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Full name Johan Botha
Born May 2, 1982, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Current age 26 years 120 days
Major teams South Africa,Africa XI,Border,Eastern Province,Warriors
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
2
1
45
25
45.00
137
32.84
0
0
4
0
1
0
ODIs
30
17
5
206
46
17.16
266
77.44
0
0
17
1
14
0
T20Is
4
3
2
36
28*
36.00
28
128.57
0
0
3
2
2
0
First-class
50
85
13
2368
98
32.88
0
17
35
0
List A
86
60
17
870
55*
20.23
1151
75.58
0
2
23
0
Twenty20
29
22
7
154
28*
10.26
149
103.35
0
0
10
3
10
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
4
225
178
4
2/57
2/75
44.50
4.74
56.2
0
0
0
ODIs
30
28
1374
1072
22
3/34
3/34
48.72
4.68
62.4
0
0
0
T20Is
4
3
66
70
3
1/8
1/8
23.33
6.36
22.0
0
0
0
First-class
50
6876
3444
116
6/42
29.68
3.00
59.2
4
1
List A
86
3671
2762
71
4/32
4/32
38.90
4.51
51.7
1
0
0
Twenty20
29
27
630
621
25
4/19
4/19
24.84
5.91
25.2
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Jan 2-6, 2006 scorecard
Last Test
Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka (SBNS), Feb 22-25, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v South Africa at Hyderabad (Decc), Nov 16, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI
England v South Africa at The Oval, Aug 29, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Jan 9, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Jan 18, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2000/01
Last First-class
Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka (SBNS), Feb 22-25, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2000/01
Last List A
England v South Africa at The Oval, Aug 29, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Eastern Cape v Western Province Boland at Port Elizabeth, Apr 13, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Warriors v Eagles at Port Elizabeth, Apr 13, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Johan Botha's is an interesting case. He began his career as an ordinary medium pacer for the Eastern Cape Warriors - by his own admission he was quicker than 125 kmph - but it was after Mickey Arthur, the South Africa coach, had a look at him in the nets and saw something else that Botha dropped his ambitions for speed. Spurred by Arthur's comments that he would do well to turn to spin, Botha remodeled his action and began studying the art of the doosra - the ball that turns away from the right-handed batsman - in hopes of emulating the wiles of Harbhajan Singh. A successful tour of Sri Lanka with the South Africa A side - in which he took key wickets as well as scoring runs - saw Botha's name penciled in as a potential spinning allrounder.
A determined, fiercely competitive individual, Botha found a place in the squad to tour India for a five-match one-day series after Nicky Boje pulled out over security concerns in regard to charges of matchfixing. His debut - in the first match at Hyderabad - resulted in 31 runs from six overs with the wicket of Irfan Pathan, bowled through the gate. Both Arthur and Graeme Smith rated him highly and saw him as vital to South Africa's progress towards the World Cup. But his career came to a grinding halt when his action was cited on his Test debut in January 2006, and following testing at the University of Western Australia, he was banned by the ICC. Botha reworked his action but it was confirmed once again in September that he bent his arm more than 15 degrees. However, after another review in November, Botha's action was cleared by the ICC. He made his comeback during the 2007 Afro-Asia Cup and returned to the South African one-day team during the tour of Pakistan in 2007-08.
Jamie Alter August 2008
