South Africa Current Squad

South Africa started playing cricket influenced by the British colonizers in the nineteenth century. Since then, the nation has grown bigger and bigger in the domain of this global sport. Presently, South Africa is the second best country as per the ICC ODI ranking. The South African team is in the sixth position on the ICC Test rankings. The team has been a regular participant in the ICC Cricket World Cup since the 1992 tournament. South Africa has qualified for the 2007 World Cup on the basis of its ODI and Test status. The selectors have announced the 15-member squad. The players included in the squad are:

• Graeme Smith—He is chosen the captain of the South African team for the 2007 World Cup. Smith is a left-handed opening batsman, famous for his performance in the international field.
• Loots Bosman—He has been selected for the South African squad as a right-handed batsman.
• Mark Boucher—He is the wicketkeeper of the South African team. Boucher is also a good right-handed batsman.
• AB de Villiers—He has been selected in the South African squad as a wicketkeeper, who is also a right-handed batsman.
• Herschelle Gibbs—He is a well known right-handed South African batsman in the world of cricket. Gibbs is included in the squad as an opening batsman.
• Andrew Hall—He is an all-rounder included in the South African squad for the 2007 World Cup. Hall is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium pacer.
• Jacques Kallis—He is the world famous South African all-rounder. Kallis is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium pacer.
• Justin Kemp—He is a right-handed middle order batsman in the South African side. Kemp is also a right-arm fast medium pacer.
• Charl Langeveldt—He is a right-arm fast medium pacer included in the South African squad for the 2007 World Cup.
• Andre Nel—He has been chosen for the South African squad for the 2007 World Cup as a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
• Makhaya Ntini—He is the famous South African right-arm fast bowler selected in the squad for the World Cup.
• Robin Peterson—He is a slow left-arm orthodox spinner in the South African side.
• Shaun Pollock—He is a world famous South African all-rounder. Pollock is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium pacer.
• Ashwell Prince—He is a left-handed batsman included in the squad of South Africa for the 2007 World Cup.
• Roger Telemachus—He is a right-arm fast-medium pacer included in the South African squad of 15 players.