Just like nine years previous Taylor was at his best. In the first Test at Johannesburg he batted at number three and in the second innings scored a superb , the next highest score in the match was The third days play was washed out leaving the draw inevitable in a four-day match.

Wisden wrote: "Taylor, who hit out freely when fear of defeat had gone, played a masterly game, but he had a little luck". England's C. Russell scored two centuries in the match and South Africa were set a target of fourth innings target of Taylor, at number four, batted for four and a half hours over an innings of however he received little support from his teammates and South Africa lost by runs.

Taylor as a batsman was in a class by himself". With Faulkner retiring in , the South Africans, who had only two quality players in Taylor and Cattrell, underwent somewhat of a barren period in the s.

However, the emergence of a new generation of South African cricketers, more so in their batting than in their bowling, in the s such as Bruce Mitchell , Xen Balaskas , Ken Viljoen , Dudley Nourse , Eric Rowan , Alan Melville , Pieter van der Bijl , and Ronnie Grieveson once again ensured that South Africa became a top quality international team.

Nourse, in particular, became famous for his hand-eye co-ordination and his excellent fielding, one of many to be produced by South Africa in the coming decades; natural skills which were according to legend inspired and developed by his father Dave's refusal to coach him as a youngster, demanding that he learnt the rudiments of the game on his own, as he himself had.

This South African team was also distinct from past South African teams in one respect: whereas the previous teams had been composed entirely of British-origin players, this team had Afrikaners like van der Bijl and Greeks such as Balaskas, regarded by wide consensus to be the greatest Greek cricketer ever.

The South African cricket team toured England in They continued to play regularly series of matches against England , Australia and New Zealand until Despite the rules being changed in to allow other nations to be "Associate" members, South Africa did not reapply.

The anti-apartheid movement led the ICC to impose a moratorium on tours in It would also cause the emigration of future stars such as Allan Lamb and Robin Smith , who both played for England, and Kepler Wessels , who initially played for Australia before returning to South Africa.

World class cricketers of their day such as Clive Rice and Vintcent van der Bijl also never played Test Cricket despite their strong first class records.

The match was played in Bridgetown, Barbados and South Africa lost by 52 runs. However, it is widely believed [45] the sides containing the likes of Allan Donald , Shaun Pollock , Gary Kirsten , Jacques Kallis and Hansie Cronje grossly underachieved, gaining a reputation as " chokers ", due to them reaching the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup four times, but failing to progress into the finals.

In the second part of the s, South Africa had the highest winning percentage in ODIs of any team, but they were knocked out of the World Cup in the quarter-finals , and then were eliminated on countback after tying their semi-final against Australia in Their most noted international win and their only to date was their win in the inaugural Champions Trophy in In the World Cup, South Africa were one of the favourites but were eliminated by one run in the group stages after they had mistakenly counted the number of runs they needed.

With Donald retiring, Cronje banned for match-fixing and later killed in a plane crash , and Pollock also retiring from international cricket, the team once again changed shape.

At the age of 29, he became the first non-white man to captain the once all-white South African cricket team.

Although that racial quota policy, was rescinded in , [47] a new rule passed in stated that the team had to have an average minimum of six Black players, of which two must be Black African, in matches over the season.

After many of the major players in the Australian side that had dominated the early s had retired, the number one place in the ICC Test Championship was a wide open race, with India and England having short stints as the number one side.

South Africa toured England in for a three Test series with the winner assured of being the world No. South Africa went on to take the series comfortably 2—0 and claim the top spot in the rankings, a position they retained for over a full calendar year from 20 August Australia won the series 2—1.

After Smith's retirement, Hashim Amla was appointed captain of the test side, leading his side to victory in his first test in charge, in Galle in Sri Lanka.

South Africa has a record of failing to win major tournaments and is much-maligned because of this. The Cricket World Cup , for example, featured a rain-affected semi-final played before the introduction of the Duckworth-Lewis rain rule.

South Africa needed 22 runs from 13 balls when rain intervened. After the delay they were left in the situation of requiring 22 runs from one ball to progress.

In they were eliminated in the quarter-finals despite being one of the fancied teams and having qualified first in their group.

In South Africa lost in the semi-final to eventual champions Australia. The match ended in a tie both South Africa and Australia managing but Australia advanced to the Final as Australia finished higher than South Africa in the group.

South Africa hosted the Cricket World Cup , but failed to progress beyond the group stage due to a misunderstanding of how many runs they needed to score in a rain-affected run chase.

As a result of this, Shaun Pollock resigned as captain and was replaced by young batsman Graeme Smith , although Pollock continued to play for the team.

Under Smith's leadership, South Africa has achieved some success, although they have been hampered by the retirements of many star players, including fast bowler Allan Donald and one-day specialist Jonty Rhodes.

As a result, they had a poor , only winning against the Windies. Then they bowed out in the semi-finals with their lowest ever score in a World Cup as Australia bowled them out for and won by 7 wickets.

In the World Cup , South Africa topped Group B with the distinction of bowling out every side they played within the 50 over limit, which also included a famous victory over hosts India.

Kagiso Rabada previews South Africa v England series. Dawid Malan talks about being on tour in South Africa.

Mark Boucher enthusiastic about the new Proteas way. Cricket South Africa - Justin Ontong targets improved fielding for new season.

Proteas conclude successful team culture camp. Lutho Sipamla looks forward to returning to practise. The Long Road: du Plessis' dream debut.

Reeza Hendricks reflects on cricket season. Womens Cricket. Women Super League T20 Teams select their draft picks. South Africa set for exciting WSL 3.

Proteas Women hard at work at High Performance Centre. Filter results by date. Daniel Brettig. Australia's tour of South Africa may move to Perth amid Covid fallout Dec 9, The early end to the England tour could have a major ripple effect for other series.

Matt Roller. Canterbury vs Northern Knights 11th Match. Auckland vs Otago 10th Match. Worst-case scenario unfolds on England's first post-COVID travel Whilst the concerns for the squad's health, physical and mental, have rightly been prioritised, there are cricketing consequences too.

England's tour of South Africa called off on medical grounds The decision to abandon the tour is a crushing blow to CSA's hopes of rekindling the game in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Monday's rescheduled ODI postponed after positive Covid tests leave tour on a knife-edge England touring party enter self-isolation after two positive tests.

England tour in balance as bubble bursts for South African cricket CSA facing further financial losses and doubts about viability of upcoming tours.

England, South Africa play the long game with the goal The series begins with a rearranged opener in Paarl after Friday's Covid scare. New transformation targets suspended temporarily by CSA interim board Requirement to field seven players of colour by , including three Black Africans, put on hold.

South Africa's team balance in focus with Faf du Plessis rested for ODI series Phehlukwayo's fitness will be crucial, as will the management of Sipamla's talent.

England defend use of coded signals to send messages from analyst to field ECB says trial 'intended as a live informational resource captain may choose to use or ignore'.

Mark Boucher after series loss: 'England are a step ahead of most teams in the world' Coach says defeat is part of bigger picture as South Africa strive to close the gap.

South Africa set to bring in tougher transformation targets CSA targets aim to see seven players of colour in every XI by Top Run Scorers Jan'20 to Dec' Quinton de Kock.

Innings: 8 Average: Rassie van der Dussen. Dean Elgar.

South Africa Cricket in der zweiten Klasse South Africa Cricket. - Unterkategorien