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This is a list of the men and women who have been the official South African captains in cricket. South Africa was a founder member of the International Cricket Council in 1909. However, the South African team did not play official Test cricket from 1970 to 1991, having been suspended from membership by the ICC as a result of controversy over ...
India had set a target of 457. South Africa's second highest fourth innings total of 423/7 came in another draw against England at The Oval in 1947. South Africa's highest successful run chase occurred against Australia at Perth in 2008, and is also the second highest successful fourth innings total. Australia had set South Africa a target of ...
Pages in category "South Africa Test cricket captains" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The fifth test of the 1999–2000 South Africa versus England series at Centurion was ruined by rain, entering the final day only 45 overs had been possible with South Africa 155/6. On the final morning as they batted on, news filtered through that the captains had met and were going to "make a game of it".
On 24 October 2013, Smith became the second South African and 12th overall to complete 9,000 runs in test cricket in his 112th test match. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] His highest score in ODI cricket which was his 141 he made against England in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy is also the highest score made by a South African at any tournaments.
South Africa Test cricket captains (39 P) W. South Africa women's national cricket team captains (14 P) Pages in category "South African cricket captains"
In November 2023, he was named as captain of a South Africa A for the West Indies A tour of South Africa. [7] He was named captain on South Africa on debut against New Zealand in February 2024 and became the 25th South African to take five wickets on Test debut. [8] His 6/119 were the best figures for a captain on his debut Test, [9] and for a ...
He is now predominantly a right-handed opening batsman. He was the first black African cricketer to make a Test century for South Africa and the first to captain the side. [2] [3] Bavuma is one of three South African cricketers to score a century on ODI debut, scoring 113 runs against Ireland in September 2016. [4]