Sisanda Magala
Personal information
Full name
Sisanda Somila Bruce Magala
Born (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 33)
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 143)26 November 2021 v Netherlands
Last ODI2 April 2023 v Netherlands
T20I debut (cap 91)10 April 2021 v Pakistan
Last T20I26 March 2023 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010/11–2017/18Eastern Province
2013/14–2019/20Warriors
2018Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
2019/20Border
2019Cape Town Blitz
2020/21Lions
2021/22–presentGauteng
2023Sunrisers Eastern Cape
2023Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 7 6 94 124
Runs scored 12 34 2,081 880
Batting average 4.00 34.00 19.44 14.19
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/9 0/2
Top score 5* 18* 79 78*
Balls bowled 318 120 13,550 5,242
Wickets 14 6 275 189
Bowling average 23.92 37.66 28.91 26.83
5 wickets in innings 1 0 11 9
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 5/43 3/21 6/23 6/24
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 56/– 25/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 April 2023

Sisanda Somila Bruce Magala (born 7 January 1991) is a South African professional cricketer. He made his international debut for the South Africa cricket team in April 2021.[1]

Domestic career

Magala was included in the Eastern Province cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[2] He was the leading wicket-taker in the 2016 Africa T20 Cup, taking 12 wickets.[3] In August 2017, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Stars' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[4] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.[5]

In October 2018, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Giants' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.[6][7] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[8]

In April 2021, he was named in Gauteng's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.[9] In May 2021, Magala was named in South Africa's squad for their tour of Ireland,[10] but he was later ruled out of the matches due to an ankle injury.[11]

International career

In January 2020, he was named in South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against England.[12] However, ahead of the ODI series, Magala was declared not to be fully fit, and was ruled out of South Africa's squad.[13] However, the following month, Magala was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the matches against England.[14] In March 2021, Magala was named in South Africa's limited overs squads for their series against Pakistan.[15] He made his T20I debut for South Africa, against Pakistan, on 10 April 2021.[16]

In November 2021, he was named in South Africa's ODI squad for their series against the Netherlands.[17] He made his ODI debut on 26 November 2021, for South Africa against the Netherlands.[18] The following month, Magala was named in South Africa's Test squad for the series against India.[19] He took his first international fiver - in any format - against the Netherlands at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg for a scorecard of 5-43. Magala was picked in South African 50-over squad for 2023 World Cup.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Sisanda Magala". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. ^ Eastern Province Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Africa T20 Cup: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  4. ^ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  8. ^ "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  9. ^ "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Plenty of new faces in Proteas squads named to tour West Indies and Ireland". The South African. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Sisanda Magala ruled out of Ireland tour with ankle injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Lungi Ngidi, Temba Bavuma named in South Africa ODI squad, Quinton de Kock to be captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Proteas ODI squad update". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Quinton de Kock to lead, Dale Steyn returns for England T20Is". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  15. ^ "Lubbe, Williams and Magala make the cut for Pakistan series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  16. ^ "1st T20I, Johannesburg, Apr 10 2021, Pakistan tour of South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Bavuma, de Kock among six South Africa regulars rested for Netherlands ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  18. ^ "1st ODI, Centurion, Nov 26 2021, Netherlands tour of South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  19. ^ "Duanne Olivier returns as South Africa name 21-member squad for India Tests". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  20. ^ "South Africa unveil squad for World Cup 2023". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

External links

South Africa squad – 2023 Cricket World Cup semi-finalists
Chennai Super Kings – current squad
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