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The South Africa national cricket team is governed by the Cricket South Africa (CSA) and is a member of the Africa Cricket Association (ACA). Since 1909, the CSA has been affiliated with ICC, the international governing body for world cricket. In 1997, the BCCI became one of the founding members of the ACA.
Non-contracted players remain eligible for selection and can be upgraded to a Cricket South Africa contract if they gain regular selection. This is a list of every active player who is contracted to Cricket South Africa, has played for South Africa since January 2024 or was named in the recent Test, ODI or T20I squads.
In 1971, an international sports boycott was instituted against South Africa to voice global disapproval of their selection policies and apartheid in general. South Africa subsequently became a world sporting pariah, and were excluded from the Olympics, the FIFA World Cup, Test cricket, international rugby union and a host of other sports. [3]
South Africa are more aware than most at the allure of greener pastures elsewhere given the number of players that took up deals in British country cricket, and it is a grand shame that Quinton de ...
Organised cricket has been taking place in South Africa since the British first introduced the sport in the 1880s. England were the first side to tour South Africa in 1888-89, playing their first Test match at Port Elizabeth and becoming the third Test playing nation after England and Australia.
The 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, also known as Sandpapergate, was a cricket cheating scandal surrounding the Australian national cricket team.In March 2018, during the third Test match against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town, Cameron Bancroft was caught by television cameras trying to rough up one side of the ball with sandpaper to make it swing in flight. [1]
They have an overall win–loss record of 32–16 from 49 matches. South Africa hosted the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007. They are yet to win a title although they came close after reaching the final in 2024, but ended up being runners-up after losing to India national cricket team. [1]
Gupta gave Cronje $30,000 to persuade the South Africans to lose wickets on the last day to lose the match. South Africa were 127/5 chasing 460, Cronje was already out and spoke to no other players. "I had received money for doing nothing." During the return tour, Cronje received $50,000 from Gupta for team information.