List of international cricketers from South Australia

South Australia is an Australian state, it has produced cricketers that have represented Australia in all forms of the game—Tests, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). George Giffen became the first South Australian to represent the national side when he played in the first Test of England's 1881–82 tour of Australia. Giffen went on to make 31 appearances for Australia, including 4 matches as captain in the 1894–95 Ashes series. 7 South Australians have held the captaincy of Australia, including the Chappell brothers, Ian and Greg. Greg Chappell has led the Australian Test side more than any other South Australian, with 48 appearances as captain. A third Chappell brother, Trevor, also represented Australia from 1980 to 1983.

With 7,110 runs, Greg Chappell is the highest scoring South Australian in Tests. Ian Chappell is the second highest with 5,345. Greg Chappell has also taken more ODI wickets than any other South Australian. The only South Australian to have scored more ODI runs than Greg Chappell is Darren Lehmann, who made 3,078 runs from 1996 to 2005.

Key

  • Apps denotes the number of appearances the player has made.
  • Runs denotes the number of runs scored by the player.
  • Wkts denotes the number of wickets taken by the player.

Australia captains

Statistics correct as of: 2011 Cricket World Cup

Name

International
career

Apps

Runs

Wkts

Apps

Runs

Wkts

Apps

Runs

Wkts

References

Tests

ODIs

T20Is

1882–1896

1885–1895

1887–1892

1887–1897

1894–1905

1894–1902

1894

1896–1912

1902

1904–1911

1912

1912–1921

1920–1921

1924–1926

1924–1936

1929–1934

1931

1931–1933

1938

1947–1948

1947–1948

1950–1953

1951–1956

1959–1960

1959–1969

1963–1968

1964–1980

1964–1966

1968–1970

1970–1984

1972–1973

1974

1977–1986

1978–1982

1979–1985

1979–1990

1980–1983

1982–1986

1987

1987–1999

1987–1995

1987

1995–2000

1996–2005

1998–1999

2005–2011

2006

2006

2009–2011

2009

2010

See also

  • List of Australia Test cricketers
  • List of Australia ODI cricketers
  • List of Australia Twenty20 International cricketers