Marchant de lange birthplace of alexander
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South African In a straight line Cricketers pivotal their Schools (1889-2024)
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Which school in South Africa in recent times has produced the most test cricketers?
There is little dispute that historically Durban High School (DHS) with a total of 24 caps is the leading school when it comes to all time test cricketers. Bishops (18), KES (16), Grey High School (12) and Jeppe (12) complete the top 5.
Obviously, we are only talking about Test Match Cricketers and many other schools have produced ODI and T20 internationals.
However, what about recent times?
Which school is leading the pack with the amount of test players who have come through their ranks since 1992? Since re-admission into the test playing arena it is interesting that two of the schools still rank in the top 5.
There has been a total of 102 players who have been selected to play Test Cricket for SA since 1992. The record shows that KES is the top school having produced the most test cricketers followed by Grey College, DHS, Rondebosch and Pretoria Boys High.
These top 5 Test Cricket producing schools are responsible for 23% of all the test cricketers who have played cricket for South Africa since 1992.
Note: There are other players, not included in this list, who went to school in South Africa but have played test cricket for other countries like Kevin Pietersen (Maritzburg Coll • Debutant Marchant de Lange upstaged the two fast bowlers he grew up admiring as South Africa and Sri Lanka shared the honours on the first day of the second Test match at Kingsmead. The 21-year-old De Lange, replacing the injured Vernon Philander, took 4 for 60 as Sri Lanka reached 7 for 289 at stumps. Thilan Samaraweera made a patient 86 not out and shared a crucial sixth wicket partnership of 111 with another new cap, wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal, who hit 58. Tall and strongly built, De Lange consistently bowled at more than 140kmh off a relatively short run-up to rip out three of Sri Lanka's leading batsmen. De Lange took another wicket in the last over of the day when he had Thisara Perera caught at short leg. Asked which fast bowlers he had admired and tried to emulate as a youngster, De Lange replied: "The two who were playing today - Dale (Steyn) and Morne (Morkel)." Morkel took 2 for 55, including the key wicket of Mahela Jayawardene, who became the first Sri Lankan to reach 10,000 runs in Tests before being bowled by Morkel for 31, but Steyn went wicketless. De Lange, who received a late call-up after Philander was ruled out by a knee injury, had Sri Lanka in trouble at 5 for 162 on a good
De Lange shines on debut as Sri Lanka battles