South Africa national cricket team
Nickname(s) | Proteas | ||||||||||||
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Association | Cricket South Africa | ||||||||||||
Personnel | |||||||||||||
Test captain | Temba Bavuma | ||||||||||||
One Day captain | Temba Bavuma | ||||||||||||
T20I captain | Aiden Markram | ||||||||||||
Coach | Shukri Conrad (Test) Rob Walter (ODI & T20) | ||||||||||||
International Cricket Council | |||||||||||||
ICC status | Full member (1909) | ||||||||||||
ICC region | Africa Cricket Association | ||||||||||||
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Port Elizabeth, 12–13 March 1889 | |||||||||||||
Last Test | v New Zealand at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui; 13–16 February 2024 | ||||||||||||
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World Test Championship appearances | 2 (first in 2019–2021) | ||||||||||||
Best result | 3rd place (2021–2023) | ||||||||||||
One Day Internationals | |||||||||||||
First ODI | v India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata; 10 November 1991 | ||||||||||||
Last ODI | v India at Boland Park, Paarl; 21 December 2023 | ||||||||||||
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The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg ; 14 December 2023 | |||||||||||||
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T20 World Cup appearances | 8 (first in 2007) | ||||||||||||
Best result | Semi-finalist (2009, 2014) | ||||||||||||
Official website | https://cricket.co.za/ | ||||||||||||
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As of 16 February 2024 |
The South Africa men's national cricket team (
South Africa entered first-class and international cricket at the same time when they hosted an England cricket team in the 1888–89 season. Initially, the team was no match for Australia or England but, having gained experience and expertise, they were able to field a competitive team by the first decade of the 20th century. The team regularly played against Australia, England and New Zealand through to the 1960s, by which time there was considerable opposition to the country's apartheid policy. The ICC imposed an international ban on the team, commensurate with actions taken by other global sporting bodies. When the ban was imposed, South Africa had developed to a point where its team was arguably the best in the world, and even out-played Australia.
The ban remained in place until 1991, after which South Africa played against India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the West Indies for the first time. The team has been strong since its reinstatement, and has at several times held the number-one positions in international rankings. South Africa is also one of the most successful teams in ODI cricket, winning more than 61 per cent of their matches.[8] However, the 1998 Champions Trophy is its sole success in ICC-organised tournaments. South Africa won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in 1998.[9]
As of November 2023, team is currently ranked 3rd in ODIs, 5th in T20Is and 4th in Tests.[10]
History
Beginnings and early developments
European colonisation of southern Africa began on Tuesday, 6 April 1652 when the
The oldest cricket club in South Africa is the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, founded in 1843. In 1862, an annual fixture "Mother Country v Colonial Born" was staged for the first time in Cape Town. By the late 1840s, the game had spread from its early roots in Cape Colony and permeated the
In 1888,
Early Test history
In 1889, South Africa became the third test-playing nation when it played against England at Port Elizabeth,
South Africa's early Test record remains the worst among all current Test-playing nations with ten defeats and just a solitary draw from their first eleven tests,
Emergence as a quality international team
In the early 1900s, the first world-class South African cricket team emerged, comprising stars such Bonnor Middleton, Jimmy Sinclair, Charlie Llewellyn, Dave Nourse, Louis Tancred, Aubrey Faulkner, Reggie Schwarz, Percy Sherwell, Tip Snooke, Bert Vogler, and Gordon White, players who were capable of giving any international teams a run for their money. In addition to possessing batsmen such as Sinclair (the batsman with the highest strike rate in Test history), Nourse, Tancred, all-rounder Faulkner, Sherwell, Snooker, and White, the South Africans developed the world's first (and arguably greatest) spin attack which specialised in googly. Greatest among the South African googly quartet was Schwarz, who, inspired by English googly bowler Bernard Bosanquet, regarded as the inventor of the googly, developed into the most devastating googly bowler of his time. He taught diligently the secrets of the googly to allrounder Faulkner, medium-pacer Vogler, and specialist batsman White, and together the four formed a quartet which began to lead South Africa to unprecedented heights in Test cricket.[15] Another important force during this period for South Africa was the all-around performances of Faulkner and Llewellyn. Faulkner came to be regarded as the first great South African all-rounders in the international game, regarded by some as even the greatest all-rounder in the world in the pre-1st World War period.[19]
The Australian cricket team toured South Africa in 1902, with an extremely strong squad comprising many prominent members of 'The Golden Age of Australian Cricket' such as Victor Trumper, Joe Darling, Clem Hill, Syd Gregory, Monty Noble, Reggie Duff, Warwick Armstrong, Hugh Trumble, and Ernie Jones. Though South Africa lost the 3-match Test series 2–0, they avoided defeat for the first time by drawing the first game at Johannesburg, even forcing the touring side to follow on thanks to some outstanding all-round performances from Llewellyn.[15]
In 1904, South Africa was invited by the Marylebone Cricket Club for a tour of England to play a series of first-class matches, the team not being regarded as sufficiently high standard to play-official Tests. The side won ten out of their twenty-two matches, including a thrilling tie with Middlesex, who finished among the top four in that year's County Championship, due to some magic weaved by Schwarz through his googlies. He repeated his heroics against an all-England XI, whom South Africa recorded an upset victory against by 189 runs. Unfortunately, the match was not accorded official Test status.[15]
In 1906, England made a reciprocal tour to South Africa, which this time consisted of a 5-match official Test series. The touring English team was a second-string team, with only Colin Blythe, Schofield Haigh and JN Crawford being those who could be considered regulars of the England team. Nevertheless, South Africa was still not favouriting going into the series. However, in a shocking result at Johannesburg, the inspired South Africans, led by Sherwell and their googly quartet, defeated England by 1 wicket, thereby recording her first Test win. Schwarz, Vogler, and Faulkner led the way for South Africa.[15] Afterwards, South Africa defeated England by 9 wickets in the 2nd Test at Johannesburg, a 243-run win in the 3rd test at the same venue as well as an innings-and-16 runs victory at Cape Town in the 5th Test to secure a 4–1 domination of England. Schwarz picked up 18 in the series at 17.22, Faulkner 14 at 19.42. However, Vogler was not so successful with 9 wickets at 22.33.[15] The series is widely recognised as the one which heralded the arrival of South Africa as a major force on the international cricket scene. The MCC duly complied by inviting the South African team to tour England in 1907 for the first time to play-official Tests. Though the series finished 1–0 to England with two draws, the quartet of Schwarz, Faulkner, Vogler, and White were praised for their exceptional quality of googly bowling,[20] and Schwarz and Vogler came to be recognised as Wisden Cricketers of the Year the following year – the first South Africans to win the prestigious award.
England's next tour of South Africa came about in 1909–10. Once again, South Africa was dominant, winning the 5-match Test series 3–2, with victories in the first Test at Johannesburg by 19 runs,[21] second Test at Durban by 95 runs,[22] and by 4 wickets in the 4th Test at Cape Town.[23] South Africa's captain was Tip Snooke.
The South African cricket team toured Australia for the first time in 1910–11. The Australian team was then considered as the leading cricket team of the era, in what has been described as 'The Golden Age of Australian Cricket'. Led by the legendary Clem Hill and the batting exploits of Victor Trumper, Australia won the 5-match Test series comfortably 4–1, though South Africa made history by recording their first-ever overseas Test victory, as well as a maiden Test victory against Australia at the 3rd Test in Adelaide Oval.[24] The tour was significant for the rise of Billy Zulch as a leading batsman of the South African cricket team; and after a resolute 150 in the 1st Test at Sydney Cricket Ground in a heavy innings defeat for South Africa,[25] he scored South Africa's highest individual score of 105 in their maiden overseas Test win at Adelaide, a match also characterised by the all-round performances Charlie Llewellyn and the outstanding bowling of Reggie Schwarz.
South Africa's next international cricketing involvement was a triangular tournament held in England, involving England, Australia, and South Africa, the only three Test-playing nations of the era. By this time, the googly duo of Schwarz and White were past their prime, while Vogler had already retired. Additionally, retirements of key players such as Sherwell ensured that South Africa was nowhere near their best in the series. South Africa finished bottom with just one draw, but the series was notable for the debut of Herbie Taylor, regarded as one of the finest batsmen of the era. The tournament marked the international swansong for Schwarz and White. The tournament also marked the peak of the short, but moderately successful test career of medium-pacer Sid Pegler, whose rise, coinciding as it did with the decline of Schwarz and Vogler, briefly caused him to hold the mantle of the lead bowler of the South African bowling attack before as well as to emerge as South Africa's leading bowler and a resounding success in the Triangular tournament, before commitments elsewhere in the form of the appointment as a colonial district commissioner in Nyasaland forced him to drift out of cricket – meaning that the enormous potential that he showed in that Triangular, as well as the expectations that he could be a mainstay in the South African bowling in the coming years, were not quite fulfilled.
Prodigious batsman Herbie Taylor was named captain of the South African team to face off against the visiting English team in 1913–14, in what would prove South Africa's last international cricketing involvement before the First World War. Overall, the series was extremely poor for a South African side in transition, who failed to replicate the achievements of the South African sides 1905–06 and 1909–10, losing the 5-match Test series 4–0 against an extremely strong English side playing under the banner of the MCC. However, the series became memorable for Herbie Taylor's exceptional batting, who heralded his arrival as a new colossus in the world game, scoring a phenomenal 508 runs at an average of 50.80 against a terrific Sydney Barnes at his prime, who had claimed a record 49 wickets during the series at just 10.93. The cricket historian H.S. Altham wrote: "The English cricketers were unanimous that finer batting than his against Barnes at his best they never hoped to see." Neville Cardus noted it was "perhaps the most skillful of all Test performances by a batsman." It also led Cardus to count Taylor as "one of the six greatest batsmen of the post-Grace period".
The inter-war years
The war brought in its wake the temporary suspension of international cricket.
Post World War I, South Africa first hosted in 1919–20 an Australian Imperial Forces side boasting cricketers of the calibre of Jack Gregory, Herbie Collins, Bert Oldfield, and Nip Pellew. The South African XI lost both of their matches against them.
Australia became the first international team to make an official tour to South Africa in 1921–22. The first two tests at Durban and Johannesburg were drawn,[26][27] with Australia sealing the series 1–0 with a 10-wicket win in the 3rd Test at Cape Town.[28][29] Herbie Taylor, who captained the South Africans, finished with 200 runs at 33.33. Claude Carter was the South Africans' leading bowler, taking 15 wickets at 21.93.[30]
The following season, in 1922–23, an English cricket team
With Faulkner retiring in 1924, the South Africans, who had only two quality players in Taylor and Cattrell, underwent somewhat of a barren period in the 1920s. However, the emergence of a new generation of South African cricketers, more so in their batting than in their bowling, in the 1930s such as Bruce Mitchell, Xen Balaskas, Ken Viljoen, Dudley Nourse, Eric Rowan, Alan Melville, Pieter van der Bijl, and Ronnie Grieveson once again ensured that South Africa became a top-quality international team. The team's leading batsmen during this era were Mitchell, Nourse, Rowan, Melville, and van der Bijl. Nourse, in particular, became famous for his hand-eye coordination and his excellent fielding, one of many to be produced by South Africa in the coming decades; natural skills which were according to legend inspired and developed by his father Dave's refusal to coach him as a youngster, demanding that he learned the rudiments of the game on his own, as he himself had. This South African team was also distinct from past South African teams in one respect: whereas the previous teams had been composed entirely of British-origin players, this team had Afrikaners like van der Bijl and Greeks such as Balaskas, regarded by wide consensus to be the greatest Greek cricketer ever.[42]
The post-war years
The South African cricket team toured England in 1947. At
They continued to play regularly against
The international ban
The anti-apartheid movement led the ICC to impose a moratorium on tours in 1970.[47] This decision excluded players such as Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards and Mike Procter from international Test cricket for most of their careers. It would also cause the emigration of future stars such as Allan Lamb and Robin Smith, who both played for England, and Kepler Wessels, who initially played for Australia before returning to South Africa. World class cricketers of their day such as Clive Rice and Vintcent van der Bijl also never played Test Cricket despite their strong first class records.
A rainbow nation
The
Since South Africa has been reinstated they have achieved mixed success and hosted the
Their most noted international win was their win in the inaugural Champions Trophy in 1998. The team also won Commonwealth Games Gold medal in 1998.
21st century Proteas
In the 2003 World Cup, South Africa was one of the favourites but was eliminated by only one run in the group stages after they had mistakenly counted the number of runs they needed. They have also had bad press for failing in vital matches in global tournaments including the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.[49]
With
With the addition of high-class players such as AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla, the South African Cricket team started rising in the ICC rankings. After many of the major players in the
In February 2014 South Africa took on Australia in a Test series, with the winner being ranked No. 1 team in the world. Australia won the series 2–1.[54] South Africa later in the year would regain the No. 1 ranking. As of 4 May 2020, South Africa is ranked 6th in Test Cricket.[55]
During this time of dominance in the Test arena, the ODI and T20I performances were far less consistent, as South Africa search for a winning formula ahead of the
Tournaments
South Africa has a record of failing to win world cups and is much-maligned because of this. The
South Africa hosted the 2003 Cricket World Cup but failed to progress beyond the group stage due to a misunderstanding of how many runs they needed to score in a rain-affected run chase. As a result of this, Shaun Pollock resigned as captain and was replaced by young batsman Graeme Smith, although Pollock continued to play for the team. Under Smith's leadership, South Africa has achieved some success, although they have been hampered by the retirements of many star players, including fast bowler Allan Donald and one-day specialist Jonty Rhodes. As a result, they had a poor 2004, only winning against the Windies.
In the
In the 2011 World Cup, South Africa topped Group B with the distinction of bowling out every side they played within the 50 over the limit, which also included a famous victory over hosts India. In the quarter-final, they were beaten by New Zealand after suffering a dramatic collapse and losing eight wickets for 64 runs.
Even after many setbacks, their biggest heartbreak was awaiting them in the
At the 2019 Cricket World Cup South Africa lost the opening match of the tournament to England and followed this up with losses to Bangladesh and India. Rained out against West Indies, they defeated Afghanistan but then lost to New Zealand and Pakistan, to end their chances of qualifying for the next stage.
They also hold the record of the highest successful run chase and made the highest total (the latter record has been surpassed) in One-Day Internationals (438–9 in 49.5 overs), in
South Africa beat the Netherlands by 231 runs in
In the 2023 Cricket World Cup South Africa reached the semi-final but lost its match against Australia who went on to win the final.
Records
Test matches
One-Day Internationals
T20 Internationals
International grounds
Tournament history
ICC World Test Championship
ICC World Test Championship record | ||||||||||||||||||
Year | League stage | Final Host | Final | Final Position | ||||||||||||||
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Pos | Matches | Ded | PC | Pts | PCT | |||||||||||||
P | W | L | D | T | ||||||||||||||
2019–21[58] |
5/9 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 600 | 264 | 44 | Rose Bowl, England | DNQ | 5th | |||||
2021–23
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3/9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 100 | 55.6 | The Oval, England | DNQ | 3rd |
Cricket World Cup
Champions | Semi-finalists | Quarter Finalists | Group stage KnockOuts | |||||
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South Africa CWC record | ||||||||
0 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
† For World Cups from 1975 to 1987 inclusive, South Africa was not an ICC member, and therefore ineligible to compete in the tournament.
ICC T20 World Cup
Super 8/10/12 | Semi-finals | Final | SA Coach | SA Captain | |||||
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2007 World T20 | |||||||||
SA | Mickey Arthur | Graeme Smith | |||||||
2009 World T20 | |||||||||
SA | Pakistan | Mickey Arthur | Graeme Smith | ||||||
2010 World T20 | |||||||||
SA | Corrie van Zyl | Graeme Smith | |||||||
2012 World T20 | |||||||||
SA | Gary Kirsten | AB de Villiers | |||||||
2014 World T20 | |||||||||
SA | India | Russell Domingo | Faf du Plessis | ||||||
2016 World T20 | |||||||||
SA | Russell Domingo | Faf du Plessis | |||||||
2021 T20 World Cup
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SA | Mark Boucher | Temba Bavuma | |||||||
2022 T20 World Cup | |||||||||
SA | Mark Boucher | Temba Bavuma |
Champions | Semi-finalists | Super KOs | |||||
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South Africa WT20 record | |||||||
0 | 2 | 6 |
ICC Champions Trophy
Champions | Semi-finalists | Group KOs | ||||||
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South Africa Champions Trophy record | ||||||||
1 | 4 | 3 |
Commonwealth Games
Group stages | Semi-finals | Gold Medal | SA Coach | SA Captain | ||||
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1998 | ||||||||
SA | SA | SA | Bob Woolmer | Shaun Pollock |
Honours
ICC
- Champions Trophy:
- Champions (1): 1998
Others
- Commonwealth Games:
- Gold medal (1): 1998
Team colours
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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1992–1996 | ISC | No sponsor |
1997–2001 | Adidas | Castle |
ICC Cricket World Cup 1999 | Asics | Standard Bank |
2001–2005 | Admiral | Castle |
2005–2008 | Hummel | Castle |
Standard Bank | ||
2008–2011 | Reebok | Castle |
2011–2015 | Adidas | Standard Bank |
Castle | ||
2016–2021 | New Balance | Standard Bank[59] |
No sponsor | ||
2021-2023 | Castore
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No sponsor |
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 | Lotto | Amul[60] |
2023-present | Lotto | Royal Green Sprits |
South Africa's kits are manufactured by Lotto,[61] who replaced the previous manufacturer Castore[62] in 2023. When playing Test cricket, South Africa's cricket whites feature the king protea badge (the emblem of the South African Sports Commission) with the South African flag above it on the left breast of the shirt. South African fielders may wear a green cap or a white sun hat with the king protea badge in the middle. Helmets are also coloured green. Before 1996, the cap insignia was the United Cricket Board of South Africa old badge, which was a circle with a ball superimposed over a wicket in the centre and the inscription which reads "UNITED CRICKET BOARD OF SOUTH AFRICA" around the circle's border. Before 1991, the cap insignia was a springbok head under the inscription "S.A.C.B" in yellow letters (which changed to "S.A." with the years of the tour, for instance, "S.A. 1982–83").
In limited overs cricket, South Africa's ODI and Twenty20 shirts feature the king protea badge with the national flag on the left breast of the shirt.
In ODIs, the kit comprises a green shirt with yellow accents and dark green stylised protea leaves and green trousers, whilst the Twenty20 kit comprises a green shirt with a yellow gradient and the Oxigen logo in the front and green trousers. In both uniforms, the fielding hat is a green baseball cap with white piping and a yellow line on the visor border or a green sunhat, which are both green with the king protea badge.
In ICC limited-overs tournaments, a modified kit design is used with the sponsor's logos moving to the sleeve and 'South Africa' printed across the front.
Since 2016, South Africa played some matches with an all-pink version of its uniform, to raise breast cancer awareness.
Previous suppliers were ISC (1992–1996), Asics (1999), Admiral (2000–2003), Hummel (2004–2007), Adidas (2011–2015), New Balance[63] (2016-2021) and Castore[64] (2021-2023).
Until 2016, the sponsor was Castle Lager. During the 2003–04 tour of Pakistan, the Castle Lager logo was replaced by "Charles".[65]
Current squad
For the 2023–24 period, CSA awarded 20 players national contracts, from which selectors choose the core of the Test, One-Day, and Twenty20 International teams.[66] Non-contracted players remain eligible for selection and can be upgraded to a Cricket South Africa contract if they gain regular selection.
This is a list of every active player who is contracted to Cricket South Africa, has played for South Africa since February 2023 or was named in the recent Test, ODI or T20I squads. Uncapped players are listed in italics.
- Dean Elgar was contracted and played in Tests during this period however retired from international cricket following the 2023-24 series vs India
- Quinton de Kock played in ODIs during this period however retired from the format following the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
Last updated: 14 February 2024
- Forms - This refers to the forms they've played for South Africa in the past year, not over their whole South Africa career
- C – Contracted to Cricket South Africa (Y = Holds contract)
- S/N – Shirt number
Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Domestic team | Forms | C | S/N | Captain | Last Test | Last ODI | Last T20I |
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Batters | |||||||||||
Temba Bavuma | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Lions |
Test, ODI, T20I | Y | 11 | Test, ODI (C) | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 |
David Bedingham | 29 | Right-handed | — | Western Province |
Test | — | 5 | 2024 | — | — | |
Matthew Breetzke | 25 | Right-handed | — | Eastern Province | T20I | — | 85 | — | — | 2023 | |
Tony de Zorzi | 26 | Left-handed | — | Western Province |
Test, ODI | — | 33 | 2024 | 2023 | — | |
Zubayr Hamza | 28 | Right-handed | — | Lions |
Test | — | — | 2024 | 2021 | — | |
Reeza Hendricks | 34 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Lions |
ODI, T20I | Y | 17 | — | 2023 | 2023 | |
Aiden Markram | 29 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Titans | Test, ODI, T20I | Y | 4 | T20I (C); ODI (VC) | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 |
David Miller | 34 | Left-handed | — | Dolphins |
ODI, T20I | Y | 10 | — | 2023 | 2023 | |
Edward Moore | 31 | Left-handed | Right arm off break | Titans | Test | — | — | 2024 | — | — | |
Keegan Petersen | 30 | Right-handed | — | Dolphins |
Test | Y | 93 | 2024 | — | — | |
Rassie van der Dussen | 35 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Lions |
ODI, T20I | Y | 72 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Raynard van Tonder | 25 | Right-handed | — | North West | Test | — | — | 2024 | — | — | |
All-rounders | |||||||||||
Neil Brand | 27 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox |
Titans | Test | — | — | 2024 | — | — | |
Dewald Brevis | 20 | Right-handed | — | Titans | T20I | — | 52 | — | — | 2023 | |
Ruan de Swardt | 26 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | North West | Test | — | — | 2024 | — | — | |
Donovan Ferreira | 25 | Right-handed | — | Titans |
T20I | — | 55 | — | — | 2023 | |
Marco Jansen | 23 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Warriors |
Test, ODI, T20I | Y | 70 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Wiaan Mulder | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Lions |
ODI | — | 13 | 2023 | 2023 | 2021 | |
Andile Phehlukwayo | 28 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Dolphins |
ODI, T20I | — | 23 | 2018 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Shaun von Berg | 37 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Boland | Test | — | — | 2024 | — | — | |
Wicket-keepers | |||||||||||
Quinton de Kock | 31 | Left-handed | — | Titans |
— | Y | 12 | 2021 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Clyde Fortuin | 28 | Right-handed | — | Boland | Test | — | — | 2024 | — | — | |
Heinrich Klaasen | 32 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Titans |
ODI, T20I | Y | 45 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Ryan Rickelton | 27 | Left-handed | — | Lions |
— | Y | 44 | 2023 | 2023 | — | |
Tristan Stubbs | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Warriors |
Test, T20I | Y | 30 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Kyle Verreynne | 26 | Right-handed | — | Western Province |
Test | — | 97 | 2024 | 2022 | — | |
Spin bowlers | |||||||||||
Bjorn Fortuin | 29 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox |
Lions |
T20I | Y | 77 | — | 2023 | 2023 | |
Keshav Maharaj | 34 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox |
Dolphins |
Test, ODI, T20I | Y | 16 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Dane Piedt | 34 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Knights |
Test | — | — | 2024 | — | — | |
Tabraiz Shamsi | 34 | Right-handed | Left-arm unorthodox |
Titans |
ODI, T20I | Y | 26 | 2018 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Seam bowlers | |||||||||||
Nandre Burger | 28 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Western Province |
Test, ODI, T20I | — | — | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Gerald Coetzee | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Knights |
Test, ODI, T20I | — | 62 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Beuran Hendricks | 33 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Western Province |
ODI | — | 14 | 2020 | 2023 | 2021 | |
Sisanda Magala | 33 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Lions |
ODI | Y | 58 | — | 2023 | 2023 | |
Tshepo Moreki | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Lions |
Test | — | — | 2024 | — | — | |
Lungi Ngidi | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Titans |
Test, ODI, T20I | Y | 22 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Anrich Nortje | 30 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Warriors |
ODI | Y | 20 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Duanne Olivier | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Lions |
Test | — | — | 2024 | 2019 | — | |
Dane Paterson | 34 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Western Province |
Test | — | — | 2024 | 2019 | 2018 | |
Kagiso Rabada | 28 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | Lions |
Test, ODI | Y | 25 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | |
Lizaad Williams | 30 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Titans |
ODI, T20I | — | 6 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023 |
Coaching staff
Position | Name |
---|---|
Director of cricket | Enoch Nkwe |
Test
Position | Name |
---|---|
Head coach | Shukri Conrad |
Batting coach | Neil McKenzie |
Bowling coach | Piet Botha |
Fielding coach | Kruger van Wyk |
Limited overs
Position | Name |
---|---|
Head coach | Rob Walter |
Batting coach | JP Duminy |
Bowling coach | Eric Simons |
Fielding coach | Wandile Gwavu |
Coaching history
- 1991–1994: Mike Procter
- 1994–1999: Bob Woolmer
- 1999–2002: Graham Ford
- 2002–2004: Eric Simons
- 2004–2005: Ray Jennings
- 2005–2010: Mickey Arthur
- 2010–2011: Corrie van Zyl
- 2011–2013: Gary Kirsten
- 2012–2013: Gary Kirsten (Test, ODI) and Russell Domingo (T20I)
- 2013–2017: Russell Domingo
- 2017–2019: Ottis Gibson
- 2019–2022: Mark Boucher
- 2022–2023: Malibongwe Maketa (interim)
- 2023–present: Shukri Conrad (Test) and Rob Walter (ODI, T20I)
Current and former players
National captains
See also
- Cricket in South Africa
- South Africa women's national cricket team
- History of Test cricket from 1884 to 1889
- History of Test cricket from 1890 to 1900
- International cricket in South Africa from 1971 to 1981
References
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- ^ "Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Test matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "ODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
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