South African university team members receive Proteas T20I caps

The SA University XI, playing as Team SA at the African Games, will be recorded in the official T20I record books.

This is because the men's and women's T20 cricket tournaments at the African Games in Accra, Ghana, were both granted T20I status.

The SA women's squad, which won silver medals last week, was composed of SA Emerging players, while the men's team consisted of university cricketers.

All 11 players who played in South Africa's first men's match against Ghana last Sunday made their T20I debuts and received T20I Proteas caps.

This includes George van Heerden, who scored an official T20I century of 107 off 57 balls in the 134-run victory.

Additionally, three more players made their T20I debut for SA in the 70-run loss to Kenya on Monday. Nandre Burger, who was capped by the Proteas as T20I number 101 against India at the Wanderers in December, is now followed on the official list by Stellenbosch University's Lehan Botha (cap number 102), while Central University of Technology's Raps Motlhoaring (no. 115) is the most recently capped South African.

Officially-capped South African men's T20I players (from cap 100):

100 – Donovan Ferreira, vs Australia, 2023
101 – Nandre Burger, vs India, 2023
102 – Lehan Botha (Stellenbosch University), vs Ghana, 2024
103 – Ethan Frosler (Nelson Mandela University), vs Ghana, 2024
104 – Maahir Joseph (Stellenbosch University), vs Ghana, 2024
105 – Keagan Lion-Cachet (University of Pretoria), vs Ghana, 2024
106 – Lifa Ntanzi (University of Johannesburg), vs Ghana, 2024
107 – Mini Ntobela (North West University), vs Ghana, 2024
108 – Heinrigh Pieterse (North West University), vs Ghana, 2024
109 – Jesse Prodehl (University of the Western Cape), vs Ghana, 2024
110 – Jason Raubenheimer (Central University of Technology), vs Ghana, 2024
111 – George van Heerden (Stellenbosch University), vs Ghana, 2024
112 – Aphiwe Yako (University of Pretoria), vs Ghana, 2024
113 – Dylan Bester (University of the Free State), vs Kenya, 2024
114 – Kyle Glennistor (North West University), vs Kenya, 2024
115 – Raps Motlhoaring (Central University of Technology), vs Kenya, 2024