This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class,

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, or

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Natal NATAL or Natal may refer to: Places * Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil * Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa ** Natalia Republic, a former country (1839–1843) ** Colony of Natal, a former British colony ( ...

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in South Africa. The team was renamed ahead of the 1998–99 season following the renaming of

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in 1994. From the 2019–20 season, the team is sometimes referred to as KwaZulu-Natal Coastal to distinguish it from KwaZulu-Natal Inland which had been created as a separate team with first-class status within the province ahead of the 2006–07 season.KwaZulu-Natal Coastal
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in 1889–90 played in the first five provincial matches in South Africa to be considered to hold first-class status.Isherwood R, Bailey PJ (1997) ''Natal cricketers, 1889/90–1996/97'', p. 3. Nottingham: The Association of Cricket Statisticians.
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. Retrieved 2025-07-05.)Bailey PJ (1981) ''A guide to important cricket matches played in South Africa'', p. 7. Retford: The Association of Cricket Statisticians.
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. Retrieved 2025-07-05.) The team joined the

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competition in 1894–95, the fourth season in which the competition had taken place, and from that date the matches it played in the competition are considered first-class.Natal
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CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-07-05. The Natal B side joined the Currie Cup B section in 1965–66, and matches involving the B side are considered first-class in the competition. Following the renaming of Natal as KwaZulu-Natal, the B section competition continued for a single season as a first-class competition, with KwaZulu-Natal B taking part.
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-07-05.
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-07-05. Natal first played List A cricket in 1970–71, the first season of provincial List A cricket in South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal first played domestic

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cricket in the first season of the CSA Provincial T20 in 2011–12. This list includes the players who played first-class and List A cricket for Natal and Natal B between 1889–90 and 1997–98, and those who played first-class, List A, and Twenty20 cricket for KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal B, and KwaZulu-Natal Coastal from 1998–99 to the present day. It does not include players who appeared only for KwaZulu-Natal Inland, which is considered a separate team, or those who appeared only for franchise side

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which was operated by the KwaZulu-Natal Cricket Union between 2003–04 and 2020–21.Moonda F (2021
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, 23 September 2021. Retrieved 2025-06-30. Nor does it include the cricketers who played for the Natal side in 108 first-class

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matches organised by the South African Cricket Board.Natal (SACB)
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* Kyle Abbott * Yusuf Abdulla * Zahir Abrahim * HD Ackerman *

Hylton Ackerman Hylton Michael Ackerman (28 April 1947 – 2 September 2009) was a South African first-class cricketer. He attended Dale College Boys' High School, where he was head boy. A hard-hitting left-hander who usually opened the batting, he made his ...

* Marques Ackerman * Shaun Adam *

Neil Adcock Neil Amwin Treharne Adcock (8 March 1931 – 6 January 2013) was a South African international cricketer who played in 26 Test matches. A tall aggressive fast bowler, he could lift the ball sharply off a length. He was the first South Afric ...

* Lewis Addison * Keagan Africa * Mark Airey * Peter Albers * Craig Alexander * Jan Alexander * Michael Alexander * Peter Allan * Richard Allen *

Hartley Alleyne Hartley Leroy Alleyne (born 28 February 1957) is a former Barbadian first-class cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler who played for Barbados, Worcestershire, Kent and Natal between 1978–79 and 1989–90. He also playe ...

* Richard Almond *

Ahmed Amla Ahmad Mahomed Amla (born 15 September 1979) is a South African former cricketer. He played domestic cricket for the Dolphins. A right-handed batsman, he made his first-class debut as a teenager in 1997/98. His brother, Hashim Amla, played Te ...

Hashim Amla Hashim Mahomed Amla OIS (born 31 March 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who captained the national side in Tests and ODIs. Amla holds the record for being the fastest ever to score 3,000, 4,000, and 7,000 ODI runs, joint ...

* Gilbert Anderson * Ian Anderson *

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* Mark Angel * Royden Arbuckle * Eric Arbuthnot * Basil Armitage * Robbie Armstrong * John Arnold *

Alfred Atfield Alfred John Atfield (3 March 1868 – 1 January 1949) played first-class cricket in England and South Africa and was also a Test match umpire An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the ...

* John Atkinson * Ian Ault

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Ottniel Baartman Ottniel Emile Graham Baartman (born 18 March 1993) is a South African cricketer. He made his first-class debut for South Western Districts in the 2014–15 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup on 22 January 2015. In September 2018, he was named in Northern Cape' ...

* Mehmood Badat *

Eldine Baptiste Eldine Ashworth Elderfield Baptiste (born 12 March 1960) is an Antiguan former professional cricketer. He played in 10 Test matches – all of which resulted in West Indian victories – and 43 One Day Internationals (ODI) for the West Indies, be ...

* Bradley Barnes *

Alan Barrow Alan Barrow (born 23 January 1955) is a South African former first class cricketer. He was the second player in List A List A cricket is a classification of the Limited overs cricket, limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, wit ...

* Grant Bashford * Jonathan Bastow * Ernest Beckwith * Martin Bekker * John Bell-Smyth * Noel Bellville * Kyle Bender * John Beningfield * Wilfred Beningfield * Brett Benkenstein * Boyd Benkenstein *

Dale Benkenstein Dale Martin Benkenstein (born 9 June 1974) is a South African former cricketer who was an all-rounder. He is also a former first-team coach at Lancashire and Hampshire. Benkenstein was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC Kno ...

* Martin Benkenstein * David Bense * Robert Bentley * Albert Berry * Darryl Bestall * Deane Bestall * Fawcett Bestall * McGregor Billing * Albert Bircher * John Bisset * Sahil Bissoon * Rupert Blake *

Jimmy Blanckenberg James Manuel Blanckenberg (31 December 1892 or 1893 – 1955) was a South African cricketer who played in eighteen Test matches for South Africa between 1913 and 1924. A right-arm medium pace bowler, Blanckenberg’s first-class career spanned ...

* Yunus Bobat *

Gulam Bodi Gulam Hussain Bodi (born 4 January 1979) is a South African former cricketer who represented his country at the Under-19, Twenty20 and ODI level. Cricket career Born in India, he played as a left-handed batsman and slow left-arm wrist-spin bow ...

* Warren Bond *

Tim Boon Timothy James Boon (born 1 November 1961) is an English former cricketer who was also the coach of Leicestershire County Cricket Club. Born at Balby in Yorkshire, Boon had a successful playing career predominantly with Leicestershire. However h ...

* Allen Boonzaaier * Matthew Boote * Albert Borland * Eathan Bosch *

Tertius Bosch Tertius Bosch (14 March 1966 – 14 February 2000) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test cricket, Test and two One Day International, ODIs in 1992. Cricketing career A fast bowler, Bosch was educated at Handhaver Laerskool and V ...

Loots Bosman Lungile Edgar Bosman (born 14 April 1977) is a former South African international cricketer. He was a top order right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He played domestic cricket for Dolphins, and appeared for South ...

* Albert Bosomworth *

Ant Botha Anthony Greyvensteyn Botha (born 17 November 1976) is a South African former cricketer who played for the cricket Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, Easterns, Derbyshire and Warwickshire.Chad Bowes Chad Jayson Bowes (born 19 October 1992) is a South African–born New Zealand cricketer who captained the South Africa Under-19 cricket team and played for the domestic side KwaZulu-Natal. In October 2015 he joined the Sydenham Cricket Cl ...

* Mark Bowman * George Boyes * Harry Boyes * John Bristow * Edward Brooke * Shaun Broughton * Duncan Brown * Walter Brunton * André Bruyns * Mark Bruyns * Kyle Buckthorp * John Budgen * Christopher Burger * Colin Burnill * Ernest Burrill * JC Burton * Jon Buxton-Forman

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* Rikki Cameron *

Blayde Capell Blayde Capell (born 3 June 1997) is a South African cricketer. He made his first-class debut for KwaZulu-Natal in the 2016–17 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup on 20 October 2016. He made his List A debut for KwaZulu-Natal in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One ...

* Peter Carlstein * Barry Carr *

Claude Carter Claude Pagdett Carter, sometimes known as Claude Paget Carter (23 April 1881 in Durban, Colony of Natal – 8 November 1952 in Durban, Natal) was a South African cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1912 to 1924. Shortly after leaving the Durba ...

* Colin Casalis *

Bob Catterall Robert Hector Catterall (10 July 1900 – 3 January 1961) was a South African cricketer who played in 24 Test matches from 1922 to 1931. Catterall was a right-handed batsman, usually batting in the middle order but sometimes in the earlier part ...

* Banele Cele * Khalipha Cele *

Okuhle Cele Okuhle Cele (born 9 July 1997) is a South African cricketer. He currently plays for Northerns. Cele made his Twenty20 debut for KwaZulu-Natal against Boland in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 23 September 2016. He made his first-class debut for ...

* Edward Challenor * Horace Chapman * Robin Cheesman * Robert Cheetham * Samuel Cheetham * Jesse Chellan *

Cody Chetty Cody Chetty (born 28 June 1991) is a South African former first-class cricketer who played for the Dolphins cricket team. He played primarily as a middle-order batsman. In August 2017, he was named in Durban Qalandars' squad for the first seaso ...

* Kemeshin Chetty * Anley Chinnappa * Michael Clare * Paddy Clift * Achille Cloete * Charles Cohen * John Cole * George Collins * Ramsay Collins * Ronald Collins * Peter Comrie * Dalton Conyngham * Jonathan Cooke * Bertram Cooley * Ken Cooper * Christopher Copland * Raymond Copland * Peter Corbett * Gavin Cowley * Joe Cox * Thomas Cradock *

Frank Fairbairn Crawford Major Frank Fairbairn Crawford (17 June 1850 – 16 January 1900) was a British Army officer who was killed in the Second Boer War. He also played first-class cricket in two countries – in England for Kent County Cricket Club and Marylebone Cr ...

Ruan Cronje Ruan Cronje (born 23 June 2001) is a South African cricketer. He made his first-class debut on 13 February 2020, for KwaZulu-Natal in the 2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup. He made his List A List A cricket is a classification of the Limited ...

Derek Crookes Derek Norman Crookes (born 5 March 1969) is a former South African cricketer who played 32 One Day Internationals for South Africa between 1994 and 2000. In domestic cricket he played for Natal, Gauteng, Easterns and the Highveld Lions. Crooke ...

Norman Crookes Norman Samuel Crookes (born 15 November 1935) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket in South Africa from 1962 to 1970. Career Norman Crookes was an off-spinner and useful lower-order batsman for Natal. On his first-class debut, ...

* Fabian Crowie * Kevin Curran

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* Mohamed Dada * Eric Dalton * George Dalton * Howard Dalton * Leonard Dalton * Hugo Dammann * Athol Dand * Neville Daniels * Darnton Davey * James Davidson * Melvyn Davies * Richard Davies * Thomas Davis * Kevin Dawson *

Ossie Dawson Oswald Charles Dawson (1 September 1919 – 22 December 2008) was a South African cricketer who played in 9 Test matches, all against England, in the 1947 and 1948–49 series. Dawson was an all-rounder, an aggressive middle-order batsman and ...

Pierre de Bruyn Pierre de Bruyn (born 31 March 1977) is a South African former cricketer. Having made his debut in first-class cricket in the 1995–96 South African cricket season, de Bruyn proceeded to play first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket for severa ...

* Henry Deane * Nummy Deane * Ian de Gersigny * Xavier de Gersigny *

Ruan de Swardt Ruan de Swardt (born 21 January 1998) is a South African cricketer. He made his List A debut for Northerns in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 4 March 2018. In September 2018, he was named in Northerns' squad for the 2018 Africa ...

* Andrew Delport *

Cameron Delport Cameron Scott Delport (born 12 May 1989) is a British-South African professional cricketer who plays in Twenty20 league tournaments. He was educated at Westville High School. He is a left-hand opening batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler. ...

* Ronald de Villiers * Rudi de Vry * Patrick Dewes *

Graham Dilley Graham Roy Dilley (18 May 1959 – 5 October 2011) was an English international cricketer, whose main role was as a fast bowler. He played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and Worcestershire County Cricket Clubs, and appeared in ...

* Derryck Dinkelman * Tshepang Dithole * Ian Dixon * Sean Dixon * Lucky Dladla * Nhlanhla Dlamini * Peter Dodds * Kurt Donaldson * Dereck Dowling * Henry Dowling * John Drew * Jan Dreyer * John Driffill *

Chris Duckworth Christopher Anthony Russell Duckworth (22 March 1933 – 16 May 2014) was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in two Tests for South Africa in 1957. Duckworth was born in Que Que, Southern Rhodesia (now Kwekwe, Zimbabwe) and was educated at Chapli ...

* Keith Dudgeon * Richard Dumbrill *

Daryn Dupavillon Daryn Miles Dupavillon (born 15 July 1994) is a South African cricketer who represents KwaZulu-Natal and Pretoria Capitals. He is a right-arm fast bowler who bats right-handed. He made his international debut for South Africa in March 2020. Car ...

* David Dyer * Dennis Dyer * Graham Dyer

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* Eric Eaglestone * John Easterbrook * Ismail Ebrahim * Keagan Eccles * Kim Elgie * John Ellis * Rabian Engelbrecht *

Michael Erlank Michael Erlank (born 4 July 1990) is a South African first-class cricketer. He was included in the Free State cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for KwaZulu-Natal ...

Sarel Erwee Sarel Johannes Erwee (born 10 November 1989) is a South African cricketer. He is a left-handed batter and a right-arm off-break bowler who plays for KwaZulu Natal Coastal. He was born in Pietermaritzburg. He made his international debut for th ...

* Tahir Essack * Thomas Etlinger

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* Rodney Falkson * Harold Fawcett *

Desmond Fell Desmond Robert Fell (16 December 1912 – 22 January 1992) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket in for Natal either side of the Second World War, later becoming an umpire. He was born in Pietermaritzburg, and died aged 7 ...

* Herbert Fellows-Smith * Luther Field * Frank Findlay * Harry Finlayson * Calvin Flowers *

Graham Ford Graham Xavier Ford (born 16 November 1960) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer. Formerly the head coach of the Sri Lankan national cricket team, he was also the head coach of the Ireland cricket team. A right-handed batsman, h ...

* Andrew Forde * Keith Forde * Charles Forder * Chad Fortune * Arthur Foster * Greg Fotheringham *

Henry Fotheringham Henry Richard Fotheringham (born 4 April 1953) is a retired South African cricketer. Fotheringham lived in Swaziland and Rhodesia as a child, and attended Ruzawi School and Michaelhouse. He represented Natal Schools at the 1969–70 Nuffield W ...

* William Franklin * Quinton Friend * Robert Frylinck * Leslie Fuhri * Daelen Fynn *

Warrick Fynn Warrick Francis Sinclair Fynn (born 19 April 1985) is a South African former first-class cricketer. Fynn was born at Durban in April 1985. He was educated at Maritzburg College and Michaelhouse, before going up to Nelson Mandela University. He ...

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* William Gadsden *

Dennis Gamsy Dennis Gamsy (born 17 February 1940 in Glenwood, Natal) is a former South African cricketer who played in two Tests Test(s), testing, or TEST may refer to: * Test (assessment), an educational assessment intended to measure the respondents ...

* Brian Gessner * Robert Getkate * Philip Geyer * Clive Gie *

Gary Gilder Gary Michael Gilder (born 6 July 1974) is a former South African cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for KwaZulu-Natal from 1994 to 2002 and for Somerset in 2003. Life and cricket career Gary Gilder was born on 6 July 1974 in Sa ...

* Sean Gilson * Rivash Gobind * Viyash Gobind * Philip Goble *

Trevor Goddard Trevor Joseph Goddard (14 October 1962 – 7 June 2003) was an English actor. He was best known for playing Kano in the martial arts film ''Mortal Kombat'', a live action adaptation of the popular video game series. Lieutenant Commander Mic ...

* Udo Goedeke * Rick Gouveia * John Govan * Darren Govender * Nashen Govender * Ugasen Govender * Paul Gray * Frank Greaves * Geoff Griffin * Ola Grinaker * Craig Grinyer * Ulric Groom * Bruce Groves * Terence Groves * Khwezi Gumede

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* Anthony Hall * Malcolm Hall * Michael Hall *

Clive Halse Clive Gray Halse (28 February 1935 – 28 May 2002) was a South African cricketer who played in three Test matches in 1964. Halse was a right-arm fast bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsman who made his first-class debut in 1952-53 for Na ...

* James Hamilton * Cecil Hand * Mark Handman * Brian Hardie * Victor Harrison * Geoffrey Hart-Davis * Miles Harvey * Neil Harvey * Robert D Harvey * Robert L Harvey * Timothy Harvey * Chad Hauptfleisch * Warryn Hauptfleisch * Grayson Heath *

Percy Heather Percival Jackson Heather (6 October 1882 – 29 June 1956) was an Australian cricketer who played 13 matches of first-class cricket between 1904 and 1914. Born in Melbourne, Heather went to South Africa in 1902, joining the South African Co ...

* Mark Hedley * John Henderson * Robert Henderson * Charles Henwood * Pelham Henwood * Victor Henwood * Rubin Hermann * Nicolas Hewer * Douglas Hewitt * Forrest Hill * Arthur Hime * Charles Hime * Maurice Hime * Allister Hipkin * Bongwa Hlongwane * Ian Hobson * Mackie Hobson * Evan Hodkinson * Grant Hodnett * Kyle Hodnett * Peter Holman * Michael Holmes * Stanley Hooper * Daniel Horsfall * Keith Hosken * Neil Hosken *

Robert Howden Robert Howden (28 March 1917 – 1 May 2004) was a South African cricketer who made three first-class cricket, first-class appearances. He came from a cricketing family. Other members of his family who have played cricket include former South Afr ...

* John Howes *

Andrew Hudson Andrew Hudson may refer to: * Andrew Hudson (cricketer) * Andrew Hudson (sprinter) Andrew Hudson (born 14 December 1996) is a track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. Born in the United States, he represents Jamaica internationally. ...

* Bruce Hughes * Edward Hughes *

Kim Hughes Kimberley John Hughes (born 26 January 1954) is a former cricketer who played for Western Australia, Natal and Australia. He captained Australia in 28 Test matches between 1979 and 1984 before captaining a rebel Australian team in a tour of ...

* Matt Hulett * Graeme Hurlbatt * Reginald Hurt * Philip Hutchinson

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Richard Illingworth Richard Keith Illingworth (born 23 August 1963) is an English former cricketer, who is currently an umpire. The bulk of his domestic cricketing career was with Worcestershire, although he had a spell with Derbyshire, and overseas with Natal. H ...

* Clinton Inglis * Robert Ireland * Lee Irvine

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* Nazeer Jaffar * Brian Jerome * Neil Johnson * Alan Jones * Neill Jordaan

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* Yves Kamanzi * Jack Kaplan *

John Kasper Frederick John Kasper Jr. (October 21, 1929 – April 7, 1998) was an American politician, Ku Klux Klan member, and a segregationist who took a militant stand against racial integration during the civil rights movement. Life Raised in Merchan ...

* Gareth Katz * Gerald Katz *

Headley Keith Headley James Keith (25 October 1927 – 17 November 1997) was a South African Test cricketer. He played eight Test matches for South Africa in the 1950s.Gus Kempis * Jon Kent * Herbert Keppler * Bruce Kerr * Faeez Khan *

Imraan Khan Imraan Khan (born 27 April 1984) is a former South African cricketer who played domestic cricket and captained the Dolphins. He also captained his country at under 19 level. He is currently the head coach of the Hollywoodbets Dolphins. Khan m ...

* Thamsanqa Khumalo *

Simon Kimber Simon Julian Spencer Kimber (born 6 October 1963) is a former English first-class cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket in the 1980s and 1990s. Born at Ormskirk in Lancashire, Kimber was educated at Thomas More College at Kloof ...

Albert King Albert King ( Nelson; April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992), was an American guitarist and singer who is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential blues guitarists of all time. He is perhaps best known for his popular and ...

* Billy King *

Collis King Collis Llewellyn King (born 11 June 1951) is a former West Indies first-class cricketer who played nine Test matches and 18 One Day Internationals for the West Indies cricket team between 1976 and 1980. He was a member of the squad which won ...

* Derek King * Guy King * Aleeshen Kisten * Craig Kirsten * Kushen Kishun *

Lance Klusener Lance Klusener (born 4 September 1971) is an international cricket coach and former cricketer of South Africa. He was known for his aggressive batting and fast-medium swing bowling. Klusener was one of the best all-rounders in the world during ...

* John Knott * Hylton Knowles * Lloyd Koch * Tyron Koen * Geoffrey Kotze * Bruce Kruger

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* Jason Lacon-Allan * Jock Lamb * Anthony Lambert * Richard Lambert * Clarence Lamble * Hugh Lamond * Mervyn Lang * George Law * Godfrey Lawrence * Fabian Lazarus * Walter Lee *

John Lever John Kenneth Lever (born 24 February 1949) is an English former international cricketer who played Test and One Day International cricket for England. Lever was a left-arm fast-medium bowler who predominantly swung the ball into right-handed ...

* Leo Lewin * Aubrey Lilley * Christopher Lister-James * Grant Lister-James *

Charlie Llewellyn Charles Bennett "Buck" Llewellyn (29 September 1876 – 7 June 1964) was the first non-white South African Test cricketer. He appeared in 15 Test matches for South Africa between 1895 and 1912, and played in English cricket as a professional for ...

* Brett Logan * Kenneth Logan * Mark Logan * Wayne Lombard *

Craig Lowe Stuart Craig Lowe (July 18, 1957 – January 14, 2023) was an American politician who served as Mayor of Gainesville, Florida, from 2010 to 2013; he previously served as Gainesville City Commissioner from 2003 through his becoming mayor. Lowe w ...

* Cecil Lowell * Tristan Luus * Rowan Lyle * Peter Lyons

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* Cedric Mabuya * Bruce McBride *

Cuan McCarthy Cuan Neil McCarthy (24 March 1929 – 14 August 2000) was a South African cricketer who played in fifteen Test matches from 1948 to 1951. Life and career One of five children born to Victor and Phyllis McCarthy, Cuan McCarthy grew up on "Glen ...

Rod McCurdy Rodney John McCurdy (born 30 December 1959) is a former first-class cricketer who played for Australia, Border, Derbyshire, Eastern Province, Natal, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. He now lives in South Africa. A fast bowler, he playe ...

* Duncan McDonald * Neville McDonald * Trevor Macdonald * George Macfarlane * Richard McGlashan *

Jackie McGlew Derrick John "Jackie" McGlew (11 March 1929 − 8 June 1998) was a cricketer who played for Natal and South Africa. He was educated at Merchiston Preparatory School and Maritzburg College, where he was Head Dayboy Prefect and captain of both cr ...

* Stuart Mackenzie * Henry Mackrory * Justin Mackrory *

Nixon McLean Nixon Alexei McNamara McLean (born 20 July 1973) is a West Indian cricketer from St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He featured in the role of a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played both Tests and ODIs for the West Indies. McLean also featured ...

Roy McLean Roy Alastair McLean (9 July 1930 – 26 August 2007) was a South African cricketer who played in 40 Test matches between 1951 and 1964. A stroke-playing middle-order batsman, he scored over 2,000 Test runs, but made 11 ducks in 73 Test innings. ...

* Don MacLeod * Robbie MacQueen * Peter Madden * Michael Madsen * Trevor Madsen * Wayne Madsen *

Keshav Maharaj Keshav Athmanand Maharaj (born 7 February 1990) is a South African professional cricketer. Maharaj represents the South Africa national team in Tests, ODI and T20I cricket. He is currently the vice-captain of the side in limited overs cricket. ...

Sibonelo Makhanya Bongumusa Sibonelo Makhanya (born 7 March 1996) is a South African cricketer. He was part of South Africa U19 team for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was included in the KwaZulu-Natal cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup ...

* Michael Makin * Rodney Malamba * Ashraf Mall * Tufty Mann * Henry Mansell * Athi Maposa * Peter Marais *

Fish Markham Lawrence Anderson "Fish" Markham (12 September 1924 – 5 August 2000) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1949. Biography Markham was a right-arm leg-break bowler and a right-handed lower-order batsman. His single Test was ...

Neville Markham Neville Evelyn Markham (1 February 1926 – 26 April 2000) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Natal from 1951 to 1957. Markham was a right-arm fast bowler and useful tail-end batsman. He took his best first-class bo ...

Malcolm Marshall Malcolm Denzil Marshall (18 April 1958 – 4 November 1999) was a Barbadian cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, Marshall is widely regarded as one of the greatest and one of the most accomplished fast bowlers of the modern era in Test cricket ...

* Kevin Martin * Richard Martin * Sidney Martin * Jeffrey Mathews * Michael Mathews * Neville Matthews * Allan Mellor * Michael Mellor *

Alan Melville Alan Melville (19 May 1910 – 18 April 1983) was a South African cricketer who played in 11 Test matches from 1938 to 1949. He was born in Carnarvon, Northern Cape, South Africa and died at Sabie, Transvaal. Early life and cricket career ...

* Njabulo Mgenge * David Miller * Duncan Miller *

Frank Miller Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book artist, comic book writer, and screenwriter known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on ''Daredevil'', for which he created the character Elektra, and ...

Geoff Miller Geoffrey Miller, (born 8 September 1952) is an English former cricketer, who played in 34 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team between 1976 and 1984. Nicknamed "Dusty", he played for Derbyshire from 1973 to ...

* Neil Minnaar * Riaan Minnie *

Emmanuel Mkhize Emmanuel Mkhize (born 4 July 1989) is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for KwaZulu-Natal. He was born in Pietermaritzburg. Mkhize currently coaches cricket at Michaelhouse ...

* Saidi Mlongo * Hlompho Modimokoane *

Odirile Modimokoane Odirile Modimokoane (born 10 July 2001) is a South African cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut on 10 October 2021, for Dolphins in the 2021–22 CSA Provincial T20 Knock-Out tournament. Prior to his Twenty20 debut, he was named in South Africa ...

* Robert Moir *

Andile Mokgakane Andile Mokgakane (born 25 December 1999) is a South African cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for KwaZulu-Natal in the 2017 Africa T20 Cup on 8 September 2017. He made his List A debut for KwaZulu-Natal in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Da ...

* Nqobani Mokoena * Matt Montgomery * Sagren Moodley * Barry Moody * Grahame Morby-Smith * Lynton Morby-Smith * Tshepo Moreki * Douglas Morgan * Harry Morley * Edward Morris * Frank Morris *

Gavin Morris Gavin Morris (born 24 October 1998) is a South African cricketer. He made his List A debut for KwaZulu-Natal in the 2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge The 2016–17 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge was a List A cricket competition th ...

* Eric Mowat * Nhlakanipho Mpungose * Wonder Mtolo * John Muil * Claude Mulcahy * Kerwin Mungroo * Douglas Murdoch * Archibald Murray *

Senuran Muthusamy Senuran Muthusamy (born 22 February 1994) is a South African cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in October 2019. Muthusamy can trace his ancestry to India, with family in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Domest ...

Ayavuya Myoli Ayavuya Myoli (born 8 June 1990) is a South African cricketer. He was included in the North West squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup. In September 2019, he was named in Gauteng's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup The 2019–20 CS ...

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* Keegan Nagan * Theesan Naicker * Pranesh Naidoo * David Napier * Brandon Nash * Anderson Ndovela * Jeremy Nel * Thula Ngcobo *

Smangaliso Nhlebela Smangaliso Nhlebela (born 2 June 1994) is a South African first-class cricketer. He was included in KwaZulu-Natal's squad for the 2016 Africa T20 Cup. He made his Twenty20 debut for KwaZulu-Natal against Boland in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 23 ...

* Ravenor Nicholson * Delroy Nicol *

John Nicolson John MacKenzie Nicolson (born 23 June 1961) is a Scottish journalist, broadcaster and Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. Nicolson served as the SNP Member of Parliament (MP) for Ochil and South Perthshire from 2019 general election u ...

* Richard Nienaber * David Norman * Dave Nourse *

Dudley Nourse Arthur Dudley Nourse (12 November 1910 – 14 August 1981) was a South African Test cricketer. Primarily a batsman, he was captain of the South African team from 1948 to 1951. Early life Nourse was born in Durban, the son of South African T ...

* Lifa Ntanzi * Thando Ntini

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* John O'Donoghue * Francis O'Flaherty * Terence O'Flaherty * Jason Oakes * Greg Oldfield * Yacoob Omar *

Dave Orchard David Lynton Orchard (born 24 June 1948) is a South African former first-class cricketer, and former international umpire who stood in 44 Test matches and 107 One-Day Internationals. Biography Orchard was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. ...

* Eric Orchard * Kenneth Orchard

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* Trevor Packer * Fred Palmer * Paul Parker * Wilfred Parry * Bryce Parsons * Edward Parsons * Michael Parsons * Nigel Parsons * Zakariya Paruk * Denis Pascal * Michael Patchitt * Zain Patel * Colin Paterson * Dane Paterson * Bill Payn * Guy Payn * James Payn *

Leslie Payn Leslie William Payn (6 May 1915 – 2 May 1992) was a South African cricketer active from 1936 to 1953 who played for Natal and was a member of the South African team that toured the British Isles in 1947 but did not play in the Test team. Payn ...

* Roland Pearce * David Pearse * Dudley Pearse * Mark Pearse * Ormerod Pearse * Vyvyan Pearse * Maurice Pennington *

Keegan Petersen Keegan Darryl Petersen (born 8 August 1993) is a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman, occasional wicket-keeper and occasional leg break bowler, he has played for Boland, Cape Cobras, Knights and Northern Cape in South African domesti ...

Andile Phehlukwayo Andile Lucky Phehlukwayo (born 3 March 1996) is a South African professional cricketer. He is a left handed lower order batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He made his international debut for South Africa in September 2016. Early life Phe ...

* David Phillips *

Kevin Pietersen Kevin Peter Pietersen (born 27 June 1980) is a former England international cricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest England batsmen to have played the game, and renowned for his competitive, and often controversial nature. He was a ri ...

* Myren Pillay * Romashan Pillay * Tyron Pillay * Anthony Pistorius * Ivan Pistorius * David Pithey * John Piton * Jack Plimsoll * Bruce Plummer * Matthew Pollard *

Shaun Pollock Shaun Maclean Pollock (born 16 July 1973) is a South African cricket commentator and former cricketer, who was captain in all formats of the game. A bowling all-rounder, Pollock along with Allan Donald formed a bowling partnership for many year ...

Ian Pont Ian Leslie Pont (born 28 August 1961) is an English former cricketer and current International Coach, specialising in T20 as a Head Coach and developing the speed of fast bowlers across all formats. Known for a powerful throw and a brief foray in ...

* Bradley Porteous * Nikhil Prem * Anthony Procter *

Mike Procter Michael John Procter (15 September 1946 – 17 February 2024) was a South African cricketer, whose involvement in international cricket was limited by South Africa's banishment from world cricket in the 1970s and 1980s. A fast bowler and hard- ...

* Brett Proctor * Malcolm Proctor * David Pryke

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* Zakhele Qwabe

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* Waseem Rahman * Shahil Ramdin * Naveen Ramnarain * Mishkal Ramsaroop * John Randles * Paul Randles * Peter Rawson * John Rayner * Paul Rayner * Abdul Razak * Desigan Reddy * Gavin Reddy * Ravi Reddy *

Hugh Reece-Edwards Hugh Meredith Reece-Edwards (born 5 January 1961) is a former South African rugby union player. His regular playing position was Full-Back. Playing career Reece-Edwards represented Natal and made his debut for the province in 1982. He played ...

* Ryan Reeves * Alston Rennie * Clinton Rhodes *

Jonty Rhodes Jonathan Neil "Jonty" Rhodes (born 27 July 1969) is a South African professional cricket coach, commentator and former Test cricket, Test and One Day International cricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest fielders of all time and was the ...

Clive Rice Clive Edward Butler Rice (23 July 1949 – 28 July 2015) was a South African international cricketer. An all-rounder, Rice ended his First Class cricket career with a batting average of 40.95 and a bowling average of 22.49. He captained Notti ...

* Michael Ric-Hansen *

Barry Richards Barry Anderson Richards (born 21 July 1945) is a former South African first-class cricketer. A right-handed "talent of such enormous stature", Richards is considered one of South Africa's most successful batsmen. He was able to play only fou ...

* Johnny Riekert * Jameson Riddell * Marshall Riddell * Arthur Risley * Frederick Roach * Victor Robbins * Trevor Roberts * Arthur W. Robinson * Cyril Robinson * Kevin Robinson * Leo Robinson * Gareth Roderick *

Grant Roelofsen Grant Roelofsen (born 26 July 1996) is a South African cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Gauteng in the 2016–17 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup on 13 October 2016. He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for KwaZulu-Nat ...

* Russell Rose * Grant Rowley

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* Mario Saliwa *

Sivert Samuelson Sivert Vause Samuelson (21 November 1883 – 18 November 1958) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in 1910. Samuelson was an off-spin bowler and tail-end right-handed batsman for Natal who took five MCC wickets in an inn ...

* Mark Sanders * Hugh Saulez * Calvin Savage * Clifford Saville * Patrick Schultz * Derek Scotney * Daryl Scott * Gareth Scott * Brandon Scullard * Phillimon Selowa * Mafinki Serame * Roger Seymour *

Tabraiz Shamsi Tabraiz Shamsi (born 18 February 1990) is a South African professional cricketer. He made his international debut in June 2016 in the Caribbean. He is widely regarded as one of the best in T20 cricket, with him being the highest wicket taker in T ...

* James Sheard * Mthokozisi Shezi * Arthur Short * Jack Siedle * John Siedle * Karl Siedle * Andile Simelane * Kyle Simmonds * Shaun Simpson * Daniel Sincuba * Yadene Singh * Angus Small * Daryn Smit * Jesse Smit * Kyle Smit * Aubrey Smith * Chris Smith * EJ Smith * Francis Smith * Gary Smith *

Ian Smith Ian Douglas Smith (8 April 191920 November 2007) was a Rhodesian politician, farmer, and fighter pilot who served as Prime Minister of Rhodesia (known as Southern Rhodesia until October 1964 and now known as Zimbabwe) from 1964 to 1979. He w ...

* Jason Smith * Malcolm Smith * Paul Smith * Robin A Smith * Robin T Smith * Tony Smith * Michael Smithyman *

JJ Smuts Jon-Jon Trevor Smuts (born 21 September 1988) is a South African cricketer who plays for the Warriors in the South African domestic competitions. He is a right-handed opening batsman and a slow left-arm bowler. In 2010 he was selected for the So ...

* Richard Snell * Dudley Sparks * Henry Sparks * Victor Sparks * Mark Springer * Robert Spurway * Patrick Stack * John Stalker * John Steele * Edwin Stephenson * John Stephenson * Tony Steward * Errol Stewart * Richard Steyn * Rudi Steyn * Craig Stirk * Keith Storey * Phillip Stride * Charles Stuart * PW Sturgess *

Prenelan Subrayen Prenelan Subrayen (born 23 September 1993) is a South African cricketer who made his debut in November 2011. In August 2017, he was named in Durban Heat's squad for the first season of the T20 Global League. However, in October 2017, Cricket S ...

* Craig Sugden * Charles Sullivan * Sumanth Sunkari * George Sweeney * Junaid Syed * Pat Symcox * Russel Symcox

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Henry Taberer Henry Melville Taberer (7 October 1870 – 5 June 1932) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in 1902, when he captained South Africa. He was the son of the Revd C. Taberer and was born at a mission station in Keiskammahoe ...

* George Tatham * Craig Tatton * Arthur Tayfield *

Hugh Tayfield Hugh Joseph Tayfield (30 January 1929 – 24 February 1994) was a South African international cricketer. He played 37 Test matches for South Africa between 1949 and 1960 and was one of the best off spinners the game has seen. He was the faste ...

* Ian Tayfield *

Dan Taylor Daniel, Dan, or Danny Taylor may refer to: Sportspeople *Dan Taylor (shot putter) (born 1982), American shot putter *Dan Taylor (cricketer) (1887–1957), South African cricketer *Dan Taylor (footballer, born 1993), English footballer *Dan Taylor ( ...

* Daniel Taylor * Henry Taylor *

Herbie Taylor Herbert Wilfred Taylor (5 May 1889 – 8 February 1973) was a South African cricketer who played 42 Test matches for his country including 18 as captain of the side. Specifically a batsman, he was an expert on the matting pitches which were ...

* Leonard Taylor * Les Taylor * David Thomas * Malcolm Thompson * Robert Thomson * William Thomson * Tony Tillim * Derek Torlage * Gary Tramontino * Michael Tramontino *

Pat Trimborn Patrick Henry Joseph Trimborn (born 18 May 1940) is a former South African cricketer who played in four Test matches from 1967 to 1970. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Trimborn played first-class cricket for Natal NATAL or Natal may refer to: ...

* Paul Trimborn * Charles Trotter * Lawrence Trotter * Thomas Trotter * Thandi Tshabalala * Len Tuckett * David Turner * Douglas Turner * Percy Turner * Stuart Turner * Clifford Tutton *

Andrew Tweedie Andrew Neil Walter Tweedie (born 27 November 1975 in Durban) is a South African first class cricketer for the Nashua Dolphins. A right arm fast medium bowler, he has also had a stint at Herefordshire Herefordshire ( ) is a Ceremonial coun ...

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Arthur Upton General Arthur Percy Upton (13 June 1777 – 22 January 1855) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, politician and amateur cricketer. Background Upton was the third son of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown, by Elizabeth Boughton, daughter of Shuckb ...

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Jonathan Vandiar Jonathan David Vandiar (born 25 April 1990) is a South African first-class cricketer who currently plays for the Titans Cricket Team. He played for Dolphins since 2007 season, but later opted a switch to the Highveld Lions Cricket Team, also re ...

Vintcent van der Bijl Vintcent Adriaan Pieter van der Bijl (born 19 March 1949) is a retired South African cricketer. He was born in Rondebosch, Cape Town, where his father, Pieter van der Bijl, was headmaster of the Diocesan College Preparatory School after retir ...

* Jared van Heerden *

Vaughn van Jaarsveld Vaughn Bernard van Jaarsveld (born 2 February 1985) is a South African cricketer who plays for the Dolphins as a left-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper. He has represented his country at under-nineteen level. In 2007, he signed a th ...

* Slade van Staden * Divan van Wyk *

Morné van Wyk Morné Nico van Wyk (born 20 March 1979) is a South African professional cricketer who has played in 17 One Day Internationals for South Africa. He is also the brother of fellow cricketer Divan van Wyk. Domestic career In October 2018, he was ...

Derek Varnals George Derek Varnals (24 July 1935 – 9 September 2019) was a South African cricketer who played in three Test matches in the 1964–65 season. The South African cricket commentator Charles Fortune described him as "a compact and correct pla ...

* Rowan Varner * Ross Veenstra * Joel Veeran *

Grove Venter Grove Anton Venter (born 14 April 1993) is a South African first-class cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper/batsman for the KwaZulu-Natal provincial side. He made his debut for the team against Griqualand West on 29 September 2013 in the CSA P ...

* Kevin Verdoorn * Peter Vermaak * Berry Versfeld * Andre Viljoen * Hanu Viljoen *

Bert Vogler Albert Edward Ernest Vogler (28 November 1876 – 9 August 1946) was a South African cricketer. A leading all-rounder skilled both at batting and bowling, Vogler played cricket in South Africa prior to becoming eligible to play for Middlesex C ...

* Hubert von Mengershausen

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* Billy Wade * Herby Wade * Jason Wagener * Peter Wallace * Greg Walsh * Anthony Warman * John Watkins * Victor Watkins * Doug Watson *

Colin Wesley Colin "Tich" Wesley (5 September 1937 – 5 March 2022) was a South African cricketer who played in three Test matches in 1960. Wesley played first-class cricket for Natal from 1957 to 1966 as a middle-order batsman and left-arm spin bowler. H ...

* Anthony Wessels * Byron Whatmore *

Sean Whitehead Sean Andre Whitehead (born 7 March 1997) is a South African cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Free State against Zimbabwe in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup on 9 September 2016. Prior to his Twenty20 debut, he was part of South Africa's squad f ...

Brian Whitfield Brian Jonathan Whitfield (born 14 March 1959) is a former South African First-class cricketer. He played with Natal and Northern Transvaal and was one of the South African Cricket Annual's Cricketers of the Year in 1987. References 195 ...

* Stuart Whittaker * George Whyte * Lindsay Whyte-Sweet * Chris Wilkins * Peter Williams *

Robert Williams Robert, Rob, Robbie, Bob or Bobby Williams may refer to: Architecture * Train %26 Williams#Robert Edmund Williams, Robert Edmund Williams (1874–1960), Canadian-American architect * Robert Williams (architect) (1848–1918), Welsh architect a ...

* Garry Wilson * Robert Wilson * Wade Wingfield * Gareth Wissing * Richard Wissing * Atholl Wood * Michael Woodburn * Hugh Woodroffe * Bobby Woods * Charles Woods * Craig Woods *

Bob Woolmer Robert Andrew Woolmer (14 May 1948 – 18 March 2007) was an English cricket coach, cricketer, and a commentator. He played in 19 Test matches and six One Day Internationals for the England cricket team and later coached South Africa, Warwicksh ...

* Arthur Wormington * Maurice Wright * Neville Wright * Clive Wulfsohn

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Victor Xulu Victor Sandile Xulu (born 11 April 1983) is a former South African cricketer who played at first-class and limited overs level for KwaZulu-Natal during the 2009–10 season. A wicket-keeper from Durban, Xulu played in the KwaZulu-Natal under-19 ...

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* Brendan Young * Peter Young * Robert Yuill

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* Zahir Shah * Linda Zondi * Dudu Zondo * Khayelihle Zondo * Sithabiso Zungu

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References

{{Lists of South African cricketers * Cricket in South Africa