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This is a partial list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket matches for the Western Province cricket team in domestic South African men's cricket competitions. A B C D E F G H I * Alan Igglesden * Laurence Impey * Gerald Innes J K L M N O * Sid O'Linn * Riaan Oosthuizen *Douglas Ovenstone * Tuppy Owen-Smith P R S T V W X * Lundi Xhongo Y *Simphiwe Yiba Z *Monde Zondeki References {{Lists of South African cricketers * Cricket in South Africa Border Borders are usually defined as geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other subnational entities. Political bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side either catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xen Balaskas
Xenophon Constantine Balaskas (15 October 1910 – 12 May 1994), sometimes known as Xen or Bally, was a South African all-rounder who scored 2,696 first-class cricket runs at 28.68 and took 276 wickets at 24.11 with his leg-spin bowling. Born in Kimberley to Greek immigrant parents, Balaskas made his first-class debut for Griqualand West in 1926/27, but did not really break through until 1929/30. In that year he topped both the runs and wickets lists in the Currie Cup by taking 39 wickets at 21.20, including five five-wicket hauls, and scoring 644 runs at over 80, including a career-best 206 against Rhodesia. The following season he made his Test match debut at Johannesburg's Old Wanderers ground, but made no impact, scoring 7 and 3 and bowling just two overs in the match. The second Test at Cape Town proved only slightly better: South Africa recorded an innings victory, but Balaskas made a duck and took 2–104 in the match; he was dropped for the rest of the series. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Bisset
Arthur Vintcent Crossley Bisset (15 January 1879 – 8 March 1955) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Western Province cricket team, Western Province from 1903 to 1922. Life and family Bisset was born in Kenilworth, Cape Town, Kenilworth, Cape Town, one of the sons of Wynberg, Cape Town, Wynberg mayor James Bisset (mayor), James Bisset and a grandson of Cape Town mayor Hercules Jarvis. He attended Diocesan College in Rondebosch.Walter Bettesworth, W. A. Bettesworth"Chats on the Cricket Field" ''Cricket'', 1 August 1901, pp. 305–6. One of his brothers, Bill Bisset, Bill, played rugby union for South Africa. Another brother, Murray Bisset, Murray, captained the South Africa cricket team, South African Test cricket team and was Governor of Southern Rhodesia in 1928. Arthur Bisset married Dorothy Edith Mallett in Wynberg in March 1935. They had three daughters. Cricket career Arthur Bisset was one of several inexperienced players selected for the pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Bird (cricketer)
Jonathan Bird (born 11 April 2001) is a South African cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Western Province in the 2018 Africa T20 Cup on 14 September 2018. He made his List A debut for Western Province in the 2018–19 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 14 October 2018. In January 2019, he was named in the South Africa national under-19 cricket team's squad, ahead of their tour to India. He made his first-class debut for Western Province in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup on 17 January 2019. In December 2019, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2020 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament that was held in South Africa from 17 January to 9 February 2020. It was the thirteenth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the second to be .... In July 2020, Bird was named as the CSA South Africa U19 Cricketer of the Year. In April 2021, Bird was named in the South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlisle Best
Carlisle Alonza Best (born 14 May 1959) is a Barbadian former cricketer who played eight Tests and 24 One Day Internationals for the West Indies. He represented the West Indies at the 1987 World Cup. A right-handed batsman, Best hit his first scoring shot on his Test debut for six runs. This was only the second time in the history of Test cricket that this feat had been achieved. Over his career, Best made one century in each international format (both coming against England), and also captained West Indies B on a tour of Zimbabwe. Best was known for his unusual habit of commentating on himself while batting. Following his replacement in the West Indies side by Brian Lara, and other perceived slights to Barbados, local fans boycotted a Test match, costing their cricket board an estimated £100,000. Best now works for a bank and in the media. Playing career Early years Best first came to attention when he scored more than 800 runs in the Barbados leagues in 1976, while still a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Berg
Gareth Kyle Berg (born 18 January 1981) is a South African-born English-Italian cricketer who plays for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. Born in South Africa, he attended Edgemead Primary School and then SACS (South African College School) . He is not considered a Kolpak player, and is qualified by residency for England as well as holding an Italian passport. In January 2021, Berg was named as the head coach of the Italian cricket team. Career Berg's career began at Western Province where he appeared in a handful of one day matches, before moving to England where he signed with Northamptonshire, playing second XI cricket for the county. He signed with Middlesex in 2007, again playing in the second XI before breaking into the first team in 2008, making his List A debut against Surrey at the Oval and his First Class debut a few days later at Lord's against Glamorgan. He received his county cap in 2010. He played for Italy in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers. In May 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Bell
Alexander John Bell (15 April 1906 – 1 August 1985) was a South African cricketer who played in 16 Test matches from 1929 to 1935. Bell was a tail-end right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He made his first-class debut for Western Province in two matches in 1925–26 without making much impact, but returned to the team in the 1928–29 season. In his first match back, he took five Orange Free State wickets for 53 runs (and three more in the second innings). That and good performances in two other matches saw him selected for the 1929 South African tour of England. Tour to England in 1929 As a junior member of the team, Bell played in few of the early matches, but towards the end of May he took six Gloucestershire wickets for 68 in the match at Bristol. He was then given limited opportunities in the first team in the matches leading up to the first Test match, for which he was not selected. Injuries before the second Test to the bowlers Neville Quinn and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansel Bell
Mansel Bell (25 October 1888 – 10 June 1930) was a South African cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...er. He played in six first-class matches from 1906/07 to 1908/09. References External links * 1888 births 1930 deaths South African cricketers Eastern Province cricketers Western Province cricketers Immigrants to Southern Rhodesia South African emigrants {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1880s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farhaan Behardien
Farhaan Behardien (born 9 October 1983) is a South African former international cricketer who played One Day International, ODIs and Twenty20 International, T20Is. On 10 January 2017, Behardien was appointed as the T20I captain for the Sri Lankan cricket team in South Africa in 2016-17#T20I Series, Sri Lanka tour. Early and domestic career He also plays for Nashua Titans. He made both his first-class cricket, first-class and List-A cricket debuts in the 2004–05 season. Behardien is an aggressive right-handed batsman and a useful bowler (cricket), bowler, as well as an athletic fielding (cricket), fielder. In July 2009, Behardien travelled to Australia for a three-week tour with the South African emerging squad. He also represented South Africa at the 2009 Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes, Hong Kong Sixes tournament, where he hit a six of the final ball to lead South Africa to victory in the final against Hong Kong. In the first half of the 2009 season Behardian played a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bedingham
David Guy Bedingham (born 22 April 1994) is an English-South African cricketer. He holds United Kingdom ancestry visa and qualified as a local player. Career Bedingham made his first-class debut for Northerns in the 2012–13 CSA Provincial Three-Day Competition on 14 March 2013. He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge tournament for Boland, with 283 runs in seven matches. He was also the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sunfoil 3-Day Cup for Boland, with 790 runs in eight matches. In June 2018, he was named in the squad for the Cape Cobras team for the 2018–19 season. In September 2018, he was named in Boland's squad for the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Cape Town Blitz team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament. In September 2019, he was named in Western Province's squad for the 2019–20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup. In April 2021, he was named in Western Province's squad, ahead o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrin Bassage
Derrin James Bassage (born 4 December 1978) is a former South African first-class cricketer who made 55 appearances for the Western Province and Cape Cobras The Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras are a franchise cricket team representing the Western Province, Boland, and South Western Districts areas in South African domestic cricket. The team's home venues are Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, Boland ... cricket teams. He made his debut in professional cricket in 2003 and played four seasons of South African domestic cricket, primarily appearing in first-class cricket, but also making a number of appearances in the one-day form of the game. He was born to Carol Ann Bassage (née Cooke) and Jack Bassage. References 1978 births Cape Cobras cricketers Living people Cricketers from Pietermaritzburg South African cricketers Western Province cricketers Wicket-keepers {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Base
Simon Base (born 1960) is a retired English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played first-class cricket between 1981 and 1999. Base was born in Maidstone, Kent, but first represented Western Province South Africa in 1981 before moving back to England to commence his county career; He initially played for Glamorgan in 1986 and later Derbyshire. He also played for Boland and Border Provinces in South Africa. Base took 388 first-class wickets and 221 List A wickets, and was part of the Derbyshire side which won the Refuge Assurance League in 1990. In 1989, he toured the Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ... with the England A team, taking three wickets in two limited-over matches against a Netherlands XI. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
