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South Africa National Cricket Team |
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Graeme Smith (c) |
Hashim Amla |
Johan Botha |
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AB de Villiers(wk) |
JP Duminy |
Faf du Plessis |
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Colin Ingram |
Jacques Kallis |
Morne Morkel |
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Wayne Parnell |
Robin Peterson |
Dale Steyn |
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Imran Tahir |
Lonwabo Tsotsobe |
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The South Africa national cricket team, also known as The Proteas (formerly known as The Springboks) are a national cricket team representing South Africa. They are administrated by Cricket South Africa.
South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status. Between 18 February 2007 and 7 April 2007, South Africa was ranked at the top of the ICC One-Day International rankings, and regained the no. 1 spot on the 30 January 2009. As of 24 August 2009, South Africa attained the number 1 ranking in both Test and One Day International after England defeated Australia 2-1 in the Ashes, the first time this has been achieved by a country other than Australia since the current ranking system was introduced in 2003.
Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. Here South Africa played its first Test match (against touring England at Port Elizabeth), becoming the third Test nation. South Africa hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2003. However, it is widely believed the sides containing the likes of Alan Donald, Shaun Pollock and Hansie Cronje grossly underachieved, gaining a reputation as chokers, due to them reaching the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup three times, but failing to progress into the finals, with Herschelle Gibbs famously dropping Australian captain Steve Waugh in 1999 in a league game. They have also had bad press for choking in vital matches in other important tournaments including the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. It is currently captained by Graeme Smith, although following injuries to Smith and Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince deputized as Test captain on 12 July 2006. At the age of 29, he became the first non-white man to captain the once all-white South African cricket team.
As of 3 October 2009, the South African team has played 344 Test matches, winning 120 (34.88%), losing 121 (35.17%) and drawing 103(29.94%) of its games.
As of 3 October 2009, the South African team has played 426 ODI Matches, winning 264 (61.97%), losing 145 (34.04%), drawing 5 (1.17%) and getting a "No Result" in 12 (2.82%) of its games. |
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