South Africa national cricket team
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The South Africa national cricket team, often called the Proteas, is one of the world’s leading international cricket sides, known for its strong fast bowling, athletic fielding, and competitive performances across all formats.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Africa national cricket team canonical | 16 |
| Proteas | 1 |
| South Africa ODI cricket team | 1 |
| South Africa Test cricket team | 1 |
| South Africa in international cricket | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1079465 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: South Africa national cricket team Context triple: [2003 Cricket World Cup, participatingTeam, South Africa national cricket team]
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A.
South Africa national rugby union team
The South Africa national rugby union team, known as the Springboks, is one of the world’s most successful and historically significant rugby sides, renowned for its physical style of play and multiple Rugby World Cup titles.
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B.
South Africa national football team
The South Africa national football team, nicknamed Bafana Bafana, represents South Africa in international men's soccer and is known for winning the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations and hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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C.
England cricket team
The England cricket team is the national side that represents England (and Wales) in international cricket and is one of the sport’s oldest and most historically significant teams.
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D.
Hashim Amla
Hashim Amla is a South African cricketer renowned as one of his country’s greatest batsmen, noted for his prolific run-scoring and elegant batting style in international cricket.
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E.
Queensland Reds
The Queensland Reds are a professional rugby union team based in Brisbane that competes in the Super Rugby competition and represents the Australian state of Queensland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South Africa national cricket team Target entity description: The South Africa national cricket team, often called the Proteas, is one of the world’s leading international cricket sides, known for its strong fast bowling, athletic fielding, and competitive performances across all formats.
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A.
South Africa national rugby union team
The South Africa national rugby union team, known as the Springboks, is one of the world’s most successful and historically significant rugby sides, renowned for its physical style of play and multiple Rugby World Cup titles.
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B.
South Africa national football team
The South Africa national football team, nicknamed Bafana Bafana, represents South Africa in international men's soccer and is known for winning the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations and hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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C.
England cricket team
The England cricket team is the national side that represents England (and Wales) in international cricket and is one of the sport’s oldest and most historically significant teams.
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D.
Hashim Amla
Hashim Amla is a South African cricketer renowned as one of his country’s greatest batsmen, noted for his prolific run-scoring and elegant batting style in international cricket.
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E.
Queensland Reds
The Queensland Reds are a professional rugby union team based in Brisbane that competes in the Super Rugby competition and represents the Australian state of Queensland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national cricket team ⓘ |
| banStartYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| ChampionsTrophyBestResult | winner ⓘ |
| ChampionsTrophyTitleYear |
1998
ⓘ
2006 ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| format |
One Day International cricket
ⓘ
Test cricket ⓘ Twenty20 International cricket ⓘ |
| formerGoverningBody |
Cricket South Africa
ⓘ
surface form:
United Cricket Board of South Africa
|
| governingBody | Cricket South Africa ⓘ |
| historicalIssue | banned from international cricket during apartheid ⓘ |
| homeStadium |
Kingsmead Cricket Ground
ⓘ
Newlands Cricket Ground ⓘ St George's Park Cricket Ground ⓘ SuperSport Park cricket stadium ⓘ
surface form:
SuperSport Park
Wanderers Stadium ⓘ |
| ICCMemberSince | 1909 ⓘ |
| ICCRegion | Africa ⓘ |
| ICCStatus | Full Member ⓘ |
| nickname |
South Africa national cricket team
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Proteas
|
| notableEra | post-apartheid era dominance in Test cricket ⓘ |
| ODIDebutOpponent |
New Zealand national cricket team
ⓘ
surface form:
New Zealand cricket team
|
| ODIDebutYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| ODIRankingStatus | has been ranked number one in the ICC ODI rankings ⓘ |
| playsInTournament |
Bilateral ODI series
ⓘ
Bilateral T20I series ⓘ Bilateral Test series ⓘ ICC Champions Trophy ⓘ ICC Cricket World Cup ⓘ ICC T20 World Cup ⓘ ICC World Test Championship ⓘ |
| readmissionYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| represents |
South Africa national cricket team
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
South Africa in international cricket
|
| sport | cricket ⓘ |
| strength |
athletic fielding
ⓘ
fast bowling ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay |
aggressive fast bowling
ⓘ
competitive across all formats ⓘ |
| T20IDebutOpponent |
New Zealand national cricket team
ⓘ
surface form:
New Zealand cricket team
|
| T20IDebutYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| T20IRankingStatus | has been ranked number one in the ICC T20I rankings ⓘ |
| T20WorldCupBestResult | semi-finalist ⓘ |
| teamColor |
gold
ⓘ
green ⓘ |
| TestDebutOpponent | England cricket team ⓘ |
| TestDebutYear | 1889 ⓘ |
| TestRankingStatus | has been ranked number one in the ICC Test rankings ⓘ |
| WorldCupBestResult | semi-finalist ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: South Africa national cricket team Description of subject: The South Africa national cricket team, often called the Proteas, is one of the world’s leading international cricket sides, known for its strong fast bowling, athletic fielding, and competitive performances across all formats.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
South Africa Test cricket team
this entity surface form:
South Africa ODI cricket team
South Africa national cricket team
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nickname
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South Africa national cricket team
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Proteas
South Africa national cricket team
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represents
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South Africa national cricket team
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
South Africa in international cricket
subject surface form:
SuperSport Park