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Full name Patrick Leonard Symcox
Born April 14, 1960, Kimberley, Cape Province
Current age 48 years 180 days
Major teams South Africa,Griqualand West,Natal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Commentator
Relations Father - RL Symcox,Uncle - CW Symcox,Uncle - CW Symcox,Son - RP Symcox
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
20
27
1
741
108
28.50
1321
56.09
1
4
80
12
5
0
ODIs
80
54
13
694
61
16.92
830
83.61
0
3
48
22
23
0
First-class
122
182
22
4206
108
26.28
2
23
68
0
List A
155
114
34
1646
82*
20.57
0
6
50
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
20
34
3561
1603
37
4/69
5/159
43.32
2.70
96.2
1
0
0
ODIs
80
80
3991
2762
72
4/28
4/28
38.36
4.15
55.4
1
0
0
First-class
122
20373
8852
264
7/93
33.53
2.60
77.1
5
0
List A
155
6960
4552
138
5/40
5/40
32.98
3.92
50.4
2
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Moratuwa, Aug 25-30, 1993 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v West Indies at Durban, Dec 26-29, 1998 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Kandy, Aug 22, 1993 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v South Africa at Auckland, Feb 20, 1999 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1977/78 - 1999/00
List A span
1980/81 - 1999/00
Profile
Pat Symcox talks a better game than most, and played one almost as good. An opening batsman who became South Africa's premier spinner, he resurrected his career by moving from Kimberley's rural dustbowl to the brighter lights of Durban. He relied more on guile, mischievous exaggeration and razor-sharp competitive spirit than real turn, bounce or indeed Test-level talent, and he went far. He will be remembered for being dropped from the side after scoring his only Test century from No. 10, against Pakistan at Johannesburg, and for surviving being bowled by Mushtaq Ahmed at Faisalabad because the ball failed to dislodge a bail as it rattled between his stumps. Symcox moved into the commentary box but quit that in 2006 after Supersport looked to curb some of his more controversial comments about the state of the game. He now runs a property company.
Neil Manthorp
