The South Africa national cricket team also known as Proteas is a men’s cricket team representing South Africa in various international formats like ICC test, ODI, & T20 cricket.
SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL CRICKET TEAM


In the year 1889, South Africa became the third test-playing nation. The match was against England at Port Elizabeth, captained by Own Robert Dunell. In 1906 South Africa formed the Imperial Cricket conference.
In the early 1900s, the first world-class South African cricket team emerged, comprising stars who were capable of giving any international teams a run for their money such as Bonnor Middleton, Jimmy Sinclair, Charlie Llewellyn, Dave Nourse, etc.
With the addition of players like AB de Villiers and HashimAmla, the South Africa Cricket team and players stats started rising in the ICC rankings. Many of the time South Africa ranked no.1 team in the world. As of 20 May 2020 latest ranking South Africa are ranked 6th in test cricket.
CURRENT TEAM
The South Africa team has a huge fan based around the world. Their current ODI and the T20 captain is Quinton de Kock.
PLAYER | ROLE | STYLE | AGE |
---|---|---|---|
Tabraiz Shamsi | Bowler | Left Arm Unorthodox | 30 |
Imran Tahir | Bowler | Right Arm Leg spin | 41 |
Lutho Sipamla | Bowler | Right Arm Fast Seam | 22 |
Janneman Malan | All-rounder | Right Handed | 24 |
Jean-Paul Duminy | Middle Order Batsman | – | 36 |
Andile Phehlukwayo | Bowler | Right Arm Fast Seam | 24 |
Heinrich Klaasen | Wicket Keeper | Right Handed | 29 |
Daryn Dupavillion | Bowler | Right Arm Fast Seam | 26 |
Faf du Plessis | Batsman | Right Handed | 36 |
JJ Smuts | All-rounder | Right Handed | 32 |
Chris Morris | All-rounder | Right Handed | 33 |
Anrich Nortje | Bowler | Right Arm Fast Seam | 27 |
Kagiso Rabada | Bowler | Right Arm Fast Seam | 25 |
George Linde | Bowler | Left Arm Orthodox | 29 |
David Miller | Middle Order Batsman | – | 31 |
Kyle Verreynne | Wicket Keeper | Right Handed | 23 |
Rassie van der Dussen | Batsman | Right Handed | 31 |
Aiden Markram | All-rounder | Right Handed | 26 |
Lungisani Ngidi | Bowler | Right Arm Fast Seam | 24 |
Dwaine Pretorius | All-rounder | Right Handed | 31 |
Beuran Hendricks | Bowler | Left Arm Fast Seam | 30 |
Quinton de Kock | Wicket Keeper | – | 28 |
Keshav Maharaj | Bowler | Left Arm Orthodox | 30 |
Temba Bavuma | Batsman | Right Handed | 30 |
Hashim Amla | Batsman | Right Handed | 37 |
LAST MATCH RESULTS
ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP
South Africa cricket team topped Group B in the 2011 World Cup, with the distinction of bowling out every side they played within the 50 over limit, which also included a famous victory over hosts India. South Africa also hold the record of the highest successful run chase and made the highest total in One-Day Internationals (438–9 in 49.5 overs), in an iconic match played against Australia on 12 March 2006. The match is still considered by many to be the greatest One-Day International ever played.
In the same year the South Africa national cricket team beat Netherlands by 231 runs in Mohali in Group matches. This 231 runchaes win is the fourth largest margin of victory for any team in World Cups and the largest for South Africa in World Cups. This is the second largest margin of victory for South Africa in ODIs on 3 March 2011.
Trophies and Awards
The South Africa Cricket team has won only one ICC Trophy so far — the 1998 Champions Trophy which was held in Bangladesh. The inability of the team to perform well in the ICC tournaments has given it an unwanted tag of “Chokers”.