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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 South African cricket team toured the West Indies twice; first in May 2024 to play three T20I matches, and second in August 2024 to play two Tests and three T20I matches. [1] [2] The Test series formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. [3]
He also took 4 for 12 off four overs, opening the bowling, in one of the T20 matches. [11] He also played for South Africa A against the touring Bangladesh A team in 2010–11. In the 2012–13 domestic season, Maharaj has his best season with the bat when he made 481 first-class runs at an average of 48.1 including two centuries. [ 12 ]
The South African players and media were buoyant ahead the tour, citing their telling Test form and Australia's coincident decline. Proteas captain Graeme Smith saw it as his team's best chance to win a Test rubber Down Under: the bowling attack was globally vaunted, the fielding polished and the batsmen enjoying a particularly fecund run, Neil McKenzie, Hashim Amla and Smith himself all ...
[12] In September 2019, Bosch was named in the squad for the Tshwane Spartans team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. [13] In April 2021, he was named in Northerns' squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa. [14] In May 2022, Corbin replaced Nathan Coulter-Nile in Rajasthan Royals for IPL 2022 season. [15]
The South Africa women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas, represents South Africa in international women's cricket.One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of the sport), the team is organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA), a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
In July 2016 Cricket South Africa named him as the Africa T20 Cup player of the year. [10] In August 2017, he was named in Benoni Zalmi's squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. [11] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after. [12]
The following month, he was named in Durban Heat's squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. [20] [21] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Jozi Stars team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. [22] In April 2021, he was named in Gauteng's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South ...