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The first-ever recorded cricket match in South Africa took place in 1808, in Cape Town between two service teams for a prize of one thousand rix-dollars. [11] The oldest cricket club in South Africa is the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, founded in 1843.
Although South Africa tried to desegregate cricket in 1976 with the formation of a non-racial governing body, the South African Cricket Union (SACU), the ICC maintained their ban. Throughout the 1980s, ‘Rebel Tours’ were sponsored in which international, although not official, teams would tour South Africa playing Test and limited-overs. [6]
This is a list of South Africa Cricket team's Twenty20 International records. It is based on the List of Twenty20 International records, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the South African cricket team. South Africa played their first ever T20I in 2005.
New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1961–62: Mark Boucher: South African cricket team in England in 1998: 3: 24 Denis Lindsay: Australian cricket team in South Africa in 1966–67: 4: 23 John Waite: 5 9 New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 1953–54: Quinton de Kock: 4 7 English cricket team in South Africa in 2019-20: Last ...
South Africa are the only team to have recorded more than 400 runs in an innings on six occasions. South Africa also posted the highest total (428) in the history of Cricket World Cup on 7 October 2023 against Sri Lanka at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium, Delhi. [11]
This is a list of South African Test cricketers.The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test Cap. International Test teams wear their cap number on their uniform under the national crest. For South African players, current cap numbers worn on their uniform start from their readmission to Test cricket in 1991 following their
Cricket South Africa says it has "utmost respect" for Test cricket after they receive criticism for naming a weakened squad for a tour of New Zealand.
This article describes the history of South African cricket from its known beginnings until the end of the First World War in 1918. [1]Test and first-class cricket were both introduced retrospectively to South Africa in the 1888–89 season by the elevation in status of two matches played by an English touring team against a South African national team.