Best Test XI of 2022

8. Marco Jansen 

The stocks of Macro Jansen have grown leaps and bounds in the international circuit from the time he made his South Africa debut. The tall and lanky pacer extracted bounce even from the most docile surfaces and troubled top-quality batters during the entirety of 2022. Also, he has provided handy knocks while slotting in lower down the order.

Jansen was phenoemenal in the year 2022. He featured in eight Tests and bagged 36 wickets at a superb average of 19.02. Further, the 22-year-old contributed 234 runs with the bat at an average of 21.27.

One of Jansen’s stand-out performances came in the final game of the three-match Test series against England, where the Johannesburg-born wreaked havoc with the ball and grabbed his first five-wicket haul in the longest format of the game.

Jansen, being a left-arm pacer has added variety to the Proteas' pace attack. And courtesy of his stellar performances, the bowling all-rounder has become a vital cog in the South African Test set-up.