This is a list of South African sportspeople, organized by the sport which they are primarily known for.
See also: South African Test cricketers, South African ODI cricketers, South African Twenty20 International cricketers, South African women Test cricketers
See also: South African racecar drivers and Formula One drivers
Left-arm unorthodox spin, also known as slow left-arm wrist spin, is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket. Left-arm unorthodox spin bowlers use wrist spin to spin the ball, and make it deviate, or 'turn' from left to right after pitching. The direction of turn is the same as that of a traditional right-handed off spin bowler, although the ball will usually turn more sharply due to the spin being imparted predominantly by the wrist.
In the sport of cricket there are two broad categories of bowlers: pace and spin. Pace bowlers rely mostly on the speed of the ball to dismiss batsmen, whereas spin bowlers rely on the rotation and turn off the ball to deceive the batter.
A variety of sports are played in British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, from those brought by British and International relations, and sail racing). Some sports and events have greater historical and cultural significance whilst others are played for entertainment or competition.
Robert James Kirtley is a former English Test cricketer. He is a right arm fast medium bowler and a right hand batsman. After prep school at St. Andrews School, Eastbourne, he was educated at Clifton College.
Peter Maclean Pollock is a retired South African cricketer. He has played a continuing role in the South Africa cricket team as a player and selector. He was voted a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1966. He was primarily a fast bowler, but was also a useful late-order batsman.
Peter Jimmy Carter Ongondo is a Kenyan former cricketer. He is a right-handed batman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Panagodage Don Ruchira Laksiri Perera, commonly as Ruchira Perera is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all formats. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler.
Greg Smith is an English-South African former cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler.
Johannes Jacobus van der Wath is a South African former cricketer who played Limited Over Internationals.
Paul Matthew Roger Havell is an Australian-born English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
John Walters is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1977 and 1980.
Garry Terence Park is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Phillip Ashley Blizzard was an Australian cricket player, who played for Tasmania. He was a right-handed batsman and left arm fast-medium bowler who represented Tasmania from 1979 until 1984. He also played in one season for New South Wales.
Reinhardt Strydom is a South African-born Irish international cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He made his ODI debut for Ireland during their tour of Bangladesh in March 2008.
Jomu Mbili is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was born in Pietermaritzburg.
Henry Davids is a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a useful right-arm medium-fast bowler, Davids started his career with the Boland cricket team and then moved to the Nashua Cape Cobras. He performed well in the 2009 Champions League Twenty20 for the Cobras, finishing in the top-ten run-scorers in the competition with 137 runs at a strike-rate of 110.48. Davids then moved to the Nashua Titans at the end of the 2009 season and has had reasonable success, often appearing for the Easterns amateur team. He was appointed first-class captain of the Nashua Titans at the start of the 2012/13 season.
Gerrit Karl Nieuwoudt is a South African cricketer who played for Boland. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. Nieuwoudt made his first-class debut for Boland on 16 October 2008 against Griqualand West and went on to play 6 first-class matches for the province. Rated by his friends as being talented enough to play for the Proteas, Karl decided to pursue a professional career as Chartered Accountant. He currently resides in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He enjoys playing cricket for a club in Voorburg.
The South African Fezela XI was a team of young South African cricketers who toured England in 1961 under the captaincy of the Test player Roy McLean. Several of the team later went on to play leading parts in the revival of South Africa’s cricket fortunes in the 1960s.