South Africa A cricket team

The South Africa A cricket team is a national cricket team representing South Africa. It is the second-tier of international South African cricket, below the full South Africa national cricket team. Matches played by South Africa A are not Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving first-class and List A classification respectively. Tony de Zorzi is the current captain of the side, while they are being coached by Shukri Conrad.

History South Africa A played their first match in January 1994, a five-day first-class contest against the touring England A cricket team.

South Africa A have played a number of series, both home and away against other national A teams, and competed against other first-class opposition. Their first tour was to Zimbabwe in 1994–95, when they played three first-class matches and three one-day matches, including one match against Zimbabwe A. They played their first Twenty20 in November 2009, facing an England XI as part of the English tour of South Africa.

Current squad

This is a list of players who have played at least 2 First-Class matches or 3 List A matches for South Africa A team since 2018.International cap players are marked in Bold.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Domestic team Forms Note Batsmen Khaya Zondo Right-handed Right-arm off spin Dolphins FC, LA Pieter Malan Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Cape Cobras FC, LA Zubayr Hamza Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Cape Cobras FC Sarel Erwee Left-handed Right-arm off spin Dolphins FC, LA Theunis de Bruyn Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Titans FC, LA Reeza Hendricks Right-handed Right-arm off spin Lions LA Temba Bavuma Right-handed Right-arm medium Lions LA List A Captain Farhaan Behardien Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Titans LA Janneman Malan Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Cape Cobras LA All-rounders Senuran Muthusamy Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Dolphins FC, LA Wiaan Mulder Right-handed Right-arm medium Lions FC Shaun von Berg Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Knights FC, LA Marco Jansen Right-handed Left-arm fast Knights FC, LA Wicket-keepers Heinrich Klaasen Right-handed Wicket Keeper Titans FC, LA Rudi Second Right-handed Wicket Keeper Warriors FC, LA Gihahn Cloete Left-handed Wicket Keeper Warriors LA Spin bowler Dane Piedt Right-handed Right-arm off spin Cape Cobras FC First-class Captain George Linde Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Cape Cobras LA Bjorn Fortuin Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Lions LA Pace bowlers Beuran Hendricks Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium Lions FC, LA Malusi Siboto Left-handed Right-arm medium Lions FC, LA Lutho Sipamla Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Warriors FC, LA Anrich Nortje Right-handed Right-arm fast Cape Cobras FC, LA Sisanda Magala Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Warriors LA Junior Dala Right-handed Right-arm medium Titans LA

Captains South Africa A cricket captains Number Name Year Opposition Location Matches 1 Jimmy Cook 1993–94 England A 1 2 Mark Rushmere 1994–95 Various 6 3 Dale Benkenstein 1995–96 Zimbabwe A 1 1997–98 West Indies A 6 1998 Sri Lanka A 7 1999–2000 Sri Lanka A 5 2000 Various 8 2001–02 Australians 1 2002–03 Sri Lankans 1 4 John Commins 1995–96 England XI 1 1996 Various 10 1996–97 Indians 1 5 Gerhardus Liebenberg 1995–96 Essex 1 6 Nic Pothas 1998–99 West Indies 1 7 Gerald Dros 2000 Windward Islands 1 2001–02 India A 2 2002–03 Australia A 5 8 Hylton Ackerman 2001–02 Indians 1 2001–02 Kenya 1 2001–02 India A 2 9 Daryll Cullinan 2001–02 Australians 1 2002–03 Pakistanis 1 10 Neil McKenzie 2002–03 Australia A 6 2002–03 Bangladeshis 1 2002–03 Sri Lankans 1 2002–03 The Rest 5 2003–04 West Indians 1 2007–08 West Indians 1 11 Gary Kirsten 2002–03 Pakistanis 1 12 Graeme Smith 2002–03 Zimbabwe 3 13 Nicky Boje 2002–03 Australia A 5 14 Ashwell Prince 2003–04 Australia A 5 2004 Zimbabwe A 5 2004–05 New Zealand A 6 2004–05 England XI 1 15 Boeta Dippenaar 2004–05 England XI 1 2006–07 Zimbabwe Select XI 2 2007–08 India A 3 2007–08 New Zealanders 1 16 Jacques Rudolph 2005–06 Various 4 2005–06 Triangular A Team Tournament 5 2005–06 New Zealanders 2 17 Robin Peterson 2006–07 Zimbabwe 3 18 Ahmed Amla 2008–09 Sri Lanka A 3 19 Alviro Petersen 2008–09 Sri Lanka A 5 20 Justin Ontong 2009–10 England XI 1 21 Stephen Cook 2015–16 Zimbabwe 222Zubayr Hamza2021Zimbabwe1

See also South African Fezela XI

References

External links South Africa A at CricketArchive