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The ICC reinstated South Africa as a Test nation in 1991, and the team played its first sanctioned international match since 1970 (and its first-ever One-Day International) against India in Calcutta on 10 November 1991 losing by 3 wickets. South Africa's first Test match after re-admission was played against the West Indies in April 1992.
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]
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).
Playing in six Women’s World Cups, the Proteas have been semi-finalists twice, in 2000 and 2017, although never progressing further. South Africa are currently third in the ICC World ODI rankings. [22] T20I: The Proteas’ first T20I was in 2007 against Australia, and have since played over 100 matches. Competing in 6 Women’s T20 World Cups ...
Deepti Sharma played in her 200th international match and became the first Indian player to complete 2,000 runs and 100 wickets in women's ODIs. [23] [24] Smriti Mandhana became the second Indian women's cricketer to score 7,000th run in international cricket. [25] [26] Women's Championship points: India 2, South Africa 0.
Match Report: Taking different approaches to the match, South Africa opted to leave spinner Imran Tahir out of the starting eleven, playing debutant fast bowler Rory Kleinveldt and going into the match without a frontline spinner; Australia omitted fourth pace bowler Mitchell Starc in favour of spinner Nathan Lyon .
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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 ...