Andre Nel
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
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| Bowling type | Right-arm Fast Medium (RFM) | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 27 | 55 |
| Runs scored | 200 | 46 |
| Batting average | 8.33 | 9.20 |
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/- |
| Top score | 23* | 22 |
| Balls bowled | 5935 | 2664 |
| Wickets | 97 | 73 |
| Bowling average | 31.16 | 28.05 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 3 | - |
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 6/32 | 4/13 |
| Catches/stumpings | 12/- | 15/- |
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As of February 5, 2007 |
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Andre Nel (born 15 July 1977, Germiston, Transvaal) is a South African cricketer who plays Test cricket and ODIs as a fast bowler.
[edit] International Career
In January 2005 against England he took 6/81 in the first innings of the Test. These remained his best innings bowling figures until South Africa's tour of the West Indies in April when in the 3rd Test at Kensington Oval he took 6/32 to go with his first innings 4 wickets. This gave him first 10 wickets haul in Test cricket and man of the match.
Nel went on to take 14 wickets during his side's tour of Australia later in 2005, finishing the year with 36 victims at 20.72.
He has constantly troubled Brian Lara in Test cricket, having dismissed him on no fewer than 8 occasions.[1]
[edit] Controversies
Nel has been involved in a number of controversies both on and off the field, as he has been fined for obscene language and for ICC Code of Conduct breaches during his career.
In February 2001 he hit the headlines after breaking into tears when he felled Allan Donald with a firey bouncer in a domestic first-class match. It emerged later that he had been following instructions from his coach Ray Jennings to target Donald.
During 2003 he was sent home from a South Africa A tour of Australia after being pulled over for drink driving.[2] Later in the year during the tour of the West Indies he, along with four other teammates, was found guilty of smoking marijuana.[3]
His enthusiastic and aggressive approach on the field also gets him into trouble and he was once before the match referee for making facial gestures to Chris Gayle.
[edit] Reference
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South Africa squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup | |
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1 Bosman | 2 Boucher | 3 De Villiers | 4 Gibbs | 5 Hall | 6 Kallis | 7 Kemp | 8 Langeveldt | 9 Nel | 10 Ntini | 11 Peterson | 12 Pollock | 13 Prince | 14 Smith | 15 Telemachus | Coach: Arthur |
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