“Father and Son” pair in tests
SC Cook made his test debut for South Africa against England at Centurion in the ongoing test. His father SJ Cook also represented South Africa in tests. They became the 48th pair of “father and son’ to represent a team in tests. The following table list all such pairs which includes three pairs o a father and two sons
| No | Father and two Sons |
| 1 | GR, MR and SE Marsh (Aus) |
| 2 | L Amarnath, M and S Amarnath (Ind) |
| 3 | WA Hadlee, DR and RJ Hadlee (NZ) |
| No | Father and Son |
| 1 | EJ and SE Gregory (Aus) |
| 2 | RT and TWM Latham (NZ) |
| 3 | DL and JM Bairstow (Eng) |
| 4 | BC and SCJ Broad (Eng) |
| 5 | AR and MA Butcher (Eng) |
| 6 | MC and CS Cowdrey (Eng) |
| 7 | J Hardstaff snr and J Hardstaff jnr (Eng) |
| 8 | L and RA Hutton (Eng) |
| 9 | IJ and SP Jones (Eng) |
| 10 | FG and FT Mann (Eng) |
| 11 | JH and JM Parks (Eng) |
| 12 | A and RJ Sidebottom (Eng) |
| 13 | MJ and AJ Stewart (Eng) |
| 14 | FW and MW Tate (Eng) |
| 15 | CL and DCH Townsend (Eng) |
| 16 | RMH and STR Binny (Ind) |
| 17 | DK and AD Gaekwad (Ind) |
| 18 | HS and HH Kanitkar (Ind) |
| 19 | VL and SV Manjrekar (Ind) |
| 20 | MH and AV Mankad (Ind) |
| 21 | Nawab of Pataudi snr (Eng and Ind) and MAK Pataudi (Ind) |
| 22 | Pankaj and Pranab Roy (Ind) |
| 23 | S Wazir Ali (Ind) and Khalid Wazir (Pak) |
| 24 | Yograj Singh (Ind) and Yuvraj Singh (Ind) |
| 23 | WM and RW Anderson (NZ) |
| 26 | WP and GE Bradburn (NZ) |
| 27 | BP and DAJ Bracewell (NZ) |
| 28 | BL and CL Cairns (NZ) |
| 29 | PGZ and CZ Harris (NZ) |
| 30 | AJ and RE Redmond (NZ) |
| 31 | KR and HD Rutherford (NZ) |
| 32 | HG and GE Vivian (NZ) |
| 33 | Hanif Mohammad and Shoaib Mohammad (Pak) |
| 34 | Nazar Mohammad and Mudassar Nazar (Pak) |
| 35 | Majid Khan and Bazid Khan (Pak) |
| 36 | SJ and SC Cook (RSA) |
| 37 | F Hearne (Eng and RSA) and GAL Hearne (RSA) |
| 38 | JD and DT Lindsay (RSA) |
| 39 | AW and AD Nourse (RSA) |
| 40 | PM and SM Pollock (RSA) |
| 41 | LR and L Tuckett (RSA) |
| 42 | GA and RGA Headley (WI) |
| 43 | RGA Headley (WI) and DW Headley (Eng) |
| 44 | OC and AHP Scott (WI) |
| 45 | ED Weekes and DA Murray (WI) |
SC Cook made his test debut for South Africa against England at Centurion in the ongoing test. His father SJ Cook South Africa in tests. The following table list all such pairs
| No | Father and two Sons |
| 1 | SJ and SC Cook (RSA) |
| 2 | F Hearne (Eng and RSA) and GAL Hearne (RSA) |
| 3 | JD and DT Lindsay (RSA) |
| 4 | AW and AD Nourse (RSA) |
| 5 | PM and SM Pollock (RSA) |
| 6 | LR and L Tuckett (RSA) |