Sisanda Magala (born January 7, 1991) is a South African cricket player. In April 2021 he made his international debut for the South African cricket team.
Domestic career
Magala was inducted into the Eastern Province cricket team for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup. He was the leading wicket taker at the 2016 Africa T20 Cup with 12 wickets. In August 2017, he was named to the Nelson Mandela Bay Stars roster for the first season of the T20 Global League. In October 2017, Cricket South Africa postponed the tournament to November 2018 and canceled it shortly afterwards.
In October 2018, he was named to the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament. In September 2019, he was appointed to the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.
In April 2021, he was appointed to Gauteng's squad ahead of the 2021/22 cricket season in South Africa. In May 2021, Magala was called up for the Ireland tour in South Africa's squad, but was later excluded from the games due to an ankle injury.
International career
In January 2020 he was called up to South Africa's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against England. Prior to the ODI series, however, Magala was declared not fully fit and excluded from the South African squad. The following month, Magala was called up to South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the games against England. In March 2021, Magala was called up in South Africa's limited overs squad for her series against Pakistan, against Pakistan on April 10, 2021.
In November 2021 he was appointed to South Africa's ODI squad for the series against the Netherlands. He made his ODI debut for South Africa against the Netherlands on November 26, 2021