Only three Proteas players made it into the ICC’s teams of the decades.
And all of them are manne who are not in the current Test team taking on Sri Lanka – having either retired from cricket or do not play in the five-day game.
AB de Villiers, who retired from international cricket and is still playing the wereld aan die brand at 36, was selected in both the T20 and ODI squads.
Joining him in the ODI squad is another former star Imran Tahir, 41.
The only Test representative is 37-year-old Dale Steyn, who retired from the five-day game.