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South Africa: Men's: Proteas [29] Springbok is South Africa's national animal. Protea is a South African flowering plant. Women's Sri Lanka: Men's: Lions [30] Sri Lanka Cricket has a lion on its emblem. West Indies: Men's: The Windies [31] A colloquial term for the West Indies cricket team, it was officially adopted as a nickname in 2017. [31 ...
The Africa Cricket Association (ACA) is an international body which coordinates the development of cricket in Africa. The ACA was founded in 1997, and has 23 member countries. The role of the ACA includes promoting the development of cricket in Africa and organising some regional tournaments.
The South Africa national cricket team is governed by the Cricket South Africa (CSA) and is a member of the Africa Cricket Association (ACA). Since 1909, the CSA has been affiliated with ICC, the international governing body for world cricket. In 1997, the BCCI became one of the founding members of the ACA.
A Commonwealth XI cricket team toured South Africa in October 1959, playing three first-class matches. Captained by Denis Compton , the Commonwealth XI included several famous or well-known players such as Tom Graveney , Brian Close , Bert Sutcliffe , Frank Tyson , Godfrey Evans , Roy Marshall , Bob Simpson and Ian Craig
Puma has tripled sales in Africa in recent years. Its young population and love for athleisure is setting it on a path to growth.
Official match ball Manufacturer Notes 1992: Etrusco Unico [2] Adidas: Also official 1990 FIFA World Cup match ball 1994: Samba: Diadora: 1996: Ceramica: Umbro: 1998: 2000: 2002: Tricolore: Adidas: Also official 1998 FIFA World Cup match ball 2004: Fevernova: Adidas: Also official 2002 FIFA World Cup match ball 2006: Teamgeist: Adidas: Also ...
Cricket at the 2023 African Games was held in Accra, Ghana, between 7 and 23 March 2024. [1] Both men's and women's tournaments were held in Twenty20 International format. This was the first time that cricket is played at the African Games.
The world's earliest known cricket match was a village cricket meeting in Kent which has been deduced from a 1640 court case recording a "cricketing" of "the Weald and the Upland" versus "the Chalk Hill" at Chevening "about thirty years since" (i.e., c. 1611). Inter-parish contests became popular in the first half of the 17th century and ...