South Africa national cricket team

South Africa

South Africa cricket crest

Test status acquired

1889

Captain

AB de Villiers

Coach

Russell Domingo

ICC Rankings	Current ^[1]	Best-ever
Test ODI T20I	5th 2nd 3rd	1st 1st 1st

Test Matches

First Test

England at Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth, 12–13 March 1889

Tests	Played	Won/Lost
Total ^[2]	405	148/135 (122 draws)
This year ^[3]	8	4/2 (2 draw)

Last Test

Australia at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide; 24–27 November 2016

One-Day Internationals

First ODI

India at Eden Gardens, Calcutta; 10 November 1991

ODIs	Played	Won/Lost
Total ^[4]	564	348/194 (6 ties, 16 no result)
This year ^[5]	17	11/5 (0 ties, 1 no result)

Last ODI

Australia at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town; 12 October 2016

World Cup Appearances

6 (first in 1992)

Best result

Semi-final

T20 Internationals

First T20I

New Zealand at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg; 21 October 2005

T20Is	Played	Won/Lost
Total ^[6]	91	54/36 (0 ties, 1 no result)
This year ^[7]	9	5/4

Last T20I

Sri Lanka at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi; 28 March 2016

World Twenty20 Appearances

6 (first in 2007)

Best result

Semi-final

As of 27 November 2016

The South African national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas (after South Africa's national flower, the king protea), represents South Africa in international cricket. It is administered by Cricket South Africa. South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.

As of 27 November 2016, South Africa has played 405 Test matches, winning 148 and losing 135.^[8] The team has played 564 ODIs, winning 348, losing 194 and tying six, with 16 no-results.^[9] Finally, it has played 91 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), winning 54 and losing 36, with one no-result.^[10]

On 20 August 2012, South Africa became the top ranked team in test cricket for the first time. 8 days later, on 28 August 2012, it became the first team to top the rankings in all three formats of the game.^[11]

South Africa is currently ranked fifth in Tests, second in ODIs and third in T20Is by the ICC.^[12]

History

The South African cricket team toured England in 1947. At Trent Bridge, Captain Alan Melville and vice-captain, Dudley Nourse achieved a Test match record for a third wicket partnership of 319. The following year Nourse, 38-year-old captain of Natal, was appointed Captain for the 1948 MCC Test matches in South Africa.^[13]

In 1970, the ICC voted to suspend South Africa from international cricket indefinitely because of its government's policy of apartheid, a policy which led them to play only against the white nations (England, Australia, New Zealand), and field only white players. This decision excluded players such as Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards and Mike Procter from partaking in international Test Cricket. It would also cause the emigration of future stars like, Basil D'Oliveira, 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 like Clive Rice, Vintcent van der Bijl also never played Test Cricket despite their first class records.

The South African team at The Oval in August 2008.

The ICC reinstated South Africa as a Test nation in 1991 after the deconstruction of apartheid, and the team played its first sanctioned match since 1970 (and its first ever One-Day International) against India in Calcutta on 10 November 1991. South Africa's first test match after re-admission was against the West Indies in April 1992. The match was played in Bridgetown, Barbados and South Africa lost by 52 runs.

Since South Africa have been reinstated they have achieved mixed success, and hosted the International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup in 2003. However, it is widely believed^[14] the sides containing the likes of Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Gary Kirsten and Hansie Cronje grossly underachieved, gaining a reputation as "chokers", due to them reaching the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup four times, but failing to progress into the finals. In the second part of the 1990s, South Africa had the highest winning percentage in ODIs of any team, but they were knocked out of the 1996 World Cup in the quarter-finals, and then were eliminated on countback after tying their semi-final against Australia in 1999. In 2003, South Africa were one of the favourites but were eliminated by 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.^[15]

With Donald retiring, Cronje banned for match-fixing and later killed in a plane crash, and Pollock also retiring from international cricket, the team once again changed shape. Graeme Smith was made captain, although following injuries to Smith and Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince deputised as Test captain on 12 July 2006. At the age of 29, he became the first non-white man to captain the once all-white South African cricket team. Due to a racial quota policy, the side was once required to contain black players, unlike the past. However, that policy was rescinded in 2007.^[16]

With the addition of 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 Australian side that had dominated the early 2000s had retired, the number one place in the ICC Test Championship was a wide open race, with India and England having short stints as the number one side. South Africa toured England in 2012 for a three Test series with the winner assured of being the world No. 1. South Africa went on to take the series comfortably 2–0 and claim the top spot in the rankings, a position they have held onto for over a full calendar year.^[17]

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.^[18] South Africa later in the year would regain the No. 1 ranking. As of 20th of March 2016 South Africa are ranked 3rd in Test Cricket.^[19]

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 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup. A notable ODI series loss to New Zealand at home in January 2013, and a further loss in Sri Lanka highlighted South Africa's recent difficulties. Exits from the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy only served to improve South Africa's reputation as 'chokers' in major tournaments. In the latter years of Smith's career, South Africa split the captaincy in the shorter forms of the game, with the ODI side being led by AB de Villiers and the T20I side by Faf du Plessis. After Smith's retirement, Hashim Amla was appointed captain of the test side, leading his side to victory in his first test in charge, in Galle in Sri Lanka.

Tournaments

South Africa has a record of failing to win major tournaments and is much-maligned because of this. The 1992 Cricket World Cup, for example, featured a rain-affected semi-final played before the introduction of the Duckworth-Lewis rain rule. South Africa needed 22 runs from 13 balls when rain intervened. After the delay they were left in the situation of requiring 22 runs from one ball to progress. In 1996 they were eliminated in the quarter-finals despite being one of the fancied teams and having qualified first in their group.

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 West Indies.

In the 2007 World Cup they had a rollercoaster ride that included dominant wins over England, the West Indies, Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland, and a narrow win over Sri Lanka, but devastating losses to Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh that cost them the No. 1 ranking. Then they bowed out in the semi-finals with their lowest ever score in a World Cup as Australia bowled them out for 149 and won by 7 wickets.

In the 2011 World Cup, South Africa topped Group B with the distinction of bowling out every side they played within the 50 over limit. In the quarter final they were beaten by New Zealand after suffering a dramatic collapse and losing eight wickets for 68 runs. 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 an iconic match against Australia on 12 March 2006. This game is considered by many to be the greatest One-Day International ever played.

South Africa beat Netherlands by 231 runs in Mohali in Group matches in ICC World Cup 2011, The 231-run win is the fourth largest margin of victory for any team in World Cups and the largest for South Africa in World Cups. It is also the second largest margin of victory for South Africa in ODIs on 3 March 2011.^[20] The 87-run stand between JP Duminy and Colin Ingram is the highest for the sixth wicket for South Africa in World Cups. The highest sixth-wicket stand for South Africa in ODIs is the 137 between Hansie Cronje and Shaun Pollock against Zimbabwe in 1997. The triumph is South Africa's seventh by a fringe of hundred or more runs in World Cups.^[21]

International grounds

Locations of all stadiums which have hosted an international cricket match within South Africa

Tournament history

World Cup

Year^†	¼ Finals	½ Finals
1992		ENG
1996	WIN
1999		AUS
2003
2007		AUS
2011	NZ
2015		NZ

† For World Cups from 1975 to 1987 inclusive, South Africa was not an ICC member, and therefore ineligible to compete in the tournament.

ICC World Twenty20

Year	Super 8/10	½ Finals	Finals
2007
2009		PAK
2010
2012
2014		Ind
2016

ICC Champions Trophy

Year	Group	½ Finals
1998	Winner
2000		Ind
2002		Ind
2004
2006		WIN
2009
2013		ENG
2017

Commonwealth Games

1998: Gold medal

Squad

This is a list of every player to have played for South Africa in the last year, and the forms of the game in which they have played. Alviro Petersen has played for the national side in that period, but has since retired from international cricket.

For the 2015–16 season Cricket South Africa awarded 17 players contracts to the national side from which selectors choose the core of the Test, One-Day and Twenty20 International teams.^[22] Lonwabo Tsotsobe and Ryan McLaren were included on this list, despite not playing for the national side since March and November 2014 respectively. 12 players were awarded High Performance contracts, given to those on the fringes of the national side who have potential to develop. Beuran Hendricks who has not played for the national side since April 2014 respectively, and the uncapped Mangaliso Mosehle, Mthokozisi Shezi and Khaya Zondo were included on the list. Non-contracted players remain eligible for selection and can be upgraded to a Cricket South Africa contract if they gain regular selection. The players contracted are shown in bold.

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Domestic team	Forms	S/N	Contract	Notes
Batsmen
Hashim Amla	33	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Cape Cobras	Test, ODI, T20I	1	National
Faf du Plessis	32	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Titans	Test, ODI, T20I	18	National	T20I Captain
Temba Bavuma	26	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Lions	Test	–	High Performance
Dean Elgar	29	Left-handed	Left arm orthodox	Knights	Test, ODI	–	National
Reeza Hendricks	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Cape Cobras	T20I		High Performance
David Miller	27	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Dolphins	ODI, T20I	10	National
Justin Ontong	36	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	Cape Cobras	T20I
Rilee Rossouw	27	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Knights	ODI, T20I	27	High Performance
Stiaan van Zyl	29	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Knights	Test	–	High Performance
Wicket-keepers
AB de Villiers	32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Titans	Test, ODI, T20I	17	National	ODI & Test Captain
Quinton de Kock	23	Left-handed		Lions	Test, ODI, T20I	12	National
Morné van Wyk	37	Right-handed		Dolphins	T20I
Dane Vilas	31	Right-handed		Cape Cobras	Test	–
All rounders
Farhaan Behardien	33	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Titans	ODI, T20I	28	High Performance
JP Duminy	32	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Cape Cobras	Test, ODI, T20I	21	National
Albie Morkel	35	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Titans	T20I	81
David Wiese	31	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Titans	ODI, T20I	96
Pace Bowlers
Kyle Abbott	29	Right-handed	Right-arm fast–medium	Dolphins	Test, ODI, T20I	87	National
Marchant de Lange	26	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Titans	ODI, T20I
Morné Morkel	32	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	Titans	Test, ODI, T20I	65	National
Chris Morris	29	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Titans	Test, ODI, T20I	2
Wayne Parnell	27	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Warriors	ODI, T20I	7	National
Vernon Philander	31	Right-handed	Right-arm fast–medium	Cape Cobras	Test, ODI	24	National
Kagiso Rabada	21	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	Lions	Test, ODI, T20I	25	National
Dale Steyn	33	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Cape Cobras	Test, ODI	8	National
Spin Bowlers
Simon Harmer	27	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	Warriors	Test	–	High Performance
Eddie Leie	30	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Lions	T20I		High Performance
Dane Piedt	26	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	Cape Cobras	Test	–	High Performance
Aaron Phangiso	32	Right-handed	Left arm orthodox	Lions	ODI, T20I	69	National
Imran Tahir	37	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Lions	Test, ODI, T20I	99	National

Former and current players

For a list of Test players, see List of South Africa Test cricketers.

For a list of ODI players, see List of South Africa ODI cricketers.

For a list of Twenty20 International players, see List of South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers.

National captains

For a list of national captains, see List of South Africa national cricket captains.

Coaching staff

Head Coach: Russell Domingo
Assistant coach: Adrian Birrell
Batting coach: Neil McKenzie^[23]
Bowling Coach: Charl Langeveldt
Spin Bowling Coach: Claude Henderson
Mental Conditioning Coach: Paddy Upton
Performance analyst : Prasanna Raman

Notes

↑ "ICC Rankings". icc-cricket.com.
↑ "Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.com.
↑ "Test matches - 2016 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.com.
↑ "ODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.com.
↑ "ODI matches - 2016 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.com.
↑ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.com.
↑ "T20I matches - 2016 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.com.
↑ "Records / South Africa / Test matches / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
↑ "Records / South Africa / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
↑ "Records / South Africa / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
↑ McGlashan, Andrew (28 August 2012). "Amla ton leads SA to third No. 1 spot". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
↑ "ICC rankings – ICC Test, ODI and Twenty20 rankings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
↑ The Times, 27 October 1948, Cricket South Africa's Captain
↑ Champions Trophy 2013: England (underachievers) v South Africa (chokers) battle to lose tags
↑ South Africa choke on their lines again Hugh Chevallier in Durban 20 September 2007 Cricinfo
↑ South Africa Remove Racial Quotas 7 November 2007 BBC Sport
↑ ICC Rankings 17 October 2013 ESPN Cricinfo
↑ "Results | South Africa v Australia | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
↑ "ICC Test Match Team Rankings International Cricket Council". http://www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20. External link in |website= (help)
↑ "Netherlands vs South Africa, ICC World Cup 2011".
↑ "South Africa vs Ireland, ICC World Cup 2011".
↑ "CSA awards three new national contracts and three new High Performance contracts". Retrieved 2 November 2015.
↑ "South Africa call on England's nemesis". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

External links

United Cricket Board of South Africa

International cricket tours of South Africa

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1902–03 1919 1921–22 1935–36 1949–50 1957–58 1966–67 1969–70 1993–94 1996–97 1999–2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2011–12 2013–14 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Bangladesh	2002–03 2008–09 2017–18

England	1888–89 1891–92 1895–96 1898–99 1905–06 1909–10 1913–14 1922–23 1927–28 1930–31 1938–39 1948–49 1956–57 1964–65 1995–96 1999–2000 2004–05 2009–10 2015–16 2019–20

India	1992–93 1996–97 2001–02 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021-22

Kenya	2001–02 2008–09

New Zealand	1953–54 1961–62 1994–95 2000–01 2005–06 2007–08 2012–13 2015 2016

Pakistan	1994–95 1997–98 2002–03 2006–07 2012–13 2013–14 2018–19

Sri Lanka	1994–95 1997–98 2000–01 2002–03 2011–12 2016–17 2017-18 2018–19 2020-21

West Indies	1998–99 2003–04 2007–08 2014–15

Zimbabwe	1999–2000 2004–05 2006–07 2009–10 2010–11 2018–19

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1997 2003 2007 2009

Other tours

Note: during the isolation of South Africa from international cricket between 1970 and 1991, there were seven unofficial tours (italicised below) by various teams, known as the South African rebel tours.

Australian	1985–86 1986–87

Bangladeshi	2000–01

Dutch	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000–01 2001–02 2003–04 2005–06

English	1924–25 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1981–82 1989–90 1999–2000

Irish	2000–01 2011–12 2016–17

Kenyan	1995–96

Multi-national	1959–60

Namibian	1992–93 1993–94

Scottish	1991–92 1992–93 2012–13

Sri Lankan	1982–83

West Indian	1982–83 1983–84

South African cricket seasons

History of cricket in South Africa to 1918

1942–43 South African cricket season

1918–19 to 1945 1945–46 to 1970 1970–71 to 1990

1971–72 South African cricket season

1990–91 to 2000 from 2000–01

ICC Cricket World Cup hosts

1975: England 1979: England 1983: England 1987: India/ Pakistan 1992: Australia/ New Zealand 1996: India/ Pakistan/ Sri Lanka 1999: England/ Scotland/ Wales/ Ireland/ Netherlands 2003: South Africa/ Kenya/ Zimbabwe 2007: West Indies 2011: India/ Bangladesh/ Sri Lanka 2015: Australia/ New Zealand 2019: England/ Wales 2023: India

National cricket teams

Full members (10)

Associate members (39)

ODI and T20I only	Afghanistan Hong Kong Ireland³ Papua New Guinea Scotland United Arab Emirates

T20I only	Netherlands Oman

Other associate members	Argentina Belgium Bermuda Botswana Canada Cayman Islands Denmark Fiji France Germany Gibraltar Guernsey Israel Italy Japan Jersey Kenya Kuwait Malaysia Namibia Nigeria Nepal Saudi Arabia Singapore Suriname Tanzania Thailand Uganda United States (suspended) Vanuatu Zambia

Affiliate members (56)

Former members (6)

Non-members

¹ For Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, Montserrat , Saint Kitts, Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands the national team is the West Indies. ² For England and Wales, the national team is England. ³ For Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the national team is Ireland.

ICC Cricket Team Ranking – Top ten Cricket Teams as of 25 November 2016

Test	One Day International	Twenty20 International

India Pakistan Australia England South Africa Sri Lanka New Zealand West Indies Bangladesh Zimbabwe	Australia South Africa New Zealand India England Sri Lanka Bangladesh West Indies Pakistan Afghanistan	New Zealand India South Africa West Indies Australia England Pakistan Sri Lanka Afghanistan Bangladesh

National sports teams of South Africa

Association football M F Australian football Badminton Baseball Basketball M F M U/19 M U/17 F U/19 F U/17 Netball Cricket M SA A F Field hockey M F Handball M F Ice hockey M F M U/20 M U/18 Korfball Roller hockey M F Rugby league Rugby union M F M-7s W-7s M U/20 M U/18 Beach soccer Squash M F Tennis Davis Cup Fed Cup Hopman Cup Water polo M F

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