South Africa A cricket team

The South Africa A cricket team is a national cricket team representing South Africa. It is the 'second-tier' of international South African cricket, below the full South Africa national cricket team. Matches played by South Africa A are not considered to be Test matches or One Day Internationals, instead receiving first-class and List A classification respectively. South Africa A played their first match in January 1994, a five-day first-class contest against the touring England A cricket team.

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 that of Zimbabwe in 1994–95, a series that consisted of three first-class matches and three one-day matches, including one match against Zimbabwe A. They played their first Twenty20 in November 2009, facing an England XI as part of the English tour of South Africa.

Captains

South Africa A cricket captains
Number	Name	Year	Opposition	Location	Matches
1	Jimmy Cook	1993–94	England A	South Africa	1
2	Mark Rushmere	1994–95	Various	Zimbabwe	6
3	Dale Benkenstein	1995–96	Zimbabwe A	South Africa	1
		1997–98	West Indies A	South Africa	6
		1998	Sri Lanka A	Sri Lanka	7
		1999–2000	Sri Lanka A	South Africa	5
		2000	Various	West Indies	8
		2001–02	Australians	South Africa	1
		2002–03	Sri Lankans	Sri Lanka	1
4	John Commins	1995–96	England XI	South Africa	1
		1996	Various	England	10
		1996–97	Indians	South Africa	1
5	Gerhardus Liebenberg	1995–96	Essex	England	1
6	Nic Pothas	1998–99	West Indies	South Africa	1
7	Gerald Dros	2000	Windward Islands	West Indies	1
		2001–02	India A	South Africa	2
		2002–03	Australia A	Australia	5
8	Hylton Ackerman	2001–02	Indians	South Africa	1
		2001–02	Kenya	South Africa	1
		2001–02	India A	South Africa	2
9	Daryll Cullinan	2001–02	Australians	South Africa	1
		2002–03	Pakistanis	South Africa	1
10	Neil McKenzie	2002–03	Australia A	South Africa	6
		2002–03	Bangladeshis	South Africa	1
		2002–03	Sri Lankans	South Africa	1
		2002–03	The Rest	South Africa	5
		2003–04	West Indians	South Africa	1
		2007–08	West Indians	South Africa	1
11	Gary Kirsten	2002–03	Pakistanis	South Africa	1
12	Graeme Smith	2002–03	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	3
13	Nicky Boje	2002–03	Australia A	Australia	5
14	Ashwell Prince	2003–04	Australia A	South Africa	5
		2004	Zimbabwe A	Zimbabwe	5
		2004–05	New Zealand A	South Africa	6
		2004–05	England XI	South Africa	1
15	Boeta Dippenaar	2004–05	England XI	South Africa	1
		2006–07	Zimbabwe Select XI	Zimbabwe	2
		2007–08	India A	India	3
		2007–08	New Zealanders	South Africa	1
16	Jacques Rudolph	2005–06	Various	Sri Lanka	4
		2005–06	Triangular A Team Tournament	Sri Lanka	5
		2005–06	New Zealanders	South Africa	2
17	Robin Peterson	2006–07	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	3
18	Ahmed Amla	2008–09	Sri Lanka A	South Africa	3
19	Alviro Petersen	2008–09	Sri Lanka A	South Africa	5
20	Justin Ontong	2009–10	England XI	South Africa	1
21	Hendrik Steyn	2015–16	Zimbabwe	South Africa	1