Mohammad Hafeez is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer. He was a member of the Pakistan team that won the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy,and had a major role in the final,where he scored an unbeaten innings of 57. He retired from Test cricket after the third and final match against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi in December 2018,departing the ground for the final time in white clothing to a guard of honour from his teammates. On 3 January 2022,he announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket,ending a career that spanned more than 18 years.
Jon-Jon Trevor Smuts is a South African cricketer who plays for the Warriors in the South African domestic competitions. He is a right-handed opening batsman and a slow left-arm bowler. In 2010 he was selected for the South African Emerging Players' squad to tour Australia. In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual,he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year. He is the brother of cricket player Kelly Smuts.
Mahamarakkala Kurukulasooriya Patabendige Akila Dananjaya Perera,popularly as Akila Dananjaya,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer,who played all forms of the game for the national team. In March 2021,he became the first bowler to take hat-trick and be hit for the maximum of six sixes in an over in the same match,by Kieron Pollard against West Indies.
Carl Junior Dala is a South African cricketer. In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual,he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year.
Liton Kumar Das is a Bangladeshi cricketer and the current vice-captain of the Bangladesh national cricket team in all formats. He is a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper. He made his international debut for Bangladesh in June 2015. He has scored the highest individual score for Bangladesh in ODI cricket (176).
Andile Lucky Phehlukwayo is a South African professional cricketer. He is a left handed lower order batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He made his international debut for South Africa in September 2016.
Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and former limited overs captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. An all-rounder,Shanaka is a right-handed batter and a right-arm medium fast bowler.
Dane Paterson is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in 2017. He plays for Eastern Province in domestic matches.
Hendrik Erasmus"Rassie" van der Dussen is a South African professional cricketer who represents the South Africa national cricket team and plays for Gauteng in domestic cricket. In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual,he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year.
Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva,better known as Wanindu Hasaranga,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current T20I captain who plays for the Sri Lanka cricket team in white ball cricket as a Batting All rounder. He is a Right-arm leg spinner. Hasaranga made his international debut for Sri Lanka in July 2017. His elder brother,Chaturanga de Silva,has also represented the national team. Hasaranga made history when he took the first ever hat-trick for Sri Lanka in a T20 World Cup during the 2021 edition of the tournament,and being the first Sri Lankan on an ODI debut to take a hat-trick.
Pasqual Handi Kamindu Dilanka Mendis,popularly as Kamindu Mendis,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national team,and for Colombo Cricket Club in domestic cricket. He is an ambidextrous bowler and has bowled both right and left-arm deliveries during the same over. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in October 2018.
Downdegedara Asela Sampath Gunaratne,commonly known as Asela Gunaratne is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer,who played all forms of the game for Sri Lanka. Gunaratne is an aggressive right-handed batsman who occasionally bowls part-time medium pace. He is currently serving in the Sri Lanka Army as a Warrant officer attached to the 6th Field Regiment,Sri Lanka Artillery. He is a past pupil of Sri Rahula College,Kandy. In November 2017,he won four awards at Sri Lanka Cricket's annual awards ceremony,including two awards for best all-rounder.
Lungisani True-man Ngidi is a South African professional cricketer who plays for the South Africa national cricket team. In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual Awards,he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year. In July 2020,Ngidi was named both ODI and T20I cricketer of the year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.
Asitha Madusanka Fernando is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer currently plays all three formats of the game as the frontline bowler.
Tony De Zorzi is a South African cricketer. He was included in the Northerns squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup. He made his Twenty20 (T20) debut for Northerns against Kenya on 16 September 2016. Prior to his T20 debut,he was named as captain of South Africa's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Anrich Arno Nortje is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in March 2019. In July 2020,Nortje was named the newcomer of the year at Cricket South Africa's annual awards ceremony.
The Bangladesh cricket team toured South Africa in September and October 2017 to play two Tests,three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. It was Bangladesh's first tour of South Africa in nine years. Ahead of the series,Faf du Plessis was appointed captain of South Africa's ODI side,replacing AB de Villiers,therefore captaining South Africa in all three formats. However,du Plessis suffered an injury during the third ODI ruling him out of the T20I series,with JP Duminy replacing him as captain.
The India cricket team toured South Africa in January and February 2018 to play three Tests,six One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. In January 2017,Cricket South Africa (CSA) revealed that this tour would replace the scheduled visit by Sri Lanka due to costs and scheduling congestion. The Test series was played for the Freedom Trophy,with South Africa winning the trophy following victories in the first two Tests. South Africa went on to win the Test series 2–1. It was the first Test series of three matches or more in which all 40 wickets fell in each match of the series. With India's win the third Test,they retained the number one place in the ICC Test Championship,taking an unassailable lead before the April 2018 cut-off date for next season's rankings.
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured South Africa in February and March 2019 to play two Tests,five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The ODI fixtures were part of both teams' preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
The West Indies men's cricket team toured South Africa in February and March 2023 to play two Test matches,three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The Test matches formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship. Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed the fixtures for the tour in October 2022.
