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South African cricket team

South Africa
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South Africa cricket crest
Test status acquired 1889
Test Captain Faf du Plessis
ODI Captain Ab de Villiers
T20I Captain Faf du Plessis
Coach Russell Domingo
ICC Rankings Current Best-ever
Test
ODI
T20I
3rd
1st
3rd
1st
1st
1st
Test Matches
First Test v  England at Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth, 12–13 March 1889
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total 408 151/135
(122 draws)
This year 2 2/0 (0 draws)
Last Test v  Sri Lanka at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg; 12–16 January 2017
One-Day Internationals
First ODI v  India at Eden Gardens, Calcutta; 10 November 1991
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total 569 353/194
(6 ties, 16 no result)
This year 5 5/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Last ODI v  Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park, Centurion; 10 February 2017
World Cup Appearances 6 (first in 1992)
Best result Semi-final
T20 Internationals
First T20I v  New Zealand at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg; 21 October 2005
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total 94 55/38
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year 3 1/2
Last T20I v  Sri Lanka at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town; 25 January 2017
World Twenty20 Appearances 6 (first in 2007)
Best result Semi-final
As of 10 February 2017
ICC Rankings Current Best-ever
Test
ODI
T20I
3rd
1st
3rd
1st
1st
1st
Tests Played Won/Lost
Total 408 151/135
(122 draws)
This year 2 2/0 (0 draws)
ODIs Played Won/Lost
Total 569 353/194
(6 ties, 16 no result)
This year 5 5/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total 94 55/38
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year 3 1/2

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 third in Tests, first in ODIs and fourth 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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