What is the full name of Kepler Wessels?

Full name of Kepler Wessels is Kepler Christoffel Wessels

Which country Kepler Wessels is from?

Kepler Wessels is from Australia

What is the batting style of Kepler Wessels?

Batting style of Kepler Wessels is Left hand bat

Where was Kepler Wessels born?

Kepler Wessels was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State

What is Kepler Wessels's age?

Kepler Wessels's age is 63y 216d

Kepler Wessels profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos

Full Name

Kepler Christoffel Wessels

Born

September 14, 1957, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State

Age

63y 216d

Batting Style

Left hand bat

relations

Umpire, Referee, Coach

TEAMS

Kepler Wessels was a cricket itinerant and boxing aficionado who, before opening for Australia for four years, played in his native South Africa, in England and in World Series Cricket. He subsequently played for an Australian rebel team in South Africa, and then became SA's first Test captain of the modern era. A fit, lean, brave and slightly ungainly left-hand bat, he made 162 on debut for Australia and averaged 56 in a series against West Indies, no mean feat then. A seemingly severe man, Wessels enjoyed only qualified popularity among Australians, who were unsurprised to see him return to South Africa, but with an average of 43 in 24 Tests, he did give Australia stout service at a difficult time. He went into coaching after retiring, and while he was initially successful at Northants, he found it hard to drive a side operating on a shoestring and he left by mutual consent midway through the 2006 season.
Greg Baum

Career Averages

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct
Test	40	71	3	2788	179	41.00	5998	46.48	6	15	304	3	30
ODI	109	105	7	3367	107	34.35	6088	55.30	1	26	263	2	49
FC	316	539	50	24738	254	50.58			66	132			268
List A	337	331	30	12503	146	41.53			15	90			151

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w
Test	40	6	90	42	0	-	-	-	2.80	-	0
ODI	109	23	749	666	18	2/16	2/16	37.00	5.33	41.60	0
FC	316		1416	574	13	2/25		44.15		108.90
List A	337		1321	1120	36	4/24	4/24	31.11		36.60	1

Umpire & Referee

Format	Mat	Referee
FC	5	5
List A	2	2
T20	9	9

Records

Representing two countries

Test matches

Hundred on debut (162)

Test matches

Representing two countries

One-Day Internationals

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Debut/Last Matches - Player

Debut

England vs Australia at Brisbane - November 26 - December 01, 1982

Last

South Africa vs England at The Oval - August 18 - 21, 1994

Debut

New Zealand vs Australia at Melbourne - January 09, 1983

Last

South Africa vs Pakistan at Faisalabad - October 28, 1994

Span

1973/74 - 1999/00

Span

1974/75 - 1998/99

Recent Matches - Referee

MATCH	DATE	GROUND	FORMAT
Queensland vs South Aust	28-Mar-2021	Brisbane	List A
Queensland vs South Aust	23-Mar-2021	Brisbane	FC
Queensland vs Victoria	20-Mar-2021	Brisbane	List A
Victoria vs Queensland	15-Mar-2021	Brisbane	FC
Thunder vs Heat	04-Jan-2021	Brisbane	T20

Videos

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Photos

Kepler Wessels and Corrie van Zyl in discussion during South Africa's training session

Kepler Wessels and Graeme Smith have their fingers crossed over the latter's injury

Kepler Wessels inspects Mark Boucher's handiwork

Kepler Wessels