The South Africa men's national cricket team, also known as the Proteas, represents South Africa in men's international cricket and is administered by Cricket South Africa. South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International (ODI) status. They first competed in international cricket in 1889, when they played against England in a Test match; England won the match by 8 wickets.South Africa's debut Test match 1889 scorecard ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2017. captained by Owen Robert Dunell. They recorded their first Test win against England in 1906, which took them 17 years at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg. , South Africa have played 479 Test matches; they have won 191 matches, lost 162 matches, and 126 matches were drawn. South Africa won the 2023–2025 World Test Championship defeating Australia in the final. South Africa played their first ODI match against India in 1991, and registered their first win against India in the same series. , South Africa have played 698 ODI matches, winning 421 matches and losing 250; 6 matches were tied and 21 matches had no result. Their most noted international win was their win in the inaugural Champions Trophy in 1998. The team also won Commonwealth Games Gold medal in 1998. South Africa played their first Twenty20 International (T20I) against New Zealand in 2005, losing the match by five wickets, , they have played 221 T20I matches and won 119 of them; 97 were lost, with 1 super-over win (after being tied) and 3 having no result.
South Africa have faced 9 teams in Test cricket, with their most frequent opponent being England, against whom they have played 156 matches. South Africa have registered more wins against England than against any other team, with 35. In ODI matches, South Africa have played against 16 teams. They have played against Australia more frequently in ODI matches, with a winning percentage of 52.31 in 57 out of 113 matches. The team have played 15 countries in T20Is, and have played 31 matches with India. They also have recorded the most victories against England defeating them in fourteen matches.
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+Key for the tables Symbol Meaning Matches Number of matches played Won Number of matches won Lost Number of matches lost Tied Number of matches tied Draw Number of matches ended in a draw No Result Number of matches ended with no result Tie+Win Number of matches tied and then won in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over Tie+Loss Number of matches tied and then lost in a tiebreaker such as a bowl-out or Super Over %Won Percentage of games won to those playedGames that did not have a result are not taken into consideration while calculating the result percentage. Ties are counted as half a win. W/L Ratio Ratio of matches won to matches lost First Year of the first match played by India against the country Last Year of the last match played by India against the country
Test Cricket OpponentMatchesWonLostDrawTied% Won% Lost% Drew 102 27 54 21 0 26.47 52.94 20.58 16 14 0 2 0 87.50 0.00 12.50 156 35 66 55 0 22.43 42.30 35.25 46 20 16 10 0 43.47 34.78 21.73 49 26 7 16 0 53.06 14.28 34.04 32 18 7 7 0 56.25 21.87 21.87 33 18 9 6 0 54.54 27.27 18.18 34 23 3 8 0 67.64 8.82 23.52 11 10 0 1 0 90.90 0.00 9.09
One Day International OpponentMatchesWonLostTiedNo Result% WonFirstLast Full Members 6 4 2 0 0 66.66 2019 2025 113 57 52 3 1 52.31 1992 2026 25 19 6 0 0 76.00 2002 2023 74 37 31 1 5 53.07 1992 2025 94 51 40 0 3 57.47 1991 2022 11 8 2 0 1 72.72 2007 2021 74 42 27 0 5 56.75 1992 2025 87 52 34 0 1 59.77 1992 2025 81 46 33 1 1 58.12 1992 2023 64 45 16 1 2 72.58 1992 2023 41 38 2 0 1 95.00 1992 2018 Associate Members 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 2003 2003 10 10 0 0 0 100.00 1996 2008 8 6 1 0 1 75.00 1996 2023 1 1 0 0 0 100.00 2007 2007 2 2 0 0 0 100.00 1996 2015Total69241924662162.8919912025
Twenty20 International OpponentMatchesWonLostTiedNo Result% Won Full Members3 3 0 0 0 100.0028 9 19 0 0 32.149 9 0 0 0 100.0027 14 12 0 1 51.8531 12 18 0 1 38.707 6 1 0 0 85.7118 11 7 0 0 61.1124 12 12 0 0 50.0018 12 5 1 0 66.6626 12 14 0 0 46.158 7 0 0 1 87.50 Associate Members1 1 0 0 0 100.003 2 1 0 0 66.661 1 0 0 0 100.001 1 0 0 0 100.00Total205112891354.63
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