The South Africa A cricket team is a national
cricket
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team representing
South Africa
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. It is the second-tier of international South African cricket, below the full
South Africa national cricket team
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. Matches played by South Africa A are not
Test matches or
One Day International
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s, instead receiving
first-class and
List A
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classification respectively.
Zubayr Hamza
Mogammad Zubayr Hamza (born 19 June 1995) is a South African cricketer. He made his Test debut for the South Africa cricket team in January 2019, becoming South Africa's 100th Test player since readmission. In domestic cricket, he was named as th ...
is the current captain of the side.
History
South Africa A played their first match in January 1994, a five-day first-class contest against the touring
England A cricket team
The England Lions (formerly England A) cricket team is England and Wales' "second-tier" team, below the full England cricket team. It is largely intended as a way for promising young cricketers to gain experience of playing international cricke ...
.
South Africa A have played a number of series, both home and away against other national A teams, and competed against other first-class opposition. Their first tour was to
Zimbabwe
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in 1994–95, when they played three first-class matches and three one-day matches, including one match against
Zimbabwe A. They played their first
Twenty20
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in November 2009, facing an
England XI as part of the English tour of South Africa.
Current squad
This is a list of players who have played at least 2 First-Class matches or 3 List A matches for South Africa A team since 2018.
International cap players are marked in Bold.
Captains
See also
*
South African Fezela XI
References
External links
South Africa Aat CricketArchive
{{National sports teams of South Africa
South Africa in international cricket
National 'A' cricket teams
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