South Africa

9 entries

Newlands

GroundSouth AfricaFounding 1800-1900

Newlands in Cape Town is regularly voted among the most beautiful grounds in the world, with Devil Peak and Table Mountain framing...

The Wanderers

GroundSouth AfricaPostwar 1945-1985

The Bullring hosted the 2003 World Cup final, won by Australia over India. In 2006 it staged the greatest run chase in history, So...

Graeme Pollock

PlayerSouth AfricaPostwar 1945-1985

Pollock made 274 at Trent Bridge in 1965, still among the highest by a visiting batter in England, and averaged 60.97 in Tests. Do...

Barry Richards

PlayerSouth AfricaPostwar 1945-1985

Richards scored 207 at Cape Town in his debut Test of 1970 against Australia and made 508 runs in his only series. The isolation o...

Jacques Kallis

PlayerSouth AfricaModern 1986-Present

Kallis compiled numbers no allrounder has matched, 13,289 Test runs at 55 with 45 centuries, plus 292 wickets with the ball and 20...

Dale Steyn

PlayerSouth AfricaModern 1986-Present

Steyn combined 150 km/h pace with late away swing, taking 439 Test wickets at 22.95 and striking every 42 balls, the best rate of ...

AB de Villiers

PlayerSouth AfricaModern 1986-Present

Mr 360 scored around the entire field, and his 31 ball century against the West Indies at Johannesburg in January 2015 rewrote the...

Graeme Smith

PlayerSouth AfricaModern 1986-Present

Smith was appointed South Africa captain in 2003 at just 22 and promptly scored 277 and 259 in consecutive Tests in England. A pow...

Kingsmead

GroundSouth AfricaInterwar 1919-1944

Kingsmead in Durban has hosted Test cricket since the 1920s and is known for humid conditions that help seam and swing bowling. In...