Team Bio

  • Played its first Twenty20 International against New Zealand at Johannesburg in October 2005, losing by five wickets.
  • Hosted ICC WT20 2007, but failed to reach the semi-finals in the competition.
  • In its most recent Twenty20 International series South Africa played Australia at home and away, losing both games in Australia and winning both in South Africa.
  • Its only trophy in an ICC event is the ICC Knockout Trophy 1998 in Bangladesh.
  • Lost to Australia in the semi-final of the ICC CWC 2007.
  • Has a poor record in semi-finals of ICC events, having won only one of the seven in which it has participated.
  • Ranked first in the ICC Reliance Mobile ODI Rankings as at 1 April 2009, winning the prize money of $ 175 000.
  • First staged a domestic Twenty20 competition in 2003/04. The current holders are Cape Cobras who beat Eagles by 22 runs in the 2008/09 final.

Team Records

In:
Win percentage against other teams
Team Played Won Lost Tie No Result Win Percentage
India 22 10 5 0 7 45
Pakistan 16 8 3 0 5 50
Australia 83 18 47 0 18 22
Zimbabwe 7 6 0 0 1 86
England 134 28 55 0 51 21
West Indies 22 14 3 0 5 64
New Zealand 35 20 4 0 11 57
Bangladesh 8 8 0 0 0 100
Sri Lanka 17 8 4 0 5 47

Highest Individual Score
Graeme Smith - 277 runs
Best Bowling
Hugh Tayfield - 9/113
Prolific Batsman
Jacques Kallis. Total: 10194 runs in 130 matches with a batting average of 54.51
Prolific Bowler
Shaun Pollock. Total: 424 wickets in 108 matches with an average economy of 2.39

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