South Africa men's national cricket team

The South African national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas, represent South Africa in international cricket. They are administered by Cricket South Africa.

South Africa
The South African team at The Oval in August 2008. The South African team at The Oval in August 2008.
Test status granted	1889
First Test match	v England at Port Elizabeth, March 1889
Captain	Faf du Plessis(Test) Faf du Plessis (ODI) Quinton de Kock (Twenty20)
Coach	Mark Boucher
Official ICC Test, ODI and T20I ranking	3rd (Test) 5th (ODI) 4th (T20)
Test matches – This year	435 5
Last Test match	vs India in Durban
Wins/losses – This year	164/147[1] 0/5[2]
As of 15 December 2019

South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council, also known as ICC, with Test and One Day International, or ODI, status. As of 24 March 2014, the South African team has played 384 Test matches, winning 140 (36%), losing 129 (34%) and drawing 114 (30%) of its games.^[3]

As of 24 March 2014, the South African team has played 498 ODI Matches, winning 307 (61.5%), losing 172 (34.5%), drawing 6 (1.2%) and getting a "No Result" in 13 (2.6%) of its games.^[4]

On 28 August 2012 South Africa became the first team to be number 1 in all 3 formats of the game.