South Africa national cricket team
South Africa cricket crest
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| Test status acquired | 1889 | |||||||||
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| Test Captain | Faf du Plessis | |||||||||
| ODI Captain | AB de Villiers | |||||||||
| T20I Captain | Farhaan Behardien | |||||||||
| Coach | Russell Domingo | |||||||||
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| Test Matches | ||||||||||
| First Test | v  England at Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth, 12–13 March 1889 |
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| Last Test | v  Sri Lanka at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg; 12–16 January 2017 |
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| First ODI | v  India at Eden Gardens, Calcutta; 10 November 1991 |
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| Last ODI | v  Australia at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town; 12 October 2016 |
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| World Cup Appearances | 6 (first in 1992) | |||||||||
| Best result | Semi-final | |||||||||
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| First T20I | v  New Zealand at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg; 21 October 2005 |
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| Last T20I | v Sri Lanka at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg; 22 January 2017 |
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| World Twenty20 Appearances | 6 (first in 2007) | |||||||||
| Best result | Semi-final | |||||||||
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| ICC Rankings | Current | Best-ever |
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Test ODI T20I |
3rd 2nd 3rd |
1st 1st 1st |
| Tests | Played | Won/Lost |
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| Total | 408 | 151/135 (122 draws) |
| This year | 2 | 2/0 (0 draws) |
| ODIs | Played | Won/Lost |
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| Total | 564 | 348/194 (6 ties, 16 no result) |
| This year | 0 | 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no result) |
| T20Is | Played | Won/Lost |
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| Total | 93 | 55/37 (0 ties, 1 no result) |
| This year | 2 | 1/1 |
The South African national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas (after South Africa's national flower, the king protea), represents South Africa in international cricket. It is administered by Cricket South Africa. South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test and One Day International (ODI) status.
As of 27 November 2016, South Africa has played 405 Test matches, winning 148 and losing 135. The team has played 564 ODIs, winning 348, losing 194 and tying six, with 16 no-results. Finally, it has played 91 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), winning 54 and losing 36, with one no-result.
On 20 August 2012, South Africa became the top ranked team in test cricket for the first time. 8 days later, on 28 August 2012, it became the first team to top the rankings in all three formats of the game.
South Africa is currently ranked fourth in Tests, second in ODIs and third in T20Is by the ICC.
The South African cricket team toured England in 1947. At Trent Bridge, Captain Alan Melville and vice-captain, Dudley Nourse achieved a Test match record for a third wicket partnership of 319. The following year Nourse, 38-year-old captain of Natal, was appointed Captain for the 1948 MCC Test matches in South Africa.
In 1970, the ICC voted to suspend South Africa from international cricket indefinitely because of its government's policy of apartheid, a policy which led them to play only against the white nations (England, Australia, New Zealand), and field only white players. This decision excluded players such as Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards and Mike Procter from partaking in international Test Cricket. It would also cause the emigration of future stars like, Basil D'Oliveira, Allan Lamb and Robin Smith, who both played for England, and Kepler Wessels, who initially played for Australia, before returning to South Africa. World class cricketers of their day like Clive Rice, Vintcent van der Bijl also never played Test Cricket despite their first class records.
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