Ant Botha

South Africa

Full name Anthony Greyvensteyn Botha

Born November 17, 1976, Pretoria, Transvaal

Current age 43 years 262 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
First-class	137	212	28	4403	156*	23.92			4	21			107
List A	149	113	38	1715	60*	22.86			0	4			66
T20s	72	46	17	502	35*	17.31	430	116.74	0	0	34	13	33

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	137		21788	10576	307	8/53		34.44	2.91	70.9		9	1
List A	149		5314	4304	145	5/43	5/43	29.68	4.85	36.6	1	2	0
T20s	72	64	1251	1412	66	4/14	4/14	21.39	6.77	18.9	2	0	0

Career statistics

First-class debut	1995/96
Last First-class	Worcestershire v Warwickshire at Worcester, Apr 20-23, 2011 scorecard
List A debut	1996/97
Last List A	Warwickshire v Hampshire at Birmingham, Jul 26, 2011 scorecard
T20s debut	Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Derby, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last T20s	Warwickshire v Leicestershire at Birmingham, Jul 15, 2011 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
1, 1/33	Warwickshire	v Hampshire	Birmingham	26 Jul 2011	LA
2*, 0/10	Warwickshire	v Surrey	Guildford	24 Jul 2011	LA
1/17, 45	Warwickshire	v Scotland	Edinburgh	18 Jul 2011	LA
7, 0/11	Warwickshire	v Leics	Birmingham	15 Jul 2011	T20
2/19	Warwickshire	v Lancashire	Manchester	13 Jul 2011	T20
0/25, 0*	Warwickshire	v Durham	Birmingham	11 Jul 2011	T20
1/17, 4	Warwickshire	v Worcs	Worcester	8 Jul 2011	T20
1/31, 14*	Warwickshire	v Derbyshire	Birmingham	6 Jul 2011	T20
1/21	Warwickshire	v Derbyshire	Leek	26 Jun 2011	T20
-	Warwickshire	v Yorkshire	Birmingham	24 Jun 2011	T20

Profile

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 where he was a consistent performer especially in one-day cricket.
Sam Collins September 2009

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