Full name Thami Lungisa Tsolekile
Born October 9, 1980, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 31 years 230 days
Major teams South Africa, Cape Cobras, Lions, South Africa A, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 3 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 22 | 9.40 | 177 | 26.55 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| First-class | 130 | 183 | 28 | 4532 | 141 | 29.23 | 4 | 23 | 417 | 32 | ||||
| List A | 125 | 83 | 24 | 1242 | 68 | 21.05 | 0 | 3 | 168 | 19 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 47 | 30 | 13 | 415 | 52 | 24.41 | 375 | 110.66 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 27 | 8 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 130 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| List A | 125 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Twenty20 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Test debut | India v South Africa at Kanpur, Nov 20-24, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Test | South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, Dec 17-21, 2004 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1999 |
| Last First-class | Lions v Cape Cobras at Johannesburg, Feb 9-12, 2012 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1998/99 |
| Last List A | Lions v Knights at Johannesburg, Nov 30, 2011 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Western Province Boland v Dolphins at Cape Town, Apr 7, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Lions v Titans at Johannesburg, Apr 1, 2012 scorecard |
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1c/0s, 14 | Lions | v Titans | Johannesburg | 1 Apr 2012 | Twenty20 |
| 0c/0s | Lions | v Impi | Benoni | 21 Mar 2012 | Twenty20 |
| - | Lions | v Dolphins | Johannesburg | 16 Mar 2012 | Twenty20 |
| 6*, 1c/0s | Lions | v Warriors | Johannesburg | 14 Mar 2012 | Twenty20 |
| 4, 0c/0s | Lions | v Titans | Johannesburg | 11 Mar 2012 | Twenty20 |
| 0c/0s, 17* | Lions | v Cape Cobras | Cape Town | 9 Mar 2012 | Twenty20 |
| 2c/0s | Lions | v Knights | Potchefstroom | 7 Mar 2012 | Twenty20 |
| 1c/0s | Lions | v Titans | Centurion | 2 Mar 2012 | Twenty20 |
| 2, 0c/0s | Lions | v Knights | Bloemfontein | 26 Feb 2012 | Twenty20 |
| 0c/0s, 10 | Lions | v Cape Cobras | Johannesburg | 24 Feb 2012 | Twenty20 |
Thami Tsolekile was a prodigy as a youngster. Although known as "Mara" by his friends on the dusty streets of Langa township in Cape Town, principally for his skills with a football at his feet, it was his scholarship to nearby Pinelands school which put him on a path to cricket stardom. At Pinelands, Tsolekile broke almost every existing Cape Town schoolboy cricket record, many of them set a few years previously by Jacques Kallis, and at the same time proved himself a superb hockey player. He went on to play hockey for South Africa at full international level, scoring on his debut, but concentrated on cricket as it offered the chance to make a genuine career from the sport. After making his first-class debut as a 19-year-old in 2000, he captained the South African team at the Under-19 World Cup the following year. His glovework was sound and impressed the selectors on the 2003 A tour of Australia enough to earn him elevation to the full squad for the tour of England which followed. His Test debut came against in 2004 when Mark Boucher was controversially dropped for the tour India. His top-level career lasted three matches and he was dropped following the opening Test against England. In 2009, he transferred to the Lions franchise. Neil Manthorp June 2009
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