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South Africa cricket team took the lead in the series by defeating New Zealand cricket team in the first T20 International match. In this match, two brothers from the Proteas team played together in the form of Jordan Harman and Rubin Harman. This proved to be Jordan’s debut match in international cricket. With this, Jordan and Rubin became the 8th pair of brothers to play together for South Africa in international cricket. Let us know about these pairs.
stanley and tip snook
Stanley and Tip Snook were the first pair of brothers to play for South Africa. This match was a test match against England in 1907. This match proved to be the only international match for Stanley, in which he batted at number 11 in the first innings. He did not get to bat nor bowl in the second innings. His younger brother Sibley John Tipp had scored a total of 99 runs in both the innings of this match.
Dan and Herbie Taylor
Dan and Herbie Taylor played 2 test matches together for South Africa. The pair took the field together in the fourth Test against England in Durban in 1914. The pair played the last two Test matches of that series together, which were also the only two international matches of Dan’s career. In the second innings of the Durban Test, Herbie and Dan made a partnership of 69 runs.
Reginald and Philip Hands
Reginald and Philip Hands played together only once for South Africa, in a Test match against England in 1914. This was elder brother Reginald’s first and only Test for South Africa, in which he scored 0 and 7 in the two innings. Philip had scored 83 and 49 runs in this test. Philip also played the remaining matches in that Test series.
Eric and Athol Rowan
Eric and Atholl Rowan played 9 Test matches together between 1948–51, all against England. The first of these matches was played in Durban in 1948 and the last match was played at ‘The Oval’ in 1951. This was the last international match of both of them. Elder brother Eric had scored a total of 1,965 runs in 26 matches. Off-spinner Athol took 54 wickets in 15 matches.
Albie and Morne Morkel
The Morkel brothers have played the most matches together for South Africa. Morne and Albie Morkel brothers played a total of 46 matches between 2007 and 2014, including 20 ODIs and 26 T20 Internationals. They first played together in an ODI against Zimbabwe in 2007, and their last match together came against New Zealand during the group stage at the 2014 T20 World Cup.
This pair of brothers also played matches together
Peter and Graeme Pollock (1963-1970) played 23 Test matches together in a span of 7 years. The Pollock brothers first played together in 1963 against Australia. Both of them played their last international match against Australia in 1970. At the same time, Gary and Peter Kirsten played 16 matches together, which included 9 ODIs and 7 Tests. All these matches were played in 1994.
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