South Africa A cricket team

South Africa A

Personnel
Captain	Tony de Zorzi
Coach	Shukri Conrad
Team information
Founded	1992
History
First-class debut	England A in January 1994
Official website	Official Website

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. ^[1]

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	35	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Dolphins	FC, LA
Pieter Malan	35	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Cape Cobras	FC, LA
Zubayr Hamza	30	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Cape Cobras	FC
Sarel Erwee	35	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin	Dolphins	FC, LA
Theunis de Bruyn	32	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Titans	FC, LA
Reeza Hendricks	35	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Lions	LA
Temba Bavuma	35	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Lions	LA	List A Captain
Farhaan Behardien	41	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Titans	LA
Janneman Malan	29	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Cape Cobras	LA
All-rounders
Senuran Muthusamy	31	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Dolphins	FC, LA
Wiaan Mulder	27	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Lions	FC
Shaun von Berg	38	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Knights	FC, LA
Marco Jansen	25	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	Knights	FC, LA
Wicket-keepers
Heinrich Klaasen	33	Right-handed	Wicket Keeper	Titans	FC, LA
Rudi Second	35	Right-handed	Wicket Keeper	Warriors	FC, LA
Gihahn Cloete	32	Left-handed	Wicket Keeper	Warriors	LA
Spin bowler
Dane Piedt	35	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Cape Cobras	FC	First-class Captain
George Linde	33	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Cape Cobras	LA
Bjorn Fortuin	30	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Lions	LA
Pace bowlers
Beuran Hendricks	35	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Lions	FC, LA
Malusi Siboto	37	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Lions	FC, LA
Lutho Sipamla	27	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Warriors	FC, LA
Anrich Nortje	31	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Cape Cobras	FC, LA
Sisanda Magala	34	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Warriors	LA
Junior Dala	35	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	South Africa	1
2	Mark Rushmere	1994–95	Various	Zimbabwe	6
3	Dale Benkenstein	1995–96	Zimbabwe A	South Africa	1
		1997–98	West Indies A	South Africa	6
		1998	Sri Lanka A	Sri Lanka	7
		1999–2000	Sri Lanka A	South Africa	5
		2000	Various	West Indies	8
		2001–02	Australians	South Africa	1
		2002–03	Sri Lankans	Sri Lanka	1
4	John Commins	1995–96	England XI	South Africa	1
		1996	Various	England	10
		1996–97	Indians	South Africa	1
5	Gerhardus Liebenberg	1995–96	Essex	England	1
6	Nic Pothas	1998–99	West Indies	South Africa	1
7	Gerald Dros	2000	Windward Islands	West Indies	1
		2001–02	India A	South Africa	2
		2002–03	Australia A	Australia	5
8	Hylton Ackerman	2001–02	Indians	South Africa	1
		2001–02	Kenya	South Africa	1
		2001–02	India A	South Africa	2
9	Daryll Cullinan	2001–02	Australians	South Africa	1
		2002–03	Pakistanis	South Africa	1
10	Neil McKenzie	2002–03	Australia A	South Africa	6
		2002–03	Bangladeshis	South Africa	1
		2002–03	Sri Lankans	South Africa	1
		2002–03	The Rest	South Africa	5
		2003–04	West Indians	South Africa	1
		2007–08	West Indians	South Africa	1
11	Gary Kirsten	2002–03	Pakistanis	South Africa	1
12	Graeme Smith	2002–03	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	3
13	Nicky Boje	2002–03	Australia A	Australia	5
14	Ashwell Prince	2003–04	Australia A	South Africa	5
		2004	Zimbabwe A	Zimbabwe	5
		2004–05	New Zealand A	South Africa	6
		2004–05	England XI	South Africa	1
15	Boeta Dippenaar	2004–05	England XI	South Africa	1
		2006–07	Zimbabwe Select XI	Zimbabwe	2
		2007–08	India A	India	3
		2007–08	New Zealanders	South Africa	1
16	Jacques Rudolph	2005–06	Various	Sri Lanka	4
		2005–06	Triangular A Team Tournament	Sri Lanka	5
		2005–06	New Zealanders	South Africa	2
17	Robin Peterson	2006–07	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	3
18	Ahmed Amla	2008–09	Sri Lanka A	South Africa	3
19	Alviro Petersen	2008–09	Sri Lanka A	South Africa	5
20	Justin Ontong	2009–10	England XI	South Africa	1
21	Stephen Cook	2015–16	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2
22	Zubayr Hamza	2021	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1

See also

• South African Fezela XI

References

1. Lambley, Garrin (25 April 2023). "South Africa 'A' squad packed with Proteas for Sri Lanka tour". The South African. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

External links

• South Africa A at CricketArchive