Over the last week, SA Cricket magazine’s writers have picked their best Proteas Test team since 1992, and here’s how the completed sections look.
READ: Our Proteas Test XI: The top six
GARY LEMKE’S TEST XI – 1 Graeme Smith (c), 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 Daryll Cullinan, 6 AB de Villiers, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Vernon Philander, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Allan Donald.
JON CARDINELLI’S TEST XI – 1 Graeme Smith (c), 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 Daryll Cullinan, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Vernon Philander, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Allan Donald.
READ: Our Proteas Test XI: The wicketkeeper
WADE PRETORIUS’ TEST XI – 1 Graeme Smith (c), 2 Gary Kirsten, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 Herschelle Gibbs, 7 Quinton de Kock (wk), 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Allan Donald.
CRAIG LEWIS’ TEST XI – 1 Graeme Smith (c), 2 Gary Kirsten, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 Quinton de Kock, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Allan Donald.
JONHENRY WILSON’S TEST XI – 1 Graeme Smith (c), 2 Gary Kirsten, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 Daryll Cullinan, 6 AB de Villiers, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini, 11 Allan Donald.
READ: Our Proteas Test XI: The bowlers
ANDRE HUISAMEN’S TEST XI – 1 Graeme Smith (c), 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, 6 Hansie Cronje, 7 Quinton de Kock, (wk), 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Vernon Philander, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Allan Donald.