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Full name Andre Nel
Born July 15, 1977, Germiston, Transvaal
Current age 27 years 363 days
Major teams South Africa, Easterns, Northamptonshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 15 12 4 32 7 4.00 127 25.19 0 0 3 0 3 0
ODIs 34 6 4 8 3* 4.00 27 29.62 0 0 0 0 11 0
First-class 72 77 29 718 44 14.95 0 0 23 0
List A 128 50 28 216 21* 9.81 0 0 31 0
Twenty-20 10 3 0 23 12 7.66 13 176.92 0 0 2 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 15 3273 1578 62 6/32 10/88 25.45 2.89 52.79 2 3 1
ODIs 34 1644 1311 43 4/39 4/39 30.48 4.78 38.23 1 0 0
First-class 72 14402 6415 264 6/25 24.29 2.67 54.55 12 1
List A 128 6343 4388 184 6/27 6/27 23.84 4.15 34.47 4 3 0
Twenty-20 10 228 218 10 2/19 2/19 21.80 5.73 22.80 0 0 0
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Test debut Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare - Sep 7-11, 2001
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Last Test West Indies v South Africa at Bridgetown - Apr 21-25, 2005
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ODI debut West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain - May 12, 2001
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Last ODI West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain - May 15, 2005
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First-class span 1996/97 - 2004/05
List A span 1997/98 - 2004/05
Twenty-20 span 2003 - 2003/04
Andre Nel is a muscular, bludgeoning fast bowler who
has belied his conservative Afrikaans upbringing by amassing one of
South African cricket's most chequered disciplinary records. Nel was
sent home from the South Africa A tour of Australia in 2003 after
being stopped by Tasmanian police and found to be driving under the
influence of alcohol. It was the latest in a string of misdemeanors,
but not enough to preclude his selection in the South African
one-day squad for the tour of England in 2003, for which he was
forced to take a temporary break from his contract with
Northamptonshire. Nel was tipped from an early age as a future
international and he first made the headlines in February 2001 when
he felled his hero Allan Donald with a fierce bouncer during a
domestic first-class match. Although Nel burst into tears when
Donald was forced to leave the field, it later emerged that he was
following instructions from coach Ray Jennings to target South
Africa's premier fast bowler. Further controversy followed later
that year, when Nel was one of five South African players found
guilty of smoking marijuana during the tour of the West Indies.
However, it was during the home West Indies series in 2003-04,
during which he got married, that he established himself as a
permament member of the Test team - and was only in trouble once,
for making facial gestures to Chris Gayle. A back injury curtailed
his progress, but he returned with wickets and more facial
contortions against England in 2004-05.
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