South Africa A cricket team

South Africa A
Personnel
Captain	Tony de Zorzi
Coach	Shukri Conrad
Team information
Gegründet	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	34	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Dolphins	FC, LA
Pieter Malan	35	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Cape Cobras	FC, LA
Zubayr Hamza	29	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Cape Cobras	FC
Sarel Erwee	34	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin	Dolphins	FC, LA
Theunis de Bruyn	31	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Titans	FC, LA
Reeza Hendricks	35	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Lions	LA
Temba Bavuma	34	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Lions	LA	List A Captain
Farhaan Behardien	40	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Titans	LA
Janneman Malan	28	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Cape Cobras	LA
All-rounders
Senuran Muthusamy	30	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Dolphins	FC, LA
Wiaan Mulder	26	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Lions	FC
Shaun von Berg	37	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Knights	FC, LA
Marco Jansen	24	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	31	Left-handed	Wicket Keeper	Warriors	LA
Spin bowler
Dane Piedt	34	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Cape Cobras	FC	First-class Captain
George Linde	32	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Cape Cobras	LA
Bjorn Fortuin	29	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Lions	LA
Pace bowlers
Beuran Hendricks	34	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Lions	FC, LA
Malusi Siboto	37	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Lions	FC, LA
Lutho Sipamla	26	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Warriors	FC, LA
Anrich Nortje	30	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Cape Cobras	FC, LA
Sisanda Magala	33	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Warriors	LA
Junior Dala	34	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Titans	LA

Captains

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