Sisanda Magala

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]

Sisanda Magala
Personal information
Full name
Sisanda Somila Bruce Magala
Born (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991
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

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.

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.
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