Corrie van Zyl

South Africa

Full name Cornelius Johannes Petrus Gerthardus van Zyl

Born October 1, 1961, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State

Current age 59 years 118 days

Major teams South Africa, Glamorgan, Orange Free State

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Other Coach

Cornelius Johannes Petrus Gerthardus van Zyl

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	2	2	1	3	3*	3.00	11	27.27	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	104	154	26	2312	119	18.06			1	10			41
List A	118	78	22	887	59*	15.83			0	1			28

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	2	2	108	93	0	-	-	-	5.16	-	0	0	0
First-class	104		19282	8160	349	8/84		23.38	2.53	55.2		12	2
List A	118		6047	3532	127	5/19	5/19	27.81	3.50	47.6	3	1	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	West Indies v South Africa at Kingston, Apr 7, 1992 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain, Apr 12, 1992 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1981/82 - 1993/94
List A span	1981/82 - 1994/95

Profile

A right-arm fast bowler, Corrie van Zyl made his first-class debut for Orange Free State in 1981-82, in the middle of the apartheid era. As a result, his international career had a delayed start - he made his debut at the age of 30 during the 1992 tour of West Indies - and spanned two ODIs. He took up coaching after a spell as cricket manager of the Free State Cricket Union and in 1998 began a five-year spell as assistant coach of the South African national team. Later, he was head coach of the Eagles, with whom he won six domestic titles. In April 2009, he was appointed coach of the High Performance Centre based in Pretoria and in January 2010 was appointed national coach on an interim basis following the resignation of Mickey Arthur.
Cricinfo Staff January 2010

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