“He showed great promise in the CG United Super50 last year and then got his first hundred in the West Indies Championship last week. “Athanaze is one of the young players who we have invested in, and he played well in the ‘A Team’ and CWI President’s XI,” he said, according to. Lead selector for the West Indies cricket team, Desmond Haynes, said based on Athanaze’s performance in the past, he should be given the opportunity to play on the senior level. List of Test Cricket Captains for South Africa No.Dominican cricketer, Alick Athanaze, has been named to the 15-member West Indies team to face South Africa in the upcoming two-Test Series.Īlthough the news has been floating on social media for a day or two, the official announcement was made on Tuesday.Īthanaze, who is presently the captain of Windward Islands Volcanoes, along with Akeem Jordan of Barbados Pride are two newcomers on the team.Īccording to West Indies cricket selectors both “demonstrated good form in the first two rounds of the current four-day West Indies Championship.”
He has 8659 runs in 193 innings at 47.84 with 25 centuries and 36 half-centuries.
Smith also scored the most runs as a test captain as well. His last match as a test captain was against Australia in March 2014 at Newlands. Under his captaincy, South Africa won 53 games, lost 29 and 27 ended in a draw. In total, Smith captained the Proteas in 109 test matches and has the most victories as a captain under his name. South Africa won that game by an innings and 60 runs. This splendid career started with a match against Bangladesh at MA Aziz Stadium in April 2003. He led his country for 11 long years in red-ball. Greame Smith holds many records as a captain in the longest format. Only one man in history has led his country in more than 100 Test matches, and he is from South Africa. Greame Smith (109 Test matches) between 24 April 2003 to 1 March 2014 His last game as a captain was against India in March 2000, which South Africa won by an innings and 71 runs. He scored 2833 runs as a captain and picked up 38 wickets with the ball as well. Cronje was the captain in 53 games for the Proteas and led 27 wins, 11 defeats, and 15 drawn matches. However, he couldn’t do much with both bat and ball, and Australia won that game by 191 runs.īut it was just the start of a splendid captaincy career. He made his captaincy debut against Australia at Hansie Cronje in January 1994. Cronje led South Africa for six years in tests and was the 26th player to lead the country in red-ball cricket. He was equally good with both the bat and ball during his entire career. Hansie Cronje was a really good all-rounder in his era. Hansie Cronje (53 games) between to 02 March 2000 Du Plessis scored 2185 runs overall, with five centuries and 13 half-centuries. His last captaincy match came against England in January 2020 at Wanderers Stadium, which South Africa lost by 191 runs. He led his country in 36 test matches overall during his time and won 18 games, lost 15 while three games ended in a draw.
He scored 23 runs, and the game was drawn. Du Plessis made his test captaincy debut in August 2016 against New Zealand at Kingsmead. And it was his hard work that made South Africa a strong team once again. So he was handed over the captaincy to a totally new and fresh team. Faf du Plessis (36 matches) between to įaf du Plessis became the captain of South Africa when all the seniors retired from cricket. In this article, we will check the complete list of captains for South Africa since the beginning of the test format. Notably, Greame Smith holds the record for leading a team in the most test matches and is the only one who has led his country in over 100 tests. For South Africa, it was Owen Dunell who led his country in the first of every test match.Īnd since then, the Proteas have seen 37 players lead the country in the longest format. So far, they have played over 450 red-ball games in history. They played their first ever test match against England in March 1889 at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth. South Africa got the “test” status from the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1888-89.
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