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Kepler Wessels

Personal information
Full name Kepler Christoffel Wessels
Born 14 September 1957 (age 54)
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State Province, Union of South Africa
Batting style Left-handed bat
Bowling style Right arm off break
Right arm medium
Relations MH Wessels (son)
International information
National side Australia
  South Africa
Test debut (cap 317/246) 26 November 1982
Australia v England
Last Test 18 August 1994
South Africa v England
ODI debut (cap 71/11) 9 January 1983
Australia v New Zealand
Last ODI 28 October 1994
South Africa v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years Team
1998–00 Griqualand West
1986–98 Eastern Province
1979–86 Queensland
1976–80 Sussex
1977–78 Transvaal
1976–77 Western Province
1973–76 Orange Free State
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 40[1] 109[2] 316 337
Runs scored 2788 3367 24738 12503
Batting average 41.00 34.35 50.58 41.53
100s/50s 6/15 1/26 66/132 15/90
Top score 179 107 254 146
Balls bowled 90 90 1416 1327
Wickets 0 18 13 36
Bowling average – 37.00 44.15 31.11
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0
10 wickets in match – n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 0/2 2/16 2/25 4/24
Catches/stumpings 30/– 49/– 268/– 151/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 November 2008
Kepler Christoffel Wessels (born 14 September 1957) is a former South African cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia. He was the first man to have played One Day International cricket for two countries.[3]
He was a left-handed opening batsman. He played first-class cricket for Orange Free State, Western Province, Northern Transvaal, Eastern Province and Griqualand West in South Africa, for Queensland in Australia and Sussex in England. As of the 2008 season, he was the coach for the Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings.

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Clive Rice

Personal information
Full name Clive Edward Butler Rice
Born 23 July 1949 (age 62)
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm fast-medium
Role All-rounder
International information
National side South Africa
ODI debut (cap 7) 10 November 1991 v India
Last ODI 14 November 1991 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
1992/93–1993/94 Natal
1970/71–1991/92 Transvaal
1988–1989 Scotland
1987 MCC
1975–1987 Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 3 482 479
Runs scored 26 26331 13474
Batting average 13.00 40.95 37.32
100s/50s 0/0 48/137 11/79
Top score 14 246 169
Balls bowled 138 48628 17738
Wickets 2 930 517
Bowling average 57.00 22.49 22.63
5 wickets in innings 0 23 6
10 wickets in match n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 1/46 7/62 6/18
Catches/stumpings 0/- 401/- 175/-
Source: CricketArchive, 18 January 2008
Clive Edward Butler Rice (born 23 July 1949) is a former South African international cricketer. An all-rounder, Rice ended his first class cricket career with a batting average of 40.95 and a bowling average of 22.49.
His career coincided directly with South Africa's sporting isolation, and his international experience was limited to his post-prime days. He played three One Day Internationals for South Africa following the country's return from sporting isolation. He was controversially left out of the squads for the one-off Test against the West Indies and the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

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Johan Botha (cricketer)


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Personal information
Born 2 May 1982 (age 29)
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Nickname Botes, Stone
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Bowler
International information
National side South Africa
Test debut 2 January 2006 v Australia
Last Test 20 November 2010 v Pakistan
ODI debut 16 November 2005 v India
Last ODI 25 March 2011 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 22
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008–present Rajasthan Royals
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 5 69 67 146
Runs scored 83 517 3,218 1,569
Batting average 20.75 18.46 34.60 21.49
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/22 0/4
Top score 25 46 109 55*
Balls bowled 1017 3,379 9,760 6,631
Wickets 17 65 156 134
Bowling average 33.70 40.29 31.75 37.53
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 n/a
Best bowling 4/56 4/19 6/42 4/19
Catches/stumpings 3/– 31/– 50/– 46/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 February 2011
Johan Botha (born 2 May 1982) is an off spin bowler and lower order batsman who plays cricket for The Chevrolet Warriors at provincial level, the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL and for South Africa at national level.

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Peter van der Merwe

Personal information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side South African
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 15 94
Runs scored 533 4086
Batting average 25.38 29.18
100s/50s 0/3 4/23
Top score 76 128
Balls bowled 79 6221
Wickets 1 82
Bowling average 22.00 25.70
5 wickets in innings 0 3
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/6 6/40
Catches/stumpings 11/- 73/-
Source: Cricinfo,
Peter Laurence van der Merwe (born 14 March 1937 in Paarl, Cape Province) is a former South African cricketer who played in fifteen Tests from 1963 to 1967. He later became a match referee.

Ashwell Prince

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Personal information
Full name Ashwell Gavin Prince
Born 28 May 1977 (age 34)
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side South Africa
Test debut (cap 283) 22 February 2002 v Australia
Last Test 15th december 2011 v sri lanka
ODI debut (cap 72) 9 October 2002 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 25 April 2007 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
19959/6–1996/97 Eastern Province
1997/98–2003/04 Western Province
2004/05 Western Province Boland
2006/07–2007/08 Cape Cobras
2008 Nottinghamshire
2008/09–present Warriors
2009–2010 Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 62 52 201 209
Runs scored 3,556 1,018 12,388 4,624
Batting average 43.36 35.10 44.40 31.24
100s/50s 11/10 0/3 31/59 2/22
Top score 162* 89* 254 128
Balls bowled 96 12 276 91
Wickets 1 0 4 0
Bowling average 47.00 – 41.50 –
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/2 0/3 2/11 0/2
Catches/stumpings 42/– 26/– 136/– 93/–
Source: CricketArchive, 8 November 2011
Ashwell Gavin Prince (born 28 May 1977) is a cricketer who plays Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa. A left-handed middle order batsman, he has a high-batted stance and is strong through the offside. He is noted for his gritty style of batting and also for being an athletic fielder in the covers. At the age of 29, he became the first non-white man to captain the mostly-white South African cricket team.
He has an unusual ODI shirt number which reads '5+0'. This is as a mark of respect to the late Hansie Cronje who wore the number 5 during his career: with Cronje's death his shirt number was retired and South African players do not sport the number 5 without a '+' or zero after it.

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Jacques Kallis

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Personal information
Full name Jacques Henry Kallis
Born 16 October 1975 (age 36)
Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa
Bowling style Right arm medium-fast
Role All-rounder
International information
National side South Africa
Test debut (cap 262) 14 December 1995 v England
Last Test 17 November 2011 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 38) 9 January 1996 v England
Last ODI 28 October 2011 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 3
Domestic team information
Years Team
1993–present Western Province / Cape Cobras
1999 Glamorgan
1997 Middlesex
2008–2010 Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011–present Kolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 147 317 16
Runs scored 12,005 11,372 512
Batting average 56.89 45.48 34.13
100s/50s 40/55 17/84 0/4
Top score 201* 139 73
Balls bowled 18,505 10,558 186
Wickets 271 267 5
Bowling average 32.33 31.76 45.80
5 wickets in innings 5 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 6/54 5/30 2/20
Catches/stumpings 169/– 123/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 Dec 2011
Jacques Henry Kallis (born 16 October 1975) is a South African cricketer. As an all-rounder he is a formidable right-handed batsman and fast-medium swingbowler. He is one of the greatest all-rounders of all time, being the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 11,000 runs and 250 wickets in both one day and Test match cricket.[1][2] From October–December 2007 he produced a streak of five centuries in four Test Matches; with his century in the second innings of the third test against India in January 2011, his 40th in all, he moved past Ricky Ponting to become the second highest scorer of Test centuries, behind only Sachin Tendulkar who currently has 51 centuries. He was named Leading Cricketer in the World in the 2008 Wisden for his performances in 2007 in addition to being the "ICC Test Player of the Year" and ICC Player of the Year in 2005.[3] He has been described by Kevin Pietersen and Daryll Cullinan as the greatest cricketer to play the game[4]

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Graeme Smith

Personal information
Full name Graeme Craig Smith
Born 1 February 1981 (age 30)
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Nickname Biff[1]
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right arm off break
Role opener, occasional off spinner, South African captain
International information
National side South Africa
Test debut (cap 286) 8 March 2002 v Australia
Last Test 15th december 2011 v sri lanka
ODI debut (cap 68) 30 March 2002 v Australia
Last ODI 21 march 2011 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no. 15
Domestic team information
Years Team
1999/2000 Gauteng
2000 Hampshire Cricket Board
2000/01–2003/04 Western Province
2004/05–present Cape Cobras
2005 Somerset
2008–2010 Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 15)
2011–present Sahara Pune Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test FC ODIs LA
Matches 91 129 172 229
Runs scored 7,457 10,644 6,280 8,506
Batting average 49.71 50.92 39.25 40.50
100s/50s 22/29 31/39 8/43 12/62
Top score 277 311 141 141
Balls bowled 1,346 1,714 1,026 1,968
Wickets 8 11 18 47
Bowling average 104.00 98.09 52.83 38.21
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 2/145 2/145 3/30 3/30
Catches/stumpings 119/– 174/– 89/– 118/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 June 2011
Graeme Craig Smith (born 1 February 1981) is a South African cricketer and captain of the South African cricket team Test Match side, having succeeded Shaun Pollock after the 2003 Cricket World Cup. He was succeeded as captain of the ODI side by AB de Villiers after the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
A tall, left-handed opening batsman, on the 2003 South African tour of England he made double centuries in consecutive Test matches:[2] 277 at Edgbaston,[3] and 259 at Lord's.[4] The 259 is the highest score made at Lord's by a foreign player.[5]
Known for the success of his opening partnership with Herschelle Gibbs, South Africa's most prolific ever opening partnership, Smith has the distinction of having been part of all four of South Africa's opening partnerships of over 300 runs:[6] in three of them he was partnered by Gibbs, and in 2008 Smith added 415 for the first wicket with Neil McKenzie against Bangladesh, a world record opening partnership.

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Mark Boucher


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Personal information
Full name Mark Verdon Boucher
Born 3 December 1976 (age 35)
East London, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm medium
Role Wicket-keeper
International information
National side South Africa
Test debut (cap 267) 17 October 1997 v Pakistan
Last Test 6 January 2011 v India
ODI debut (cap 46) 16 January 1998 v New Zealand
Last ODI 3 June 2010 v West Indies
ODI shirt no. 9
Domestic team information
Years Team
1995/96–2002/03 Border
2004/05- Warriors
2009–2010 Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011- Kolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 139 292 201 358
Runs scored 5,312 4,664 8,420 6,143
Batting average 30.70 28.79 33.54 28.57
100s/50s 5/34 1/26 9/52 2/35
Top score 125 147* 134 147*
Balls bowled 8 – 26 –
Wickets 1 – 1 –
Bowling average 6.00 – 26.00 –
5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 –
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 –
Best bowling 1/6 – 1/6 –
Catches/stumpings 499/22 400/22 677/36 476/31
Source: CricketArchive, 6 February 2011
Mark Verdon Boucher (born 3 December 1976) is a South African cricketer, who holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper. He was educated at Selborne College and has represented Border, Africa XI, ICC World XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders of the Indian Premier League, and South Africa. He has been a regular feature of the South African side since the 1997/1998 tour to Australia.

[edit] Notable achievements

Boucher is currently, and has been so ever since he replaced Dave Richardson, South Africa's first-choice wicketkeeper, and is widely regarded as one of, if not the, greatest wicketkeepers South Africa has ever had.[citation needed] He holds the record for the most dismissals in Test cricket. He got the record originally when he overtook the former Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy in the first test of the Bank Alfalah Test Series versus Pakistan in Karachi on 3 October 2007 when he stumped Umar Gul off the bowling of Paul Harris. He then lost the record to Adam Gilchrist before regaining it when he caught Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh in February 2008.[1] Boucher is also second on the all-time list in One Day Internationals, also behind Adam Gilchrist. He once held the record for the highest score by a nightwatchman in Test cricket with 125 for South Africa v Zimbabwe at Harare in 1999-00. [2] On 12 March 2006 he hit the winning runs for South Africa against Australia in what had been the Greatest One Day International ever played. [3]
Later in 2006, on 20 September, he made his maiden ODI century, hitting an unbeaten 147 against Zimbabwe from a mere 68 balls. His hundred came up off just 44 balls, the second-fastest ODI century ever. Boucher did benefit, however, from some very poor Zimbabwean fielding, being dropped no fewer than six times during his innings.[4] He has played over one hundred consecutive ODIs for his country and is one of only eleven players, including Hansie Cronjé and Shaun Pollock, to achieve this. [5] In February 2007 he and Jacques Kallis combined to hit Mohammad Asif for 28 runs off an over in an ODI at Centurion. It broke the South African record for most runs off an over which was previously held by both Shaun Pollock and Graeme Smith with 27. However, this was later broken by Herschelle Gibbs with 36 runs off one over, the most possible without no-balls or wides.[6]
In the period while the team was under Shaun Pollock's leadership, Boucher was the regular vice-captain of the team and lead the team in tests four times. These matches includes a victory over Australia, an achievement which Pollock could not manage. Boucher started his 2007 World Cup campaign in good form with a 21-ball half century, the then fastest in World Cup history (before being beaten by Brendon McCullum's 20-ball effort six days later) - scoring 75 not out against the Netherlands as South Africa scored 353 for 4 wickets in a rain-shortened World Cup match. However, this was overshadowed by Herschelle Gibbs's six sixes in an over, the 3rd time ever in world cricket and first time in a One Day International match, and thus in the World Cup.[7] He became the first wicketkeeper in the history of test cricket to reach the milestone of 400 dismissals when he caught Danish Kaneria off the bowling of Makhaya Ntini on October 10, 2007 in the second test of the Bank Alfalah Test Series against Pakistan at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.[8]
Despite being South Africa's consistent wicket-keeper for a long time, age meant that batsman AB de Villiers was given a chance with the gloves and he impressed. However de Villiers is one of the teams best outfielders and therefore Boucher continued to feature in the team. He participated in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 and the South African coach Corrie van Zyl said that both Boucher and Herschelle Gibbs have the chance to get back in the team. He stated that Boucher will get his chance in the team provided that he performs in the domestic ODI tournament he also stated that both of them had a good chance in playing for the 2011 Cricket World Cup [9] He was however still selected for the Test series against Pakistan and continues to be South Africa's number one test wicket-keeper [10] Also during that time Boucher recovered from his six-week shoulder injury and stated that he is desperate for a return to international cricket. He stated that his main aim was to participate in the 2011 Cricket World Cup [11]


Shaun Pollock

Personal information
Full name Shaun Maclean Pollock
Born 16 September 1973 (age 38)
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Nickname Polly
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm fast-medium
Role Bowling all-rounder
International information
National side South Africa
Test debut (cap 261) 16 November 1995 v England
Last Test 10 January 2008 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 39) 9 January 1996 v England
Last ODI 3 February 2008 v West Indies
ODI shirt no. 7
Domestic team information
Years Team
1992/93–2003/04 KwaZulu-Natal
1996–2002 Warwickshire
2004/05 Dolphins
2008 Mumbai Indians
2008 Durham
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 108 303 186 435
Runs scored 3,781 3,519 7,021 5,494
Batting average 32.31 26.45 33.11 26.66
100s/50s 2/16 1/14 6/35 3/24
Top score 111 130 150* 134*
Balls bowled 24,353 15,712 39,067 21,588
Wickets 421 393 667 573
Bowling average 23.11 24.50 23.25 22.93
5 wickets in innings 16 5 22 7
10 wickets in match 1 n/a 2 n/a
Best bowling 7/87 6/35 7/33 6/21
Catches/stumpings 72/– 108/– 132/– 153/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 September 2008
Shaun Maclean Pollock (born 16 September 1973) is a retired South African cricketer who is considered a bowling all-rounder. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team, and also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was also chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2003. He is the leading wicket taker among South Africans, taking over 400 test wickets and scoring over 3,700 test runs in his 108 Test matches.[1] On 11 January 2008 he announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket after his 303rd One Day International on 3 February.[2]

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