List of international cricketers from South Australia

Ian Chappell captained Australia 30 times in Tests.

South Australia is an Australian state, it has produced cricketers that have represented Australia in all forms of the game—Tests, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). George Giffen became the first South Australian to represent the national side when he played in the first Test of England's 1881–82 tour of Australia. Giffen went on to make 31 appearances for Australia, including 4 matches as captain in the 1894–95 Ashes series. 7 South Australians have held the captaincy of Australia, including the Chappell brothers, Ian and Greg. Greg Chappell has led the Australian Test side more than any other South Australian, with 48 appearances as captain. A third Chappell brother, Trevor, also represented Australia from 1980 to 1983.

With 7,110 runs, Greg Chappell is the highest scoring South Australian in Tests. Ian Chappell is the second highest with 5,345. Greg Chappell has also taken more ODI wickets than any other South Australian. The only South Australian to have scored more ODI runs than Greg Chappell is Darren Lehmann, who made 3,078 runs from 1996 to 2005.

Key

• Apps denotes the number of appearances the player has made.
• Runs denotes the number of runs scored by the player.
• Wkts denotes the number of wickets taken by the player.

Australia captains

Statistics correct as of: 2011 Cricket World Cup

Name	International career	Apps	Runs	Wkts	Apps	Runs	Wkts	Apps	Runs	Wkts	References
		Tests			ODIs			T20Is
George Giffen	1882–1896	31	1,238	103	–	–	–	–	–	–
Affie Jarvis	1885–1895	11	303	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Walter Giffen	1887–1892	3	11	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
John Lyons	1887–1897	14	731	6	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Darling	1894–1905	34	1,657	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ernie Jones	1894–1902	19	126	64	–	–	–	–	–	–
John Reedman	1894	1	21	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Clem Hill	1896–1912	49	3,412	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ike Travers	1902	1	10	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Algy Gehrs	1904–1911	6	221	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jimmy Matthews	1912	8	153	16	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ernie Mayne	1912–1921	4	64	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nip Pellew	1920–1921	10	484	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Arthur Richardson	1924–1926	9	403	12	–	–	–	–	–	–
Vic Richardson	1924–1936	19	706	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tim Wall	1929–1934	18	121	56	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Nitschke	1931	2	53	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Perker Lee	1931–1933	2	57	5	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mervyn Waite	1938	2	11	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bruce Dooland	1947–1948	3	76	9	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ron Hamence	1947–1948	3	81	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Geff Noblet	1950–1953	3	22	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gil Langley	1951–1956	26	374	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gavin Stevens	1959–1960	4	112	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Barry Jarman	1959–1969	19	400	0	–	–	–	–	–	–
Neil Hawke	1963–1968	27	365	91	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ian Chappell	1964–1980	75	5,345	20	16	673	2	–	–	–
David Sincock	1964–1966	3	80	8	–	–	–	–	–	–
Eric Freeman	1968–1970	11	345	34	–	–	–	–	–	–
Greg Chappell	1970–1984	87	7,110	47	74	2,331	72	–	–	–
Jeff Hammond	1972–1973	5	28	15	1	15	1	–	–	–
Ashley Woodcock	1974	1	27	0	1	53	0	–	–	–
David Hookes	1977–1986	23	1,306	1	39	826	1	–	–	–
Rick Darling	1978–1982	14	697	0	18	363	0	–	–	–
Andrew Hilditch	1979–1985	18	1,073	0	8	226	0	–	–	–
Peter Sleep	1979–1990	14	483	31	–	–	–	–	–	–
Trevor Chappell	1980–1983	3	79	0	20	229	19	–	–	–
Wayne Phillips	1982–1986	27	1,485	0	48	852	0	–	–	–
Glenn Bishop	1987	–	–	–	2	13	0	–	–	–
Tom Moody	1987–1999	8	456	2	76	1,211	52	–	–	–
Tim May	1987–1995	24	225	75	47	39	39	–	–	–
Andrew Zesers	1987	–	–	–	2	10	1	–	–	–
Greg Blewett	1995–2000	46	2,552	14	32	551	14	–	–	–
Darren Lehmann	1996–2005	27	1,798	15	117	3,078	52	–	–	–
Brad Young	1998–1999	–	–	–	6	31	1	–	–	–
Shaun Tait	2005–2011	3	20	5	35	25	62	19	10	28
Dan Cullen	2006	1	0	1	5	2	2	–	–	–
Mark Cosgrove	2006	–	–	–	3	112	1	–	–	–
Callum Ferguson	2009–2011	–	–	–	28	660	0	3	16	0
Graham Manou	2009	1	21	0	4	7	0	–	–	–
Peter George	2010	1	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–

See also

• List of Australia Test cricketers
• List of Australia ODI cricketers
• List of Australia Twenty20 International cricketers