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On 4 March 2021, Bavuma was named as the captain of South Africa's limited over side, taking over the captaincy from Quinton de Kock. [34] With the appointment of him as South Africa's permanent captain, he became the first ever black African player to be appointed as the permanent captain of South Africa's side.
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 apartheid (most particularly the reaction to the Basil d'Oliveira affair).
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 ...
With the eventual and epic win, South Africa equally the back-to-back record win set my the New Zealand team of 2011 and 2015 rugby world cups, however the cherry on top was the South Africans became the first nation to a fourth World Cup win, leaving New Zealand as the only nation at three world cups. Thus in 2023, Siya Kolisi became the first ...
Captains are listed in chronological order of their first match as captain. [1] H.H. Castens captained South Africa on 30 July 1891 in their first ever test against the touring British Isles team at Crusaders Cricket Ground in Port Elizabeth. John Smit holds the record as the most capped captain in international rugby history. As of 1 October 2024
Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje (25 September 1969 – 1 June 2002) was a South African international cricketer and captain of the South Africa national cricket team in the 1990s. A right-handed all-rounder, as captain Cronje led his team to victory in 27 Test matches and 99 One Day Internationals .
The following month, he was named as the captain of South Africa's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. [59] [60] He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for South Africa, with 387 runs in nine matches. [61] In August 2019, he was named the Men's Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's annual award ceremony.
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 ...