South Africa women's national cricket team

South Africa

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Nickname(s)	Proteas
Association	Cricket South Africa
Personnel
Captain	Laura Wolvaardt
Coach	Dillon du Preez
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Full member (1909)
ICC region	Africa
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever WODI 3rd 2nd (18 March 2021)[1] WT20I 5th[2] 5th
Women's Tests
First WTest	v  England at St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth; 2–5 December 1960
Last WTest	v  India at M.A. Chidambaram, Chennai; 28 June – 1 July 2024
WTests Played Won/Lost Total[4] 15 1/7 (7 draws) This year[5] 2 0/2 (0 draws)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODI	v  Ireland at Stormont, Belfast; 5 August 1997
Last WODI	v  India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore; 23 June 2024
WODIs Played Won/Lost Total[6] 245 126/103 (5 ties, 11 no results) This year[7] 9 2/6 (0 ties, 1 no result)
Women's World Cup appearances	6 (first in 1997)
Best result	Semi finalists (2000, 2017, 2022)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances	3 (first in 2008)
Best result	Champions (2008)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20I	v  New Zealand at County Ground, Taunton; 10 August 2007
Last WT20I	v  New Zealand at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai; 20 October 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost Total[8] 167 74/86 (0 ties, 7 no results) This year[9] 18 9/8 (0 ties, 1 no result)
Women's T20 World Cup appearances	9 (first in 2009)
Best result	Runners-up (2023, 2024)
Test kit ODI kit T20I kit
As of 17 October 2024

The South Africa women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Proteas, represents South Africa in international women's cricket. One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of the sport), the team is organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA), a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

South Africa made its Test debut in 1960, against England, becoming the fourth team to play at that level (after Australia, England, and New Zealand). Because of the sporting boycott of South Africa and other factors, the team did not play any international fixtures between 1972 and 1997. South Africa returned to international competition in August 1997, in a One Day International (ODI) match against Ireland, and later in the year participated in the 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup in India. The team has participated in every edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup since then, and made the tournament semi-finals in 2000 and 2017. South Africa has likewise participated in every edition of the Women's T20 World Cup, and reached the finals twice in 2023 and 2024, but ended up by losing both times to Australia and New Zealand respectively.