Individual List Captains

List of Captains for South Africa in Tests

List of captains

Player	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	%NR	%
M Bisset	1899-1899	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
GC Smith	2003-2014	108	53	28	0	27	0	1.89	49.07	25.92	-	65.43
SJ Snooke	1910-1910	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.50	60.00	40.00	-	60.00
HW Taylor	1913-1924	18	1	10	0	7	0	0.10	5.55	55.55	-	9.09
HG Deane	1927-1931	12	2	4	0	6	0	0.50	16.66	33.33	-	33.33
HF Wade	1935-1936	10	1	4	0	5	0	0.25	10.00	40.00	-	20.00
AD Nourse	1948-1951	15	1	9	0	5	0	0.11	6.66	60.00	-	10.00
JE Cheetham	1952-1955	15	7	5	0	3	0	1.40	46.66	33.33	-	58.33
DJ McGlew	1955-1962	14	4	6	0	4	0	0.66	28.57	42.85	-	40.00
TL Goddard	1963-1965	13	1	2	0	10	0	0.50	7.69	15.38	-	33.33
PW Sherwell	1906-1911	13	5	6	0	2	0	0.83	38.46	46.15	-	45.45
CB van Ryneveld	1956-1958	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.50	25.00	50.00	-	33.33
F du Plessis	2016-2020	36	18	15	0	3	0	1.20	50.00	41.66	-	54.54
WJ Cronje	1994-2000	53	27	11	0	15	0	2.45	50.94	20.75	-	71.05
F Mitchell	1912-1912	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
D Elgar	2017-2024	18	9	8	0	1	0	1.12	50.00	44.44	-	52.94
T Bavuma	2023-2025	10	9	0	0	1	0	-	90.00	-	-	100.00
HM Taberer	1902-1902	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
LJ Tancred	1912-1912	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	-	66.66	-	-
HB Cameron	1931-1932	9	2	5	0	2	0	0.40	22.22	55.55	-	28.57
OR Dunell	1889-1889	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
EA Halliwell	1896-1902	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
N Brand	2024-2024	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
KC Wessels	1992-1994	16	5	3	0	8	0	1.66	31.25	18.75	-	62.50
SM Pollock	2000-2003	26	14	5	0	7	0	2.80	53.84	19.23	-	73.68
G Kirsten	1998-1998	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	-
AB de Villiers	2016-2017	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	66.66	33.33	-	66.66
HM Amla	2014-2016	14	4	4	0	6	0	1.00	28.57	28.57	-	50.00
MV Boucher	2002-2002	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	50.00
A Melville	1938-1947	10	0	4	0	6	0	-	-	40.00	-	-
JH Anderson	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
A Bacher	1970-1970	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	100.00
WH Milton	1889-1892	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
JH Kallis	2006-2009	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	50.00
PL van der Merwe	1965-1967	8	4	1	0	3	0	4.00	50.00	12.50	-	80.00
AR Richards	1896-1896	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
AK Markram	2024-2024	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	100.00
EP Nupen	1930-1930	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	100.00
Q de Kock	2020-2021	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.00	50.00	50.00	-	50.00
AG Prince	2006-2006	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	100.00	-	-
KA Maharaj	2025-2025	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	100.00
PWA Mulder	2025-2025	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100.00	-	-	100.00

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Chelmsford, India Under-19s in England 2nd Youth test, Jul 20-23, 2025 [Youth Test # 305]

India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Beckenham, India Under-19s in England 1st Youth test, Jul 12-15, 2025 [Youth Test # 304]

South Africa Under-19s vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Cape Town, England Under-19s in South Africa 2nd unofficial Test, Feb 3-6, 2025 [Youth Test # 303]