Tyron Henderson (born 1 August 1974) is a former South African professional

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er who played in one international match for the

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. He was born in

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.Tyron Henderson

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. Retrieved 2017-11-02.

Cricket career

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, Henderson played for a range of teams, both in South Africa and in England. He made his first-class and

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debuts in 1998–99 for

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. He moved to Highveld Lions for the 2006–07 season before playing for

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and Boland in 2007–08.Tyron Henderson
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-11-02. He was released by the Cobras at the end of the season and did not play professionally in South Africa afterwards.

, 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2017-11-02. Henderson played for Heriots Cricket Club in Scotland in 2000 and first played

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in England in 2002 for

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. He played for

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in 2006 before joining

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in June 2007, initially as a short-term replacement for

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. For the 2008 season he was re-signed by the county under the

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which meant he was unable to play for South Africa. In the

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he scored 281 runs at an

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of 40.14 and took 21 wickets.Moonda F (2009
Homeboys seize the day

, 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2017-11-02. At the 2008 T20 Finals Henderson became the sixth player to have hit 50 sixes in Twenty20 cricket in a Man of the Match performance against the

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in the semi-final. In the final against Kent he bowled the final over of the match and ran out Justin Kemp to clinch the title for Middlesex. He continued to play Twenty 20 cricket for Middlesex until the end of the

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.Tyron Henderson back at Middlesex for Twenty20

, 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2017-11-02. He was awarded his county cap by Middlesex in 2008. He was purchased by

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for $650,000 in the

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auction, $550,000 more than his base price of $100,000. He played twice during the season for Rajastan and had a "limited impact" in the competition.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Tyron 1974 births Living people Boland cricketers Border cricketers Cape Cobras cricketers Gauteng cricketers Kent cricketers Lions cricketers Middlesex cricketers South African cricketers South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers Warriors cricketers Cricketers from Durban Berkshire cricketers