List of South Africa Test cricketers explained

This is a list of South African Test cricketers. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test Cap.

International Test teams wear their cap number on their uniform under the national crest. For South African players, current cap numbers worn on their uniform start from their readmission to Test cricket in 1991 following their cricket boycott during the apartheid era.^[1]

The table in post readmission includes sequential cap numbers from South Africa's first Test played in 1889, as well as cap numbers worn on uniforms' since South Africa's readmission.

Statistics are correct as of 17 August 2024.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Players from 1889 to 1970

This table includes Players that made their debut from South Africa's first Test Match in 1889 to 1970.

Note: Players during this period were awarded their test caps in alphabetical order if more than one player debuted in the same match.

‡ Captain† Wicketkeeper

South African Test cricketers					Batting					Bowling						Fielding
Cap	Name	First Test	Last Test	Mat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Balls	Mdn	Runs	Wkt	Best	Avg	Ca	St
1	Owen Dunell ‡	1889	1889	2	4	1	42	26*	14.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
2	Charlie Finlason	1889	1889	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	12	0	7	0	-	-	0	-
3	Philip Hutchinson	1889	1889	2	4	0	14	11	3.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
4	Gus Kempis	1889	1889	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	168	17	76	4	3/53	19.00	0	-
5	William Milton ‡	1889	1892	3	6	0	68	21	11.33	79	5	48	2	1/5	24.00	1	-
6	Arthur Edward Ochse	1889	1889	2	4	0	16	8	4.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
7	Albert Rose-Innes	1889	1889	2	4	0	14	13	3.50	128	8	89	5	5/43	17.80	2	-
8	Fred Smith †	1889	1896	3	6	1	45	12	9.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
9	Robert Stewart	1889	1889	1	2	0	13	9	6.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
10	Bernard Tancred	1889	1889	2	4	1	87	29	29.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
11	Charles Vintcent	1889	1892	3	6	0	26	9	4.33	369	23	193	4	3/88	48.25	1	-
12	Gobo Ashley	1889	1889	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	173	18	95	7	7/95	13.57	0	-
13	William Richards	1889	1889	1	2	0	4	4	2.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
14	Nicolaas Theunissen	1889	1889	1	2	1	2	2*	2.00	80	5	51	0	-	-	0	-
15	Godfrey Cripps	1892	1892	1	2	0	21	18	10.50	15	0	23	0	-	-	0	-
16	Flooi du Toit	1892	1892	1	2	2	2	2*	-	85	5	47	1	1/47	47.00	1	-
17	Charles Fichardt	1892	1896	2	4	0	15	10	3.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
18	Ernest Halliwell ‡†	1892	1902	8	15	0	188	57	12.53	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	2
19	Frank Hearne	1892	1896	4	8	0	121	30	15.13	62	0	40	2	2/40	20.00	3	-
20	Charles Mills	1892	1892	1	2	0	25	21	12.50	140	7	83	2	2/83	41.50	2	-
21	Dante Parkin	1892	1892	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	130	4	82	3	3/82	27.33	1	-
22	Thomas Routledge	1892	1896	4	8	0	72	24	9.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
23	Clarence Wimble	1892	1892	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
24	Frederick Cook	1896	1896	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
25	Robert Gleeson	1896	1896	1	2	1	4	3	4.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
26	Charles Hime	1896	1896	1	2	0	8	8	4.00	55	4	31	1	1/20	31.00	0	-
27	James Middleton	1896	1902	6	12	5	52	22	7.43	1,064	61	442	24	5/51	18.42	1	-
28	Robert Poore	1896	1896	3	6	0	76	20	12.67	9	0	4	1	1/4	4.00	3	-
29	Jimmy Sinclair	1896	1911	25	47	1	1,069	106	23.24	3,598	110	1,996	63	6/26	31.68	9	-
30	Joseph Willoughby	1896	1896	2	4	0	8	5	2.00	275	12	159	6	2/37	26.50	0	-
31	William Frank	1896	1896	1	2	0	7	5	3.50	58	3	52	1	1/52	52.00	0	-
32	Clement Johnson	1896	1896	1	2	0	10	7	5.00	140	12	57	0	-	-	1	-
33	Charlie Llewellyn	1896	1912	15	28	1	544	90	20.15	2,292	55	1,421	48	6/92	29.60	7	-
34	George Rowe	1896	1902	5	9	3	26	13*	4.33	998	50	456	15	5/115	30.40	4	-
35	George Shepstone	1896	1899	2	4	0	38	21	9.50	115	9	47	0	-	-	2	-
36	George Glover	1896	1896	1	2	1	21	18*	21.00	65	4	28	1	1/28	28.00	0	-
37	Alfred Richards ‡	1896	1896	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
38	Arthur Seccull	1896	1896	1	2	1	23	17*	23.00	60	2	37	2	2/37	18.50	1	-
39	Murray Bisset ‡†	1899	1910	3	6	2	103	35	25.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
40	Robert Dower	1899	1899	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
41	Howard Francis	1899	1899	2	4	0	39	29	9.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
42	Robert Graham	1899	1899	2	4	0	6	4	1.50	240	13	127	3	2/22	42.33	2	-
43	William Solomon	1899	1899	1	2	0	4	2	2.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
44	Vincent Tancred	1899	1899	1	2	0	25	18	12.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
45	Frederick Kuys	1899	1899	1	2	0	26	26	13.00	60	4	31	2	2/31	15.50	0	-
46	Albert Powell	1899	1899	1	2	0	16	11	8.00	20	1	10	1	1/10	10.00	2	-
47	Charles Prince	1899	1899	1	2	0	6	5	3.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
48	William Shalders	1899	1907	12	23	1	355	42	16.14	48	3	6	1	1/6	6.00	3	-
49	Maitland Hathorn	1902	1911	12	20	1	325	102	17.11	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
50	Dave Nourse	1902	1924	45	83	8	2,234	111	29.79	3,234	120	1,553	41	4/25	37.88	43	-
51	Charlie Smith	1902	1902	3	6	1	106	45	21.20	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
52	Henry Taberer ‡	1902	1902	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	60	2	48	1	1/25	48.00	0	-
53	Louis Tancred ‡	1902	1913	14	26	1	530	97	21.20	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
54	George Thornton	1902	1902	1	1	1	1	1*	-	24	0	20	1	1/20	20.00	1	-
55	Biddy Anderson ‡	1902	1902	1	2	0	43	32	21.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
56	Johannes Kotze	1902	1907	3	5	0	2	2	0.40	413	8	243	6	3/64	40.50	3	-
57	Percy Twentyman-Jones	1902	1902	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
58	Aubrey Faulkner	1906	1924	25	47	4	1,754	204	40.79	4,227	124	2,180	82	7/84	26.59	20	-
59	Reggie Schwarz	1906	1912	20	35	8	374	61	13.85	2,639	66	1,417	55	6/47	25.76	18	-
60	Percy Sherwell ‡†	1906	1911	13	22	4	427	115	23.72	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	16
61	Tip Snooke ‡	1906	1923	26	46	1	1,008	103	22.40	1,620	62	702	35	8/70	20.06	24	-
62	Bert Vogler	1906	1911	15	26	6	340	65	17.00	2,764	96	1,455	64	7/94	22.73	20	-
63	Gordon White	1906	1912	17	31	2	872	147	30.07	498	14	301	9	4/47	33.44	10	-
64	Stanley Snooke	1907	1907	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
65	Tom Campbell †	1910	1912	5	9	3	90	48	15.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1
66	Mick Commaille	1910	1928	12	22	1	355	47	16.90	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
67	Louis Stricker	1910	1912	13	24	0	342	48	14.25	174	3	105	1	1/36	105.00	3	-
68	Billy Zulch	1910	1921	16	32	2	985	150	32.83	24	0	28	0	-	-	4	-
69	Claude Floquet	1910	1910	1	2	1	12	11*	12.00	48	2	24	0	-	-	0	-
70	Sid Pegler	1910	1924	16	28	5	356	35*	15.48	2,989	84	1,572	47	7/65	33.45	5	-
71	Norman Norton	1910	1910	1	2	0	9	7	4.50	90	4	47	4	4/47	11.75	0	-
72	Sivert Samuelson	1910	1910	1	2	0	22	15	11.00	108	2	64	0	-	-	1	-
73	Ormerod Pearse	1910	1911	3	6	0	55	31	9.17	144	0	106	3	3/56	35.33	1	-
74	Rolland Beaumont	1912	1914	5	9	0	70	31	7.78	6	1	0	0	-	-	2	-
75	Gerald Hartigan	1912	1914	5	10	0	114	51	11.40	252	7	141	1	1/72	141.00	0	-
76	Frank Mitchell ‡	1912	1912	3	6	0	28	12	4.67	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
77	Herbie Taylor ‡	1912	1932	42	76	4	2,936	176	40.78	342	18	156	5	3/15	31.20	19	-
78	Tommy Ward †	1912	1924	23	42	9	459	64	13.91	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	13
79	Claude Carter	1912	1924	10	15	5	181	45	18.10	1,475	47	694	28	6/50	24.79	2	-
80	Harold Baumgartner	1913	1913	1	2	0	19	16	9.50	166	3	99	2	2/99	49.50	1	-
81	Jimmy Blanckenberg	1913	1924	18	30	7	455	59	19.78	3,888	132	1,817	60	6/76	30.28	9	-
82	Alfred Cooper	1913	1913	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
83	Joseph Cox	1913	1914	3	6	1	17	12*	3.40	576	24	245	4	2/74	61.25	1	-
84	Philip Hands	1913	1924	7	12	0	300	83	25.00	37	0	18	0	-	-	3	-
85	Plum Lewis	1913	1913	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
86	George Tapscott	1913	1913	1	2	0	5	4	2.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
87	Claude Newberry	1913	1914	4	8	0	62	16	7.75	558	15	268	11	4/72	24.36	3	-
88	Cecil Dixon	1914	1914	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	240	6	118	3	2/62	39.33	1	-
89	Len Tuckett	1914	1914	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	120	4	69	0	-	-	2	-
90	Horace Chapman	1914	1921	2	4	1	39	17	13.00	126	1	104	1	1/51	104.00	1	-
91	Fred le Roux	1914	1914	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	54	3	24	0	-	-	0	-
92	Dan Taylor	1914	1914	2	4	0	85	36	21.25	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
93	Reginald Hands	1914	1914	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
94	Bill Lundie	1914	1914	1	2	1	1	1	1.00	286	9	107	4	4/101	26.75	0	-
95	Charlie Frank	1921	1921	3	6	0	236	152	39.33	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
96	William Ling	1921	1923	6	10	0	168	38	16.80	18	0	20	0	-	-	1	-
97	Eric Marx	1921	1921	3	6	0	125	36	20.83	228	1	144	4	3/85	36.00	0	-
98	Buster Nupen ‡	1921	1936	17	31	7	348	69	14.50	4,159	133	1,788	50	6/46	35.76	9	-
99	Neville Lindsay	1921	1921	1	2	0	35	29	17.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
100	Norman Reid	1921	1921	1	2	0	17	11	8.50	126	3	63	2	2/63	31.50	0	-
101	William Brann	1922	1923	3	5	0	71	50	14.20	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
102	Izak Buys	1922	1922	1	2	1	4	4*	4.00	144	4	52	0	-	-	0	-
103	Bob Catterall	1922	1931	24	43	2	1,555	120	37.93	342	7	162	7	3/15	23.14	12	-
104	Cyril Francois	1922	1923	5	9	1	252	72	31.50	684	36	225	6	3/23	37.50	5	-
105	George Hearne	1922	1924	3	5	0	59	28	11.80	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
106	Alfred Hall	1923	1931	7	8	2	11	5	1.83	2,361	107	886	40	7/63	22.15	4	-
107	Doug Meintjes	1923	1923	2	3	0	43	21	14.33	246	7	115	6	3/38	19.17	3	-
108	Lionel Tapscott	1923	1923	2	3	1	58	50*	29.00	12	1	2	0	-	-	0	-
109	Dalton Conyngham	1923	1923	1	2	2	6	3*	-	366	22	103	2	1/40	51.50	1	-
110	Nummy Deane ‡	1924	1931	17	27	2	628	93	25.12	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
111	George Parker	1924	1924	2	4	2	3	2*	1.50	366	2	273	8	6/152	34.13	0	-
112	Manfred Susskind	1924	1924	5	8	0	268	65	33.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
113	Jock Cameron ‡†	1927	1935	26	45	4	1,239	90	30.22	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	12
114	Shunter Coen	1927	1928	2	4	2	101	41*	50.50	12	0	7	0	-	-	1	-
115	Jacobus Duminy	1927	1929	3	6	0	30	12	5.00	60	0	39	1	1/17	39.00	2	-
116	Denys Morkel	1927	1932	16	28	1	663	88	24.56	1,704	55	821	18	4/93	45.61	13	-
117	Henry Promnitz	1927	1928	2	4	0	14	5	3.50	528	30	161	8	5/58	20.13	2	-
118	Cyril Vincent	1927	1935	25	38	12	526	60	20.23	5,851	194	2,631	84	6/51	31.32	27	-
119	George Bissett	1928	1928	4	4	2	38	23	19.00	989	28	469	25	7/29	18.76	0	-
120	Archibald Palm	1928	1928	1	2	0	15	13	7.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
121	John Nicolson	1928	1928	3	5	0	179	78	35.80	24	0	17	0	-	-	0	-
122	Arthur Lennox Ochse	1928	1929	3	4	1	11	4*	3.67	649	10	362	10	4/79	36.20	1	-
123	Jack Siedle	1928	1936	18	34	0	977	141	28.74	19	1	7	1	1/7	7.00	7	-
124	Jim Christy	1929	1932	10	18	0	618	103	34.33	138	4	92	2	1/15	46.00	3	-
125	Bruce Mitchell	1929	1949	42	80	9	3,471	189*	48.89	2,519	26	1,380	27	5/87	51.11	56	-
126	Tuppy Owen-Smith	1929	1929	5	8	2	252	129	42.00	156	0	113	0	-	-	4	-
127	Neville Quinn	1929	1932	12	18	3	90	28	6.00	2,922	103	1,145	35	6/92	32.71	1	-
128	Sandy Bell	1929	1935	16	23	12	69	26*	6.27	3,342	89	1,567	48	6/99	32.65	6	-
129	Eric Dalton	1929	1939	15	24	2	698	117	31.73	864	7	490	12	4/59	40.83	5	-
130	Quintin McMillan	1929	1932	13	21	4	306	50*	18.00	2,021	38	1,243	36	5/66	34.53	8	-
131	Edward van der Merwe †	1929	1936	2	4	1	27	19	9.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
132	Xen Balaskas	1930	1939	9	13	1	174	122*	14.50	1,572	28	806	22	5/49	36.64	5	-
133	Syd Curnow	1930	1932	7	14	0	168	47	12.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
134	Bob Newson	1930	1939	3	5	1	30	16	7.50	874	15	265	4	2/58	66.25	3	-
135	Ken Viljoen	1930	1949	27	50	2	1,365	124	28.44	48	1	23	0	-	-	5	-
136	John Cochran	1931	1931	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	138	5	47	0	-	-	0	-
137	Lennox Brown	1931	1932	2	3	0	17	8	5.67	318	7	189	3	1/30	63.00	0	-
138	Bob Crisp	1935	1936	9	13	1	123	35	10.25	1,428	30	747	20	5/99	37.35	3	-
139	Arthur Langton	1935	1939	15	23	4	298	73*	15.68	4,199	104	1,827	40	5/58	45.68	8	-
140	Dudley Nourse ‡	1935	1951	34	62	7	2,960	231	53.82	20	1	9	0	-	-	12	-
141	Eric Rowan	1935	1951	26	50	5	1,965	236	43.67	19	1	7	0	-	-	14	-
142	Denis Tomlinson	1935	1935	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	60	0	38	0	-	-	0	-
143	Herby Wade ‡	1935	1936	10	18	2	327	40*	20.44	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-
144	Frank Nicholson †	1935	1936	4	8	1	76	29	10.86	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
145	Jack Robertson	1935	1936	3	6	1	51	17	10.20	738	26	321	6	3/143	53.50	2	-
146	Ernest Bock	1935	1935	1	2	2	11	9*	-	138	2	91	0	-	-	0	-
147	Dooley Briscoe	1935	1939	2	3	0	33	16	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
148	Eric Davies	1936	1939	5	8	3	9	3	1.80	768	7	481	7	4/75	68.71	0	-
149	Robert Harvey	1936	1936	2	4	0	51	28	12.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-
150	Gerald Bond	1938	1938	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	16	0	16	0	-	-	0	-
151	Norman Gordon	1938	1939	5	6	2	8	7*	2.00	1,966	28	807	20	5/103	40.35	1	-
152	Alan Melville ‡	1938	1949	11	19	2	894	189	52.59	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
153	Pieter van der Bijl	1938	1939	5	9	0	460	125	51.11	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
154	Billy Wade †	1938	1950	11	19	1	511	125	28.39	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	2
155	Ronnie Grieveson †	1939	1939	2	2	0	114	75	57.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3
156	Ossie Dawson	1947	1949	9	15	1	293	55	20.93	1,294	41	578	10	2/57	57.80	10	-
157	[Tony Harris (sportsman)|[[Tony Harris (sportsman)|Tony Harris]]||1947|1949||3||5||1||100||60||25.00||-||-||-||-||-||-||1||-|-||158||Johnny Lindsay †||1947|1947||3||5||2||21||9*||7.00||-||-||-||-||-||-||4||1|-||159||Tufty Mann||1947|1951||19||31||1||400||52||13.33||5,796||260||1,920||58||6/59||33.10||3||-|-||160||Athol Rowan||1947|1951||15||23||6||290||41||17.06||5,193||136||2,084||54||5/68||38.59||7||-|-||161||Ian Smith||1947|1957||9||16||6||39||11*||3.90||1,655||55||769||12||4/143||64.08||3||-|-||162||Lindsay Tuckett||1947|1949||9||14||3||131||40*||11.91||2,104||47||980||19||5/68||51.58||9||-|-||163||Dennis Dyer||1947|1947||3||6||0||96||62||16.00||-||-||-||-||-||-||0||-|-||164||Jack Plimsoll||1947|1947||1||2||1||16||8*||16.00||237||9||143||3||3/128||47.67||0||-|-||165||George Fullerton †||1947|1951||7||13||0||325||88||25.00||-||-||-||-||-||-||10||2|-||166||Denis Begbie||1948|1950||5||7||0||138||48||19.71||160||0||130||1||1/38||130.00||2||-|-||167||Cuan McCarthy||1948|1951||15||24||15||28||5||3.11||3,499||64||1,510||36||6/43||41.94||6||-|-||168||Owen Wynne||1948|1950||6||12||0||219||50||18.25||-||-||-||-||-||-||3||-|-||169||Martin Hanley||1949|1949||1||1||0||0||0||0.00||232||7||88||1||1/57||88.00||0||-|-||170||Fish Markham||1949|1949||1||1||0||20||20||20.00||104||1||72||1||1/34||72.00||0||-|-||171||Jack Cheetham||1949|1955||24||43||6||883||89||23.86||6||0||2||0||-||-||13||-|-||172||Jack Nel||1949|1957||6||11||0||150||38||13.64||-||-||-||-||-||-||1||-|-||173||Hugh Tayfield||1949|1960||37||60||9||862||75||16.90||13,568||602||4,405||170||9/113||25.91||26||-|-||174||John Watkins||1949|1957||15||27||1||612||92||23.54||2,805||134||816||29||4/22||28.14||12||-|-||175||Ronald Draper||1950|1950||2||3||0||25||15||8.33||-||-||-||-||-||-||0||-|-||176||Michael Melle||1950|1953||7||12||4||68||17||8.50||1,667||20||851||26||6/71||32.73||4||-|-||177||Paul Winslow||1950|1955||5||9||0||186||108||20.67||-||-||-||-||-||-||1||-|-||178||Geoff Chubb||1951|1951||5||9||3||63||15*||10.50||1,425||63||577||21||6/51||27.48||0||-|-||179||Jackie McGlew ‡||1951|1962||34||64||6||2,440||255*||42.07||32||0||23||0||-||-||18||-|-||180||Clive van Ryneveld ‡||1951|1958||19||33||6||724||83||26.81||1,554||27||671||17||4/67||39.47||14||-|-||181||John Waite†||1951|1965||50||86||7||2,405||134||30.44||-||-||-||-||-||-||124||17|-||182||Roy McLean||1951|1964||40||73||3||2,120||142||30.29||4||0||1||0||-||-||23||-|-||183||Percy Mansell||1951|1955||13||22||2||355||90||17.75||1,506||31||736||11||3/58||66.91||15||-|-||184||Russell Endean †||1951|1958||28||52||4||1,630||162*||33.96||-||-||-||-||-||-||41||0|-||185||Ken Funston||1952|1958||18||33||1||824||92||25.75||-||-||-||-||-||-||7||-|-||186||Anton Murray||1952|1954||10||14||1||289||109||22.23||2,374||111||710||18||4/169||39.44||3||-|-||187||Eddie Fuller||1953|1958||7||9||1||64||17||8.00||1,898||61||668||22||5/66||30.36||3||-|-||188||Headley Keith||1953|1957||8||16||1||318||73||21.20||108||2||63||0||-||-||9||-|-||189||Neil Adcock||1953|1962||26||39||12||146||24||5.41||6,391||218||2,195||104||6/43||21.11||4||-|-||190||David Ironside||1953|1954||3||4||2||37||13||18.50||986||41||275||15||5/51||18.33||1||-|-||191||Dick Westcott||1954|1958||5||9||0||166||62||18.44||32||0||22||0||-||-||0||-|-||192||Trevor Goddard ‡||1955|1970||41||78||5||2,516||112||34.47||11,736||706||3,226||123||6/53||26.23||48||-|-||193||Peter Heine||1955|1962||14||24||3||209||31||9.95||3,890||106||1455||58||6/58||25.09||8||-|-||194||Scotch Taylor||1956|1956||1||2||0||18||12||9.00||-||-||-||-||-||-||0||-|-||195||Tony Pithey||1957|1965||17||27||1||819||154||31.50||12||0||5||0||-||-||3||-|-||196||Chris Duckworth||1957|1957||2||4||0||28||13||7.00||-||-||-||-||-||-||3||-|-||197||Christopher Burger||1958|1958||2||4||1||62||37*||20.67||-||-||-||-||-||-||1||-|-||198||Peter Carlstein||1958|1964||8||14||1||190||42||14.62||-||-||-||-||-||-||3||-|-||199||Jonathan Fellows-Smith||1960|1960||4||8||2||166||35||27.67||114||1||61||0||-||-||2||-|-||200||Geoff Griffin||1960|1960||2||4||0||25||14||6.25||432||14||192||8||4/87||24.00||0||-|-||201||Sid O'Linn||1960|1961||7||12||1||297||98||27.00||-||-||-||-||-||-||4||-|-||202||Colin Wesley||1960|1960||3||5||0||49||35||9.80||-||-||-||-||-||-||1||-|-||203||Jim Pothecary||1960|1960||3||4||0||26||12||6.50||828||32||354||9||4/58||39.33||2||-|-||204||Atholl McKinnon||1960|1967||8||13||7||107||27||17.83||2,546||153||925||26||4/128||35.58||1||-|-||205||Eddie Barlow||1961|1970||30||57||2||2,516||201||45.75||3,021||115||1,362||40||5/85||34.05||35||-|-||206||Colin Bland||1961|1966||21||39||5||1,669||144*||49.09||394||18||125||2||2/16||62.50||10||-|-||207||Harry Bromfield||1961|1965||9||12||7||59||21||11.80||1,810||101||599||17||5/88||35.24||13||-|-||208||Kim Elgie||1961|1962||3||6||0||75||56||12.50||66||2||46||0||-||-||4||-|-||209||Godfrey Lawrence||1961|1962||5||8||0||141||43||17.63||1,334||62||512||28||8/53||18.29||2||-|-||210||Peter Pollock||1961|1970||28||41||13||607||75*||21.68||6,522||270||2,806||116||6/38||24.19||9||-|-||211||Kenneth Walter||1961|1961||2||3||0||11||10||3.67||495||20||197||6||4/63||32.83||3||-|-||212||Sydney Burke||1962|1965||2||4||1||42||20||14.00||660||37||257||11||6/128||23.36||0||-|-||213||Buster Farrer||1962|1964||6||10||2||221||40||27.63||-||-||-||-||-||-||2||-|-||214||Tiger Lance||1962|1970||13||22||1||591||70||28.14||948||38||479||12||3/30||39.92||7||-|-||215||Denis Lindsay †||1963|1970||19||31||1||1,130||182||37.67||-||-||-||-||-||-||57||2|-||216||Joe Partridge||1963|1965||11||12||5||73||13*||10.43||3,684||136||1,373||44||7/91||31.20||6||-|-||217||David Pithey||1963|1967||8||12||1||138||55||12.55||1,424||67||577||12||6/58||48.08||6||-|-||218||Graeme Pollock||1963|1970||23||41||4||2,256||274||60.97||414||17||204||4||2/50||51.00||17||-|-||219||Kelly Seymour||1963|1970||7||10||3||84||36||12.00||1,458||36||588||9||3/80||65.33||2||-|-||220||Peter van der Merwe ‡||1963|1967||15||23||2||533||76||25.38||79||7||22||1||1/6||22.00||11||-|-||221||Clive Halse||1964|1964||3||3||3||30||19*||-||587||7||260||6||3/50||43.33||1||-|-||222||Derek Varnals||1964|1965||3||6||0||97||23||16.17||12||1||2||0||-||-||0||-|-||223||Glen Hall||1965|1965||1||1||0||0||0||0.00||186||7||94||1||1/94||94.00||0||-|-||224||Mike Macaulay||1965|1965||1||2||0||33||21||16.50||276||17||73||2||1/10||36.50||0||-|-||225||Ali Bacher ‡||1965|1970||12||22||1||679||73||32.33||-||-||-||-||-||-||10||-|-||226||Jackie Botten||1965|1965||3||6||0||65||33||10.83||828||37||337||8||2/56||42.13||1||-|-||227||Richard Dumbrill||1965|1967||5||10||0||153||36||15.30||816||40||336||9||4/30||37.33||3||-|-||228||Mike Procter||1967|1970||7||10||1||226||48||25.11||1,514||80||616||41||6/73||15.02||4||-|-||229||Pat Trimborn||1967|1970||4||4||2||13||11*||6.50||747||31||257||11||3/12||23.36||7||-|-||230||Jackie du Preez||1967|1967||2||2||0||0||0||0.00||144||12||51||3||2/22||17.00||2||-|-||231||Grahame Chevalier||1970|1970||1||2||1||0||0*||0.00||253||11||100||5||3/68||20.00||1||-|-||232||Dennis Gamsy †||1970|1970||2||3||1||39||30*||19.50||-||-||-||-||-||-||5||0|-||233||Lee Irvine||1970|1970||4||7||0||353||102||50.43||-||-||-||-||-||-||2||-|-||234||Barry Richards||1970|1970||4||7||0||508||140||72.57||72||3||26||1||1/12||26.00||3||-|-||235||John Traicos||1970|1970||3||4||2||8||5*||4.00||470||24||207||4||2/70||51.75||4||-|} Players Since Readmission - 1991 to Present South Africa did not Play International Test Cricket from 1970 to 1991 due to International Isolation. The Table below lists all the Players that have made their debut for South Africa since readmission to Test Cricket in 1991. This Table includes the sequential cap numbers and cap numbers since readmission. Note: Players awarded their test cap post readmission is not based on alphabetical order if more than one player debuted in the same match. ‡ Captain† Wicketkeeper South African Test cricketers Batting Bowling Fielding Cap Post- 1991 Cap Name First Test Last Test Mat Inn NO Runs HS Avg Balls Mdn Runs Wkt Best Avg Ca St 236 11 Tertius Bosch 1992 1992 1 2 2 5 5* - 237 9 104 3 2/61 34.67 0 - 237 5 Hansie Cronje ‡ 1992 2000 68 111 9 3,714 135 36.41 3,800 243 1,288 43 3/14 29.95 33 - 238 10 Allan Donald 1992 2002 72 94 33 652 37 10.69 15,519 661 7,344 330 8/71 22.25 18 - 239 3 Andrew Hudson 1992 1998 35 63 3 2,007 163 33.45 - - - - - - 36 - 240 4 Peter Kirsten 1992 1994 12 22 2 626 104 31.30 54 1 30 0 - - 8 - 241 6 Adrian Kuiper 1992 1992 1 2 0 34 34 17.00 - - - - - - 1 - 242 9 Meyrick Pringle 1992 1995 4 6 2 67 33 16.75 652 21 270 5 2/62 54.00 0 - 243 7 Dave Richardson † 1992 1998 42 64 8 1,359 109 24.27 - - - - - - 150 2 244 2 Mark Rushmere 1992 1992 1 2 0 6 3 3.00 - - - - - - 0 - 245 8 Richard Snell 1992 1994 5 8 1 95 48 13.57 1,025 42 538 19 4/74 28.32 1 - 246 1 Kepler Wessels ‡ 1992 1994 16 29 2 1,027 118 38.03 - - - - - - 12 - 247 12 Jimmy Cook 1992 1993 3 6 0 107 43 17.83 - - - - - - 0 - 248 13 Omar Henry 1992 1993 3 3 0 53 34 17.67 427 14 189 3 2/56 63.00 2 - 249 14 Brian McMillan 1992 1998 38 62 12 1,968 113 39.36 6,048 255 2,537 75 4/65 33.83 49 - 250 15 Jonty Rhodes 1992 2000 52 80 9 2,532 117 35.66 12 1 5 0 - - 34 - 251 16 Brett Schultz 1992 1997 9 8 2 9 6 1.50 1,733 82 749 37 5/48 20.24 2 - 252 17 Craig Matthews 1992 1995 18 25 6 348 62* 18.32 3,980 231 1,502 52 5/42 28.88 4 - 253 18 Daryll Cullinan 1993 2001 70 115 12 4,554 275* 44.21 120 3 71 2 1/10 35.50 67 - 254 19 Clive Eksteen 1993 2000 7 11 2 91 22 10.11 1,536 97 494 8 3/12 61.75 5 - 255 20 Pat Symcox 1993 1998 20 27 1 741 108 28.50 3,561 135 1,603 37 4/69 43.32 5 - 256 22 Fanie de Villiers 1993 1998 18 26 7 359 67* 18.89 4,805 221 2,063 85 6/23 24.27 11 - 257 21 Gary Kirsten ‡ 1993 2004 101 176 15 7,289 275 45.27 349 19 142 2 1/0 71.00 83 - 258 23 John Commins 1994 1995 3 6 1 125 45 25.00 - - - - - - 2 - 259 24 Steven Jack 1994 1995 2 2 0 7 7 3.50 462 24 196 8 4/69 24.50 1 - 260 25 Rudi Steyn 1995 1995 3 6 0 127 46 21.17 - - - - - - 0 - 261 26 Shaun Pollock ‡ 1995 2006 108 156 39 3,781 111 32.31 24,353 1,222 9,733 421 7/87 23.11 72 - 262 27 Jacques Kallis ‡ 1995 2013 165 278 39 13,206 224 55.25 20,172 846 9,535 291 6/54 32.63 196 - 263 28 Paul Adams 1995 2004 45 55 15 360 35 9.00 8,850 339 4,405 134 7/128 32.87 29 - 264 29 Herschelle Gibbs 1996 2008 90 154 7 6,167 228 41.95 6 0 4 0 - - 94 - 265 30 Lance Klusener 1996 2004 49 69 11 1,906 174 32.86 6,887 318 3,033 80 8/64 37.91 34 - 266 31 Adam Bacher 1996 1999 19 33 1 833 96 26.03 6 0 4 0 - - 11 - 267 32 Mark Boucher ‡† 1997 2012 146 204 24 5,498 125 30.54 8 0 6 1 1/6 6.00 532 23 268 33 HD Ackerman 1998 1998 4 8 0 161 57 20.13 - - - - - - 1 - 269 34 Makhaya Ntini 1998 2009 101 116 45 699 32* 9.84 20,834 759 11,242 390 7/37 28.82 25 - 270 35 Gerhardus Liebenberg 1998 1998 5 8 0 104 45 13.00 - - - - - - 1 - 271 36 Steve Elworthy 1998 2002 4 5 1 72 48 18.00 867 35 444 13 4/66 34.15 1 - 272 37 David Terbrugge 1998 2004 7 8 5 16 4* 5.33 1,012 44 517 20 5/46 25.85 4 - 273 38 Boeta Dippenaar 1999 2006 38 62 5 1,718 177* 30.14 12 1 1 0 - - 27 - 274 39 Nantie Hayward 1999 2004 16 17 8 66 14 7.33 2,821 90 1,609 54 5/56 29.80 4 - 275 40 Pieter Strydom 2000 2000 2 3 0 35 30 11.67 36 0 27 0 - - 1 - 276 41 Nicky Boje 2000 2006 43 62 10 1,312 85 25.23 8,620 293 4,265 100 5/62 42.65 18 - 277 42 Neil McKenzie 2000 2009 41 65 4 2,028 120 33.25 72 0 63 0 - - 37 - 278 43 Mfuneko Ngam 2000 2001 3 1 1 0 0* - 392 15 189 11 3/26 17.18 1 - 279 44 Justin Kemp 2001 2005 4 6 0 80 55 13.33 479 20 222 9 3/33 24.67 3 - 280 45 Claude Henderson 2001 2002 7 7 0 65 30 9.29 1,962 79 928 22 4/116 42.18 2 - 281 46 André Nel 2001 2006 36 42 8 337 34 9.91 7,630 280 3,919 123 6/32 31.86 16 - 282 47 Justin Ontong 2002 2004 2 4 1 57 32 19.00 185 2 133 1 1/79 133.00 1 - 283 48 Ashwell Prince ‡ 2002 2011 23 36 3 1,254 139* 38.00 78 1 31 1 1/2 31.00 9 - 284 50 Andrew Hall 2002 2006 19 30 4 735 163 28.26 2,838 91 1,511 39 3/1 38.74 15 - 285 51 Dewald Pretorius 2002 2003 4 4 1 22 9 7.33 570 18 430 6 4/115 71.67 0 - 286 49 Graeme Smith ‡ 2002 2014 116 203 13 9,253 277 48.70 1,418 28 885 8 2/145 110.62 166 - 287 52 Martin van Jaarsveld 2002 2004 9 15 2 397 73 30.54 42 0 28 0 - - 11 - 288 54 Alan Dawson 2003 2003 2 1 0 10 10 10.00 252 14 117 5 2/20 23.40 0 - 289 53 Jacques Rudolph 2003 2012 48 83 9 2,622 222* 35.43 664 13 432 4 1/1 108.00 29 - 290 55 Charl Willoughby 2003 2003 2 - - 0 - - 300 18 125 1 1/47 125.00 0 - 291 56 Robin Peterson 2003 2014 15 20 3 464 84 27.29 2,515 85 1,461 38 5/33 37.26 9 - 292 57 Monde Zondeki 2003 2005 5 4 0 82 59 20.50 692 21 438 16 6/39 27.38 1 - 293 58 Zander de Bruyn 2004 2004 3 5 1 155 83 38.75 216 8 92 3 2/32 30.67 0 - 294 59 Thami Tsolekile † 2004 2004 3 5 0 47 22 9.40 - - - - - - 6 0 295 60 Hashim Amla ‡ 2004 2019 124 215 16 9,282 311* 46.64 54 0 37 0 - - 108 - 296 61 AB de Villiers ‡† 2004 2018 114 191 18 8,765 278* 50.66 204 6 104 2 2/49 52.00 222 5 297 62 Dale Steyn 2004 2019 93 119 27 1,251 76 13.59 18,608 660 10,077 439 7/51 22.95 26 - 298 63 Charl Langeveldt 2005 2006 6 4 2 16 10 8.00 999 27 593 16 5/46 37.06 2 - 299 64 Johan Botha 2006 2010 5 6 2 83 25 20.75 1,017 29 573 17 4/56 33.70 3 - 300 65 Morné Morkel 2006 2018 86 104 23 944 40 11.65 16,498 605 8,550 309 6/23 27.66 25 - 301 66 Paul Harris 2007 2011 37 48 5 460 46 10.69 8,809 336 3,901 103 6/127 37.87 16 - 302 67 JP Duminy 2008 2017 46 74 10 2,103 166 32.85 2,703 48 1,601 42 4/47 38.11 38 – 303 68 Imraan Khan 2009 2009 1 1 0 20 20 20.00 - - - - - - 0 - 304 69 Albie Morkel 2009 2009 1 1 0 58 58 58.00 192 0 132 1 1/44 132.00 0 - 305 70 Friedel de Wet 2009 2010 2 2 0 20 20 10.00 426 19 186 6 4/55 31.00 1 - 306 71 Ryan McLaren 2010 2014 2 2 1 41 33* - 150 4 45 1 1/30 43.00 0 - 307 72 Wayne Parnell 2010 2017 6 4 0 67 23 16.75 556 11 414 15 4/51 27.60 3 - 308 73 Alviro Petersen 2010 2015 36 64 4 2,093 182 34.88 114 1 62 1 1/2 62.00 31 - 309 74 Lonwabo Tsotsobe 2010 2011 5 5 2 19 8* 6.33 870 35 448 9 3/43 49.77 1 - 310 76 Imran Tahir 2011 2015 20 23 9 130 29* 9.28 3925 86 2294 57 5/32 40.24 8 - 311 75 Vernon Philander 2011 2020 64 94 20 1,779 74 24.04 11,391 507 5,000 224 6/21 22.32 17 - 312 77 Marchant de Lange 2011 2012 2 2 0 9 9 4.50 448 10 277 9 7/81 30.77 1 - 313 78 Rory Kleinveldt 2012 2013 4 5 2 27 17* 9.00 667 21 422 10 3/65 42.20 2 - 314 79 Francois du Plessis ‡ 2012 2021 69 118 14 4,163 199 40.02 78 0 69 0 - - 63 - 315 80 Dean Elgar ‡ 2012 2024 86 152 11 5,347 199 37.92 1,036 12 673 15 4/22 44.86 92 - 316 81 Kyle Abbott 2013 2017 11 14 0 95 17 6.78 2,081 95 886 39 7/29 22.71 4 - 317 82 Quinton de Kock ‡† 2014 2021 54 91 6 3,330 129* 38.82 - - - - - - 221 11 318 83 Dane Piedt 2014 2024 11 16 3 182 56 14.00 2,283 56 1,407 36 5/89 39.08 5 - 319 84 Stiaan van Zyl 2014 2016 12 17 2 395 101* 26.33 403 14 148 6 3/20 24.66 6 - 320 85 Temba Bavuma ‡ 2014 2024 59 101 13 3,102 172 35.25 96 1 61 1 1/29 61.00 29 - 321 86 Simon Harmer 2015 2023 10 14 2 221 47 18.41 2,105 68 1,075 39 4/61 27.56 4 - 322 87 Dane Vilas † 2015 2016 6 9 0 94 26 10.44 - - - - - - 13 0 323 88 Kagiso Rabada 2015 2024 64 99 17 932 47 11.36 11,788 394 6,603 299 7/112 22.08 30 - 324 89 Chris Morris 2016 2017 4 7 0 173 69 24.71 623 15 459 12 3/38 38.25 5 - 325 90 Hardus Viljoen 2016 2016 1 2 1 26 20* 26.00 114 2 94 1 1/79 94.00 2 - 326 91 Stephen Cook 2016 2017 11 19 0 632 117 33.26 12 0 16 0 - - 6 - 327 92 Keshav Maharaj 2016 2024 52 83 6 1,135 84 14.74 10,075 320 5,264 171 9/129 30.78 18 - 328 93 Tabraiz Shamsi 2016 2018 2 4 3 20 18* 20.00 483 10 278 6 3/91 46.33 0 - 329 94 Duanne Olivier 2017 2024 16 21 10 66 15* 6.00 2,292 64 1,432 59 6/37 24.27 3 - 330 95 Theunis de Bruyn 2017 2022 13 25 1 468 101 19.50 102 1 74 0 - - 12 - 331 96 Heino Kuhn 2017 2017 4 8 0 113 34 14.12 - - - - - - 1 - 332 97 Aiden Markram 2017 2024 39 71 1 2,510 152 35.85 375 7 198 3 2/27 66.00 41 - 333 98 Andile Phehlukwayo 2017 2018 4 4 2 19 9 9.50 250 9 147 11 3/13 13.36 2 - 334 99 Lungi Ngidi 2018 2024 19 30 10 97 19 4.85 2,452 99 1,273 55 6/39 23.14 7 - 335 100 Zubayr Hamza 2019 2024 8 16 0 307 62 19.18 - - - - - - 7 - 336 101 Wiaan Mulder 2019 2024 14 24 1 401 42 17.43 1,272 55 625 25 4/32 25.00 21 - 337 102 Senuran Muthusamy 2019 2023 3 6 2 105 49* 26.25 273 4 190 2 1/63 95.00 3 - 338 103 Anrich Nortje 2019 2023 19 33 9 187 40 7.79 3,057 81 1,870 70 6/56 26.71 6 - 339 104 Heinrich Klaasen † 2019 2023 4 8 0 104 35 13.00 - - - - - - 10 2 340 105 George Linde 2019 2021 3 6 0 135 37 22.50 473 17 252 9 5/64 28.00 0 - 341 107 Dwaine Pretorius 2019 2020 3 6 0 83 37 13.83 480 17 252 7 2/26 36.00 2 - 342 106 Rassie van der Dussen 2019 2022 18 32 2 905 98 30.16 - - - - - - 23 - 343 108 Pieter Malan 2020 2020 3 6 0 156 84 26.00 12 0 5 0 - - 3 - 344 109 Dane Paterson 2020 2024 4 8 3 66 39* 13.20 833 28 399 9 3/39 44.33 1 - 345 110 Beuran Hendricks 2020 2020 1 2 1 9 5* 9.00 231 5 175 6 5/64 29.16 0 - 346 111 Lutho Sipamla 2020 2022 3 4 1 15 10* 5.00 419 14 245 11 4/76 22.27 2 - 347 112 Keegan Petersen 2021 2024 14 25 0 704 82 28.16 - - - - - - 18 - 348 113 Kyle Verreynne † 2021 2024 18 29 3 719 136* 27.65 - - - - - - 49 3 349 114 Marco Jansen 2021 2024 13 21 4 401 84* 23.58 1,980 59 1,117 49 5/35 22.79 13 - 350 115 Sarel Erwee 2022 2023 10 19 1 479 108 26.61 - - - - - - 8 - 351 116 Glenton Stuurman 2022 2022 2 2 0 11 11 5.50 174 5 124 1 1/124 124.00 0 - 352 117 Ryan Rickelton 2022 2024 5 9 1 184 42 23.00 - - - - - - 2 - 353 118 Lizaad Williams 2022 2022 2 3 0 25 13 8.33 185 5 105 3 3/54 35.00 4 - 354 119 Khaya Zondo 2022 2023 5 7 1 120 39 20.00 - - - - - - 2 - 355 121 Gerald Coetzee 2023 2023 3 5 1 66 20 16.50 366 7 245 10 3/37 24.50 0 - 356 120 Tony de Zorzi 2023 2024 6 11 0 308 85 28.00 - - - - - - 3 - 357 122 David Bedingham 2023 2024 6 10 0 404 110 40.40 - - - - - - 4 - 358 123 Nandre Burger 2023 2024 3 5 1 33 23 8.25 376 14 237 14 4/33 16.92 1 - 359 124 Tristan Stubbs 2024 2024 3 6 0 142 68 23.66 - - - - - - 4 - 360 125 Neil Brand ‡ 2024 2024 2 4 0 66 34 16.50 234 2 171 8 6/119 21.37 3 - 361 127 Ruan de Swardt 2024 2024 2 4 1 99 64 33.00 270 10 121 3 2/61 40.33 3 - 362 130 Clyde Fortuin † 2024 2024 2 4 0 23 11 5.75 - - - - - - 3 2 363 128 Edward Moore 2024 2024 1 2 0 23 23 11.50 - - - - - - 1 - 364 126 Tshepo Moreki 2024 2024 2 4 2 15 6 7.50 398 11 202 2 1/32 101.00 1 - 365 129 Raynard van Tonder 2024 2024 2 4 0 64 32 16.00 - - - - - - 2 - 366 131 Shaun von Berg 2024 2024 1 2 0 40 38 20.00 174 3 100 0 - - 0 - Shirt Number History From the 2019 Ashes Series, an introduction of names and numbers on all Test players' shirts were introduced in an effort to help identify the players.^[5] This forms part of the ICC World Test Championship, a competition between the top nine Test nations played over a two-year period. The Top two teams in the standings after the two-year period plays in the Final, where the winner emerges as the World Test Champion.^[6] !S/N!Current Player!Past Player(s) 4 Aiden Markram 5 David Bedingham 6 - Lizaad Williams 11 Temba Bavuma 12 - Quinton de Kock 13 Wiaan Mulder 14 - Beuran Hendricks 16 Keshav Maharaj 18 - Francois du Plessis 20 Anrich Nortje 22 Lungi Ngidi 24 - Vernon Philander 25 Kagiso Rabada 27 - George Linde 29 - Dwaine Pretorius 33 Tony de Zorzi 39 Zubayr Hamza 40 - Sarel Erwee 41 - Pieter Malan 44 Ryan Rickelton Dane Paterson 45 - Heinrich Klaasen 47 - Simon Harmer 51 - Glenton Stuurman 62 Gerald Coetzee 63 - Dane Piedt 64 - Dean Elgar 65 Lutho Sipamla 67 - Senuran Muthusamy 70 Marco Jansen 71 Nandre Burger 72 Rassie van der Dussen 73 Khaya Zondo 74 Duanne Olivier 88 - Theunis de Bruyn 93 Keegan Petersen 97 Kyle Verreynne See also Test cricket South Africa national cricket team List of South Africa national cricket captains List of South Africa ODI cricketers List of South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers External links Cricinfo Howstat

Notes and References

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