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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.
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 excluded one of the
brightest sides the cricketing world has
ever seen, containing players such as Graeme
Pollock. It would also cause the emigration
of future stars like Allan Lamb and Robin
Smith, who both played for England, and
Kepler Wessels, who initially played for
Australia, before returning to South Africa.
The ICC reinstated South Africa as a Test
nation in 1991 after the deconstruction of
apartheid, and the team played its first
sanctioned match since 1970 (and its first
ever One-Day International) against India in
Calcutta on 10 November 1991.
Since South Africa have been reinstated they
have achieved mixed success, and 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.
With Donald retiring, Cronje banned for
match-fixing and later killed in a plane
crash, and Pollock nearing the end of his
career, the team has once again changed
shape. Due to a racial quota policy, the
side now contains black players, unlike the
past, it is currently captained by Graeme
Smith, although following injuries to Smith
and Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince was
appointed Test captain on July 12, 2006. At
the age of 29, he became the first non-white
man to captain the once all-white South
African cricket team.
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Captain |
Graeme Smith
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Coach |
Mickey Arthur
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| Most
Runs |
9314, Jacques Kallis |
| Most
Wicket |
387, SM
Pollock |
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| Most
Runs |
9657, Jacques Kallis |
| Most
Wicket |
416, Shaun Pollock |
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| Most
Runs |
360,Graeme Smith |
| Most
Wicket |
14,Shaun
Pollock |
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