only 4 and 17 and made only one stumping, but conceded no byes. Commenting on the series overall, Wisden said he "shone behind the stumps".