South African ODIs & Test Cricket Quiz

Answer: 1 June 2002

Hansie was the cricket captain that was banned from world cricket in October 2000, after he was found guilty of match fixing. He later died in a plane crash outside George, a small town in the Western Cape of South Africa.

Answer: St. Georges Park

St Georges Park, the oldest test cricket ground in South Africa, is situated on Park Drive Ave. South Africa's first-ever test match was played at this ground in March 1889. St George's Park is nicknamed "The Dragon's Lair" based on the famous legend of Saint George and the dragon.

Answer: Mark Boucher

The penultimate ball was nudged for a single by Ntini and Mark Boucher hit a four along the ground for this historic win. This set a new record for the highest successful run chase in a ODI match. Australia won the toss and batted first, scoring 434/4.

Answer: Graeme Pollock

He played 23 tests (41 innings) across seven summers from 1963 to 1970. Many experts feel he would have had an even higher test average if South Africa were not banned from international sports through apartheid. He was voted South African "Cricketer of the Century" and was second on the all-time list of Test Averages, behind Sir Donald Bradman whose average was 99.94 runs.

Answer: Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis amassed these runs from 1995 to 2014, across 280 test innings (166 tests), average 55.37 runs. He was 3rd on the all-time Test Runs list behind Sachin Tendulkar with 15,921 runs (53.78 average) and Ricky Ponting with 13,378 runs (51.85 average).

Answer: 36

This score was posted in the 1st innings of the 5th Test vs. Australia, played in Melbourne in February 1932. South Africa, when asked to follow-on, scored 45 in the 2nd innings.
The previous three:
30 runs February 1896 vs. England in Port Elizabeth RSA.
30 runs June 1924 vs. England in Birmingham ENG.
35 runs April 1899 vs. England in Cape Town RSA.

Answer: Jacques Kallis

His 45 test centuries left him 2nd on the all-time list, behind the 51 test centuries of Sachin Tendulkar, who had retired a year earlier in 2013. Kallis was voted the best player to ever play for South Africa and one of the most difficult batsmen to dismiss.

He retired with a test average of 55.37 runs. He was a talented all rounder and attributed his success to his father's dedication in coaching him from a very young age.

Answer: Mark Boucher

His career began in 1997 and ended when he was struck in the eye by a bail in 2012. Boucher is regarded as one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen of all time and, when he retired, had set a new record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper, with 532 catches and 555 total dismissals.

Answer: Jonty Rhodes

In March 1992, in the World Cup match against Pakistan, Jonty collected the ball and raced Inzaman to the stumps. He went through the stumps horizontally, ball in hand. Jonty became a hero overnight and raised the bar as far as fielding was concerned. Jonty Rhodes was regarded as the best-ever fielder at backward point.

Answer: Jacques Kallis

Perhaps the greatest all-rounder of all time, Jacques Kallis's stats in all forms of the game are jaw-dropping. He retired as the only man to have scored over 10,000 runs and taken over 250 wickets in both forms of the game (ODIs and Tests). Kallis took 200 catches in 166 test matches during his career.