South Africa Records

Test Matches Records

Individual List Captains IN South Africa

List of Captains for South Africa in Tests IN South Africa

List of captains

Player	Span	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	Draw	NR	W/L	%W	%L	%NR	%
OR Dunell	1889-1889	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
WH Milton	1889-1892	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
EA Halliwell	1896-1902	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
AR Richards	1896-1896	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
M Bisset	1899-1899	2	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
HM Taberer	1902-1902	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
JH Anderson	1902-1902	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0	100	0	0
PW Sherwell	1906-1906	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.000	80	20	0	80
SJ Snooke	1910-1910	5	3	2	0	0	0	1.500	60	40	0	60
HW Taylor	1913-1923	13	1	7	0	5	0	0.140	7.69	53.84	0	12.5
HG Deane	1927-1931	7	2	2	0	3	0	1.000	28.57	28.57	0	50
EP Nupen	1930-1930	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100
HB Cameron	1931-1931	2	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
HF Wade	1935-1936	5	0	4	0	1	0	0.000	0	80	0	0
A Melville	1938-1939	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	0
AD Nourse	1948-1950	10	0	6	0	4	0	0.000	0	60	0	0
JE Cheetham	1953-1954	5	4	0	0	1	0	-	80	0	0	100
CB van Ryneveld	1956-1958	8	2	4	0	2	0	0.500	25	50	0	33.33
DJ McGlew	1957-1962	7	2	3	0	2	0	0.660	28.57	42.85	0	40
TL Goddard	1964-1965	5	0	1	0	4	0	0.000	0	20	0	0
PL van der Merwe	1966-1967	5	3	1	0	1	0	3.000	60	20	0	75
A Bacher	1970-1970	4	4	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100
KC Wessels	1992-1994	7	2	1	0	4	0	2.000	28.57	14.28	0	66.66
WJ Cronje	1994-2000	30	18	5	0	7	0	3.600	60	16.66	0	78.26
G Kirsten	1998-1998	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0	0	0	-
SM Pollock	2000-2003	13	10	0	0	3	0	-	76.92	0	0	100
MV Boucher	2002-2002	4	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	50
GC Smith	2003-2014	53	30	15	0	8	0	2.000	56.6	28.3	0	66.66
JH Kallis	2006-2009	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	50	50	0	50
HM Amla	2014-2016	5	2	1	0	2	0	2.000	40	20	0	66.66
AB de Villiers	2016-2017	3	2	1	0	0	0	2.000	66.66	33.33	0	66.66
F du Plessis	2016-2020	22	14	7	0	1	0	2.000	63.63	31.81	0	66.66
D Elgar	2019-2024	7	5	2	0	0	0	2.500	71.42	28.57	0	71.42
Q de Kock	2020-2021	2	2	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100
T Bavuma	2023-2025	7	7	0	0	0	0	-	100	0	0	100

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs India at Guwahati, South Africa in India 2nd Test, Nov 22-26, 2025 [Test # 2609]

South Africa vs India at Eden Gardens, South Africa in India 1st Test, Nov 14-16, 2025 [Test # 2606]

Pakistan vs South Africa at Rawalpindi, South Africa in Pakistan 2nd Test, Oct 20-23, 2025 [Test # 2603]