South African national cricket captains

South Africa played its first Test match in cricket in 1889 against England at Port Elizabeth, becoming the third Test nation after England and Australia. This is a list of the men and women who have been the official South African captains in Tests.

South Africa was a founder member of the International Cricket Council in 1909. However, the South African team did not play official Test cricket from 1970 to 1991, having been suspended from membership the ICC as a result of controversy over apartheid (most particularly the reaction to the Basil d'Oliveira affair). There were a number of rebel tours to South Africa in the intervening period, but none of the matches are recognised as official Test matches and they are not include here. South Africa rejoined the ICC, and resumed playing official Test cricket, in 1991.

Men's Cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the South African cricket team for at least one Test match. The table of results is complete to the first Test against New Zealand in 2007. The next Test is scheduled to be played against New Zealand on 16 November 2007. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player deputised for the appointed captain or were appointed by the home authority for a minor proportion in a series. The dagger classification follows that adopted by "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack".

Youth cricket

Test match captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the South African Under-19 cricket team for at least one under-19 Test match. The table of results is complete to the third Test in England in 2003. Where a player has a dagger (†) next to a Test match series in which he captained at least one Test, that denotes that player was captain for a minor proportion in a series.

Women's One-Day International captains

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the South African women's cricket team for at least one women's one-day international.

Women's Twenty20 Internationals

This is a list of cricketers who have captained the South African women's cricket team for at least one Women's Twenty20 International.

ee also

*List of South African Test cricketers
*List of South African ODI cricketers

References

*"Wisden Cricketers' Almanack"
* [http://stats.cricinfo.com/guru Cricinfo StatsGuru]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com CricketArchive]