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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.
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
Gary Kirsten (born 23 November 1967) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the only ICC trophy the country has won till date. Kirsten played 101 Test matches and 185 One Day Internationals for South Africa between 1993 and 2004, mainly as an opening ...
1 Kepler Wessels also played ODI cricket for Australia.Only his records for South Africa are given above.; 2 Nicky Boje, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, Boeta Dippenaar, Justin Kemp, Justin Ontong, Ashwell Prince, Dale Steyn, Jacques Rudolph, Monde Zondeki, Graeme Smith, Loots Bosman, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel and Johan Botha also played ODI cricket for the African XI.
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.
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.
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, and 7,000 ODI runs, joint fastest to 6000 runs and second fastest to reach 5,000 runs.
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]