Editing Hansie Cronje (section)

===Debuts===
Cronje's form in 1991/92 was impressive especially in the one-day format where he averaged 61.40. He earned an international call up for the [[1992 Cricket World Cup|1992 World Cup]], making his [[One Day International]] debut against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] at [[Sydney]]. During the tournament he played in eight of the team's nine games, averaging 34.00 with the bat, while his medium pace was used in bowling 20 overs.

After the World Cup Cronje was part of the tour to the West Indies; he featured in the three ODIs, and in the Test match at [[Bridgetown]] that followed, he made his [[Test cricket|Test]] debut. This was South Africa's first Test since readmission and they came close to beating a strong [[West Indies national cricket team|West Indian]] side, going into the final day at 122/2 chasing 200 they collapsed to 148.

[[India national cricket team|India]] toured South Africa in 1992/93. In the first one-day international, he hit the famous six when his team needed 6 runs off only 4 balls, and was awarded Man of the match for his bowling. In the one-day series, Cronje managed just one fifty but with the ball he was economical and took his career best figures of 5/32, becoming the second South African to take five wickets in an ODI.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosendorff|first=Peter|title=South Africa vs India 1st ODI Match Report|url=http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1992-93/IND_IN_RSA/IND_RSA_ODI1_07DEC1992_MR|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=21 October 2010|date=3 November 1993}}</ref> In the Test series that followed he scored his maiden test century, 135 off 411 balls, after coming in at 0–1 in the second over he was last man out, after eight and three-quarter hours, in a total of 275. This contributed to South Africa's first Test win since readmission. At the end of the season in a triangular tournament with [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] and West Indies he scored 81 off 70 balls against Pakistan.

In South Africa's next Test series against [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]], Cronje scored his second Test century, 122 in the second Test in [[Colombo]]; the victory margin of an innings and 208 runs is a South African record. He finished the series with 237 runs at 59.25 after scoring 73* in the drawn third Test.