Neil Johnson
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 Zimbabwe (ZIM) |
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| Batting style | Left-hand bat | |
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| Bowling type | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 13 | 48 |
| Runs scored | 532 | 1679 |
| Batting average | 24.18 | 36.50 |
| 100s/50s | 1/4 | 4/11 |
| Top score | 107 | 132* |
| Balls bowled | 1186 | 1503 |
| Wickets | 15 | 35 |
| Bowling average | 39.60 | 34.85 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - |
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a |
| Best bowling | 4/77 | 4/42 |
| Catches/stumpings | 12/- | 19/- |
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As of 11 February 2006 |
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Neil Clarkson Johnson (b. 24 January 1970) in Harare was a cricketer who played 13 Tests and 48 one-day internationals for Zimbabwe between 1998 and 2000.
An allrounder, he bowled right arm fast medium and played in the middle order as an aggressive left handed batsman. He usually opened the batting in One Day cricket.
Throughout his first class career he spent time in both South Africa and England, playing for Eastern Province, Natal, Western Province, Leicestershire and Hampshire.
Johnson was influencial in Zimbabwe's qualification to the Super 6 stage of the 1999 World Cup. He won three Man-of-the-Match awards in the tournament. One of those awards came in his side's suprise victory over eventual Semi Finalists South Africa. Opening the batting, he top scored with 76 before dismissing Gary Kirsten with the first ball of the South African chase. He then got rid of Jacques Kallis for a duck and finished with 3 for 27.
After the 2000 tour of England, Johnson retired from international cricket as a result of disputes over his payment from the Zimbabwe Cricket Union. He moved to South Africa, a country that he had lived in as a child.
