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Ant Botha
South Africa
Player profile
Full name Anthony Greyvensteyn Botha
Born November 17, 1976, Pretoria, Transvaal
Current age 31 years 265 days
Major teams Derbyshire, Easterns, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Warwickshire
Nickname Botox
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height
6 ft 0 in
Education Maritzburg College South Africa
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| First-class |
111 |
175 |
25 |
3619 |
156* |
24.12 |
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4 |
17 |
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89 |
0 |
| List A |
118 |
92 |
27 |
1456 |
60* |
22.40 |
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0 |
4 |
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50 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
36 |
25 |
7 |
291 |
35 |
16.16 |
248 |
117.33 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
9 |
14 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| First-class |
111 |
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19333 |
9343 |
275 |
8/53 |
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33.97 |
2.89 |
70.3 |
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8 |
1 |
| List A |
118 |
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4265 |
3467 |
118 |
5/43 |
5/43 |
29.38 |
4.87 |
36.1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
36 |
33 |
663 |
729 |
41 |
4/14 |
4/14 |
17.78 |
6.59 |
16.1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| First-class debut |
1995/96 |
| Last First-class |
Leicestershire v Warwickshire at Leicester, Jul 30-Aug 2, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1996/97 |
| Last List A |
Warwickshire v Northamptonshire at Birmingham, Aug 6, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Derby, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Warwickshire v Kent at Birmingham, Jul 9-10, 2008 scorecard |
Ant Botha was born in South Africa and represented South Africa Under-19's, Natal and Easterns prior to moving to England. He holds a British passport, and he joined Derbyshire in 2004 after 'discovering his mother was English', according to the county's website. Botha was a glass salesman in South Africa, and loves to smash it about a bit when he is batting. He is a pane in the neck for batsmen too with his nagging left-arm spin, and his allround talent has been a feature of Derbyshire's recent attempts to revitalise their squad. He is an electric fielder and was the club's Twenty20 Player-of-the-Year in 2005 and 2006. He was released by Derbyshire in 2007, joining Warwickshire on a two-year contract.
Sam Collins September 2007
Education: Maritzburg College, Maritzburg Technikon
Junior Representative Cricket: Ntl Nuff 1993-95, SA Schools 1995
Apr 20, 2008 |
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Ant Botha portrait
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Aug 5, 2007 |
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Ant Botha in action against Somerset
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Jun 28, 2005 |
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Ismail Dawood runs out Ant Botha
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