List of South Africa national cricket captains
Test match captains
This is a list of cricketers who have captained the South African cricket team for at least one Test match. The table of results is complete up to the third Test against Pakistan in January 2019.

List of South Africa national cricket captains

Section Title: Test match captains
Table Section Text: This is a list of cricketers who have captained the South African cricket team for at least one Test match. The table of results is complete up to the third Test against Pakistan in January 2019.

South African Test match captains

Number	Name	Season	Report	Opposition	Location	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn

1	Owen Dunell	1888–89	Report	England	South Africa	1	0	1	0

2	William Milton	1888–89	Report	England	South Africa	1	0	1	0

1891–92	Report	England	South Africa	1	0	1	0

Total	0	0

3	Ernest Halliwell	1895–96	Report	England	South Africa	2	0	2	0

1902–03	Report	Australia	South Africa	1	0	1	0

Total	0	0

4	Alfred Richards	1895–96†	Report	England	South Africa	1	0	1	0

5	Murray Bisset	1898–99	Report	England	South Africa	2	0	2	0

6	Henry Taberer	1902–03	Report	Australia	South Africa	1	0	0	1

7	Biddy Anderson	1902–03	Report	Australia	South Africa	1	0	1	0

8	Percy Sherwell	1905–06	Report	England	South Africa	5	4	1	0

1907	Report	England	England	3	0	1	2

1910–11	Report	Australia	Australia	5	1	4	0

Total	13	5	6	2

9	Tip Snooke	1909–10	Report	England	South Africa	5	3	2	0

10	Frank Mitchell	1912	Report	Australia	England	2	0	2	0

1912	Report	England	England	1	0	1	0

Total	3	0	3	0

11	Louis Tancred	1912	Report	England	England	2	0	2	0

1912	Report	Australia	England	1	0	0	1

Total	3	0	2	1

12	Herbie Taylor	1913–14	Report	England	South Africa	5	0	4	1

1921–22	Report	Australia	South Africa	3	0	1	2

1922–23	Report	England	South Africa	5	1	2	2

1924	Report	England	England	5	0	3	2

Total	18	1	10	7

13	Nummy Deane	1927–28	Report	England	South Africa	5	2	2	1

1929	Report	England	England	5	0	2	3

1930–31	Report	England	South Africa	2	0	0	2

Total	12	2	4	6

14	Buster Nupen	1930–31†	Report	England	South Africa	1	1	0	0

15	Jock Cameron	1930–31	Report	England	South Africa	2	0	0	2

1931–32	Report	Australia	Australia	5	0	5	0

1931–32	Report	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	2	0	0

Total	9	2	5	2

16	Herbie Wade	1935	Report	England	England	5	1	0	4

1935–36	Report	Australia	South Africa	5	0	4	1

Total	10	1	4	5

17	Alan Melville	1938–39	Report	England	South Africa	5	0	1	4

1947	Report	England	England	5	0	3	2

Total	10	0	4	6

18	Dudley Nourse	1948–49	Report	England	South Africa	5	0	2	3

1949–50	Report	Australia	South Africa	5	0	4	1

1951	Report	England	England	5	1	3	1

Total	15	1	9	5

19	Jack Cheetham	1952–53	Report	Australia	Australia	5	2	2	1

1952–53	Report	New Zealand	New Zealand	2	1	0	1

1953–54	Report	New Zealand	South Africa	5	4	0	1

1955	Report	England	England	3	0	3	0

Total	15	7	5	3

20	Jackie McGlew	1955†	Report	England	England	2	2	0	0

1956–57†	Report	England	South Africa	1	0	1	0

1957–58†	Report	Australia	South Africa	1	0	0	1

1960	Report	England	England	5	0	3	2

1961–62	Report	New Zealand	South Africa	5	2	2	1

Total	14	4	6	4

21	Clive van Ryneveld	1956–57	Report	England	South Africa	4	2	1	1

1957–58	Report	Australia	South Africa	4	0	3	1

Total	8	2	4	2

22	Trevor Goddard	1963–64	Report	Australia	Australia	5	1	1	3

1963–64	Report	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	0	0	3

1964–65	Report	England	South Africa	5	0	1	4

Total	13	1	2	10

23	Peter van der Merwe	1965	Report	England	England	3	1	0	2

1966–67	Report	Australia	South Africa	5	3	1	1

Total	8	4	1	3

24	Ali Bacher	1969–70	Report	Australia	South Africa	4	4	0	0

25	Kepler Wessels	1991–92	Report	West Indies	West Indies	1	0	1	0

1992–93	Report	India	South Africa	4	1	0	3

1993–94	Report	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	1	0	2

1993–94	Report	Australia	Australia	2	1	0	1

1993–94	Report	Australia	South Africa	3	1	1	1

1994	Report	England	England	3	1	1	1

Total	16	5	3	8

26	-	1993–94†	Report	Australia	Australia	1	0	1	0

1994–95	Report	New Zealand	South Africa	3	2	1	0

1994–95	Report	Pakistan	South Africa	1	1	0	0

1994–95	Report	New Zealand	New Zealand	1	1	0	0

1995–96	Report	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0

1995–96	Report	England	South Africa	5	1	0	4

1996–97	Report	India	India	3	1	2	0

1996–97	Report	India	South Africa	3	2	0	1

1996–97	Report	Australia	South Africa	3	1	2	0

1997–98	Report	Pakistan	Pakistan	3	1	0	2

1997–98	Report	Australia	Australia	3	0	1	2

1997–98	Report	Pakistan	South Africa	2	1	1	0

1997–98	Report	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	2	0	0

1998	Report	England	England	5	1	2	2

1998–99	Report	West Indies	South Africa	5	5	0	0

1998–99	Report	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	0	2

1999–00	Report	Zimbabwe	South Africa	1	1	0	0

1999–00	Report	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0

1999–00	Report	England	South Africa	5	2	1	2

1999–00	Report	India	India	2	2	0	0

Total	53	27	11	15

27	-	1997-98†	Report	Pakistan	South Africa	1	0	0	1

28	Shaun Pollock Shaun Pollock.JPG	2000–01	Report	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3	1	1	1

2000–01	Report	New Zealand	South Africa	3	2	0	1

2000–01	Report	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	2	0	1

2000–01	Report	West Indies	West Indies	5	2	1	2

2001–02	Report	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2	1	0	1

2001–02	Report	India	South Africa	2	1	0	1

2001–02	Report	Australia	Australia	3	0	3	0

2002–03	Report	Bangladesh	South Africa	1	1	0	0

2002–03	Report	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	2	0	0

2002–03	Report	Pakistan	South Africa	2	2	0	0

Total	26	14	5	7

29	-	2001–02	Report	Australia	South Africa	3	1	2	0

2002–03†	Report	Bangladesh	South Africa	1	1	0	0

Total	4	2	2	0

30	-	2003	Report	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0

2003	Report	England	England	5	2	2	1

2003–04	Report	Pakistan	Pakistan	2	0	1	1

2003–04	Report	West Indies	South Africa	4	3	0	1

2003–04	Report	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	1	1

2004	Report	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	1	1

2004–05	Report	India	India	2	0	1	1

2004–05	Report	England	South Africa	5	1	2	2

2004–05	Report	Zimbabwe	South Africa	2	2	0	0

2005	Report	West Indies	West Indies	4	2	0	2

2005–06	Report	Australia	Australia	3	0	2	1

2005–06	Report	Australia	South Africa	2	0	2	0

2005–06	Report	New Zealand	South Africa	3	2	0	1

2006–07	Report	India	South Africa	3	2	1	0

2006–07	Report	Pakistan	South Africa	3	2	1	0

2007–08	Report	Pakistan	Pakistan	2	1	0	1

2007–08	Report	New Zealand	South Africa	2	2	0	0

2007–08	Report	West Indies	South Africa	3	2	1	0

2007–08	Report	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	2	0	0

2007–08	Report	India	India	3	1	1	1

2008	Report	England	England	4	2	1	1

2008–09	Report	Bangladesh	South Africa	2	2	0	0

2008–09	Report	Australia	Australia	3	2	1	0

2008–09	Report	Australia	South Africa	2	0	2	0

2009–10	Report	England	South Africa	4	1	1	2

2009–10	Report	India	India	2	1	1	0

2010	Report	West Indies	West Indies	3	2	0	1

2010–11	Report	Pakistan	UAE	2	0	0	2

2010–11	Report	India	South Africa	3	1	1	1

2011–12	Report	Australia	South Africa	2	1	1	0

2011–12	Report	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	2	1	0

2011–12	Report	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	0	2

2012	Report	England	England	3	2	0	1

2012–13	Report	Australia	Australia	3	1	0	2

2012–13	Report	New Zealand	South Africa	2	2	0	0

2012–13	Report	Pakistan	South Africa	3	3	0	0

2013–14	Report	Pakistan	UAE	2	1	1	0

2013–14	Report	India	South Africa	2	1	0	1

2013–14	Report	Australia	South Africa	3	1	2	0

Total	108	53	28	27

31	-	2005–06†	Report	Australia	South Africa	1	0	1	0

2008–09†	Report	Australia	South Africa	1	1	0	0

Total	2	1	1	0

32	-	2006	Report	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0

33	-	2014	Report	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	1	0	1

2014	Report	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0

2014–15	Report	West Indies	South Africa	3	2	0	1

2015	Report	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2	0	0	2

2015–16	Report	India	India	4	0	3	1

2015–16	Report	England	South Africa	2	0	1	1

Total	14	4	4	6

34	-	2015–16	Report	England	South Africa	2	1	1	0

2017–18†	Report	Zimbabwe	South Africa	1	1	0	0

Total	3	2	1	0

35	Faf du Plessis	2016†	Report	New Zealand	South Africa	2	1	0	1

2016–17†	Report	Australia	Australia	3	2	1	0

2016–17	Report	Sri Lanka	South Africa	3	3	0	0

2016–17	Report	New Zealand	New Zealand	3	1	0	2

2017	Report	England	England	3	1	2	0

2017–18	Report	Bangladesh	South Africa	2	2	0	0

2017–18	Report	India	South Africa	3	2	1	0

2017–18	Report	Australia	South Africa	4	3	1	0

2018	Report	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0

2018–19	Report	Pakistan	South Africa	2	2	0	0

2018–19	Report	Sri Lanka	South Africa	2	0	2	0

Total	29	17	9	3

36	Dean Elgar	2017†	Report	England	England	1	0	1	0

2018–19†	Report	Pakistan	South Africa	1	1	0	0

Total	2	1	1	0

Grand total	432	164	144	124

Sentence(s)

Dudley Nourse was captain of the South African team from 1948 to 1951.

final_sentence: Dudley Nourse was captain of the South African team from 1948 to 1951.