South Africa Cricket team squad for World cup 2011

South Africa is one of the favourites for this world cup, if they no-longer have habbit of loosing in crucial games. The team looks well balanced but would surely get tough competition from India, SriLanka and Australia.

Here is the squad of South Africa for World Cup 2011:

1. Graeme Smith
captain
Age: 29 years 351 days
Playing role: Opening batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

2. Hashim Amla
Age: 27 years 293 days
Playing role: Top-order batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

3. Johan Botha
Age: 28 years 261 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

4. AB de Villiers
wicketkeeper
Age: 26 years 335 days
Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm medium

5.Jean-Paul Duminy
Age: 26 years 279 days
Playing role: Middle-order batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm offbreak

6. Faf du Plessis
Age: 26 years 189 days
Playing role: Allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak

7. Imran Tahir
Age: 31 years 297 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Legbreak googly

8. Colin Ingram
Age: 25 years 199 days
Playing role: Top-order batsman
Batting: Left-hand bat

9. Jacques Kallis
Age: 35 years 94 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium

10. Morne Morkel
Age: 26 years 104 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast

11. Wayne Parnell
Age: 21 years 172 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm medium-fast

12. Robin Peterson
Age: 31 years 167 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Left-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

13. Dale Steyn
Age: 27 years 205 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm fast

14. Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Age: 26 years 317 days
Playing role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm fast-medium

15. Morne van Wyk
wicketkeeper
Age: 31 years 304 days
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox