South Africa A cricket team explained

South Africa A
Captain:	Tony de Zorzi
Founded:	1992
First Fc:	England A
First Fc Year:	January 1994
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		Right-handed			FC, LA
Pieter Malan		Right-handed			FC, LA
Zubayr Hamza		Right-handed			FC
Sarel Erwee		Left-handed			FC, LA
Theunis de Bruyn		Right-handed			FC, LA
Reeza Hendricks		Right-handed			LA
Temba Bavuma		Right-handed			LA	List A Captain
Farhaan Behardien		Right-handed			LA
Janneman Malan		Right-handed			LA
All-rounders
Senuran Muthusamy		Left-handed			FC, LA
Wiaan Mulder		Right-handed			FC
		Right-handed			FC, LA
Marco Jansen		Right-handed			FC, LA
Wicket-keepers
Heinrich Klaasen		Right-handed	Wicket Keeper		FC, LA
		Right-handed	Wicket Keeper		FC, LA
Gihahn Cloete		Left-handed	Wicket Keeper		LA
Spin bowler
Dane Piedt		Right-handed			FC	First-class Captain
George Linde		Left-handed			LA
Bjorn Fortuin		Right-handed			LA
Pace bowlers
Beuran Hendricks		Left-handed			FC, LA
		Left-handed			FC, LA
Lutho Sipamla		Right-handed			FC, LA
Anrich Nortje		Right-handed			FC, LA
Sisanda Magala		Right-handed			LA
Junior Dala		Right-handed			LA

Captains

South Africa A cricket captains
Number	Name	Year	Opposition	Location	Matches
1	Jimmy Cook	1993 - 94			1
2	Mark Rushmere	1994 - 95	Various		6
3	Dale Benkenstein	1995 - 96			1
		1997 - 98			6
		1998			7
		1999 - 2000			5
		2000	Various		8
		2001 - 02			1
		2002 - 03			1
4	John Commins	1995 - 96			1
		1996	Various		10
		1996 - 97			1
5	Gerhardus Liebenberg	1995 - 96			1
6	Nic Pothas	1998 - 99			1
7	Gerald Dros	2000			1
		2001 - 02			2
		2002 - 03			5
8	Hylton Ackerman	2001 - 02			1
		2001 - 02			1
		2001 - 02			2
9	Daryll Cullinan	2001 - 02			1
		2002 - 03			1
10	Neil McKenzie	2002 - 03			6
		2002 - 03			1
		2002 - 03			1
		2002 - 03	The Rest		5
		2003 - 04			1
		2007 - 08			1
11	Gary Kirsten	2002 - 03			1
12	Graeme Smith	2002 - 03			3
13	Nicky Boje	2002 - 03			5
14	Ashwell Prince	2003 - 04			5
		2004			5
		2004 - 05			6
		2004 - 05			1
15	Boeta Dippenaar	2004 - 05			1
		2006 - 07	Zimbabwe Select XI		2
		2007 - 08			3
		2007 - 08			1
16	Jacques Rudolph	2005 - 06	Various		4
		2005 - 06	Triangular A Team Tournament		5
		2005 - 06			2
17	Robin Peterson	2006 - 07			3
18	Ahmed Amla	2008 - 09			3
19	Alviro Petersen	2008 - 09			5
20	Justin Ontong	2009 - 10			1
21	Stephen Cook	2015 - 16			2
22	Zubayr Hamza	2021	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1

See also

• South African Fezela XI

External links

• South Africa A at CricketArchive

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lambley . Garrin . 2023-04-25 . South Africa 'A' squad packed with Proteas for Sri Lanka tour . 2023-04-26 . The South African . en-ZA.