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FACTBOX-Cricket-South Africa World Cup factbox

April 23 - Factbox on the South African cricket
team, who will face Australia in the World Cup semi-finals on
Wednesday in St Lucia.

Captain: Graeme Smith

Coach: Mickey Arthur

Squad: Graeme Smith, Loots Bosman, Mark Boucher, AB de
Villiers, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis, Justin
Kemp, Charl Langeveldt, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Robin
Peterson, Shaun Pollock, Ashwell Prince, Roger Telemachus.

World Cup record: 1992 - semi-finalists; 1996 -
quarter-finalists; 1999 - semi-finalists; 2003 - first round.

Overall playing record: Played: 380, Won: 234, Lost: 130,
Tied: 5, No result: 11.

Highest innings total: 438-9 v Australia, Johannesburg, 2006.

Lowest innings total: 69 v Australia, Sydney, 1993.

Most appearances: 283 - Shaun Pollock.

Highest individual score: 188* - Gary Kirsten.

Leading run-scorer: 9,000 - Jacques Kallis.

Best bowling: 6-22 - Makhaya Ntini v Australia, 2006.

Leading wicket-taker: 380 - Shaun Pollock.

Highest partnership: 235 (1st) - Herschelle Gibbs and Gary
Kirsten v India, Kochi, 2000.

Most catches by a fieldsman: 105 - Jonty Rhodes.

Most dismissals: 362 - Mark Boucher.

Road to Semi-finals:

Group Stage:

-- Defeated Netherlands by 221 runs.

-- Defeated Scotland by seven wickets.

-- Lost to Australia by 83 runs.

Super Eights:

-- Defeated Sri Lanka by one wicket.

-- Defeated Ireland by seven wickets.

-- Lost to Bangladesh by 67 runs.

-- Defeated West Indies by 67 runs.

-- Lost to New Zealand by five wickets.

-- Defeated England by nine wickets.

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