Cricket World Cup 2023: Team South Africa Factfile

Team South Africa Factfile (Image Source: Google)

South Africa under the leadership of Temba Bavuma will start their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Campaign against Sri Lanka on 7th Oct. Cricketnmore brings to you team South Africa's factfile:

South Africa's Record In Previous Cricket World Cup Editions

• 1975: Banned from international cricket
• 1979: Banned from international cricket
• 1983: Banned from international cricket
• 1987: Banned from international cricket
• 1992: Semi-finals
• 1996: Quarter-finals
• 1999: Semi-finals
• 2003: Group stage
• 2007: Semi-finals
• 2011: Quarter-finals
• 2015: Semi-finals
• 2019: Group stage

South Africa's Current ODI Ranking - 4

South Africa Squad For ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

Temba Bavuma (captain), Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rassie van der Dussen, Lizaad Williams.

South Africa Schedule In ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 (GMT)

• Oct 07: v Sri Lanka at New Delhi (0830)
• Oct 12: v Australia at Kucknow (0830)
• Oct 17: v Netherlanda at Dharamsala (0830)
• Oct 21: v England at Mumbai (0830)
• Oct 24: v Bangladesh at Mumbai (0830)
• Oct 27: v Pakistan at Chennai (0830)
• Nov 01: v New Zealand at Pune (0830)
• Nov 05: v India at Kolkata (0830)
• Nov 10: v Afghanistan at Ahmedabad (0830)

 

South Africa's Leading Run-Scorer In Cricket World Cup 2023 Squad

Quinton de Kock: 6,176 runs; highest score 178; average 44.75; Hundreds 17; Fifties 30

South Africa's Leading Wicket-Taker In Cricket World Cup 2023 Squad

Kagiso Rabada: 144 wickets; best bowling 6-16; average 27.75

WHAT THE CAPTAIN SAYS 

"The confidence that we have gained from this series is something which we can't lose. I was talking to the bowlers and they said it was the best kind of preparation that we can have, bowling in pressure situations."

-- Temba Bavuma after his team defeated Australia 3-2 after being 2-0 down in a recent ODI series, winning the last three matches by more than 100 runs each time.