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Stephen Craig Cook (born 29 November 1982) is a South African Test cricketer, the son of former Test player Jimmy Cook.He is a right-handed opening batsman and very occasional right-arm medium bowler who initially played for Gauteng following his debut in 2001, and since 2004 for Lions.
He played football for Wits University while studying for a teaching degree in the late seventies and featured in the 1978 Mainstay Cup Final. [1]Cook was a prolific opening batsman both in his native South Africa and for Somerset County Cricket Club but South Africa's exclusion from Test cricket cost him a significant Test career.
This is a list of South African Test cricketers.The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test Cap. International Test teams wear their cap number on their uniform under the national crest. For South African players, current cap numbers worn on their uniform start from their readmission to Test cricket in 1991 following their
Rivash Gobind (born 20 April 1982) is a South African cricket coach and former player. As a player, Gobind was a left-handed top order and opening batsman, who played for KwaZulu-Natal, Dolphins and South Africa U-19s; he captained both KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa U-19, and was the first Indian to captain a South African national cricket team.
A tall, left-handed opening batsman, Smith is regarded as one of the greatest openers of all time. During South Africa's tour of England in 2003, he made double centuries in consecutive Test matches: [3] 277 at Edgbaston, [4] and 259 at Lord's. [5]
Hashim Mahomed Amla [1] [2] OIS (born 31 March 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who captained the national side in Tests and ODIs. Amla holds the record for being the fastest ever to score 3,000, 4,000, 6,000 and 7,000 ODI runs, and second fastest to reach 5,000 runs.
He now plays for the Northerns cricket team and Titans cricket team in the major South African cricket competitions. He was included in the Northerns team for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. [1] On 23 March 2018, he became the second batsman after Desmond Haynes to carry his bat through an innings on three occasions in Test cricket history. [2] [3]
Bruce Mitchell (8 January 1909 – 1 July 1995) was a South African cricketer who played in 42 Test matches from 1929 to 1949. [1] He was a right-handed opening batsman and played in every Test South Africa played in that period. By the end of his career he had 3471 Test runs to his name which at the time was a national record.