Full name Andrew Charles Hudson
Born March 17, 1965, Eshowe, Natal (Zululand)
Current age 55 years 307 days
Major teams South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 35 | 63 | 3 | 2007 | 163 | 33.45 | 5129 | 39.13 | 4 | 13 | 254 | 5 | 36 | 0 |
ODIs | 89 | 88 | 1 | 2559 | 161 | 29.41 | 3960 | 64.62 | 2 | 18 | 278 | 15 | 18 | 0 |
First-class | 151 | 270 | 20 | 9156 | 206 | 36.62 | 20 | 47 | 140 | 0 | ||||
List A | 206 | 204 | 7 | 5884 | 161 | 29.86 | 4 | 41 | 50 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
ODIs | 89 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 151 | 24 | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.25 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
List A | 206 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 1/10 | 1/10 | 16.00 | 4.00 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | West Indies v South Africa at Bridgetown, Apr 18-23, 1992 scorecard |
Last Test | South Africa v Pakistan at Port Elizabeth, Mar 6-10, 1998 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | India v South Africa at Kolkata, Nov 10, 1991 scorecard |
Last ODI | South Africa v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Nov 8, 1997 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1984/85 - 2000/01 |
List A span | 1985/86 - 2000/01 |
Andrew Hudson will always be remembered for his monumental nine-hour 163 on debut, in South Africa's first Test back, against Ambrose, Patterson and friends in Barbados in 1991-92. He was the first South African to make a century on debut, a feat that was not emulated until Jacques Rudolph scored 222 not out against a rather friendlier Bangladeshi attack in April 2003. A devout Christian, a thoroughly decent bloke and a Prince Charles lookalike, Hudson was on the wrong end of an infamously maniacal send-off from Shane Warne at Johannesburg in 1993-94. His average, above 40 for a long while, slipped steadily and was as low as 33 when he played his last Test, against Pakistan in 1997-98. He tended to thrive when the going got tough, most notably with an outstanding 80 when South Africa were put in by India on a juicy Durban track in 1996-97. Nobody else passed 35, and Hudson's 80 was more than the whole Indian team got in their second innings.
Rob Smyth