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Ant Botha

South Africa

Player profile

Full name Anthony Greyvensteyn Botha
Born November 17, 1976, Pretoria, Transvaal
Current age 31 years 244 days
Major teams Derbyshire, Easterns, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Warwickshire
Nickname Botox
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height 6 ft 0 in
Education Maritzburg College South Africa

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
First-class 109 173 25 3542 156* 23.93 4 16 86 0
List A 115 89 25 1416 60* 22.12 0 4 48 0
Twenty20 36 25 7 291 35 16.16 248 117.33 0 0 20 9 14 0

Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
First-class 109 19213 9295 274 8/53 33.92 2.90 70.1 8 1
List A 115 4121 3328 112 5/60 5/60 29.71 4.84 36.7 1 1 0
Twenty20 36 33 663 729 41 4/14 4/14 17.78 6.59 16.1 2 0 0

Career statistics
First-class debut 1995/96
Last First-class Warwickshire v Bangladesh A at Birmingham, Jul 11-13, 2008 scorecard
List A debut 1996/97
Last List A Leicestershire v Warwickshire at Oakham, May 26, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Derby, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20 Warwickshire v Kent at Birmingham, Jul 9-10, 2008 scorecard
 Profile

Ant Botha was born in South Africa and represented South Africa Under-19's, Natal and Easterns prior to moving to England. He holds a British passport, and he joined Derbyshire in 2004 after 'discovering his mother was English', according to the county's website. Botha was a glass salesman in South Africa, and loves to smash it about a bit when he is batting. He is a pane in the neck for batsmen too with his nagging left-arm spin, and his allround talent has been a feature of Derbyshire's recent attempts to revitalise their squad. He is an electric fielder and was the club's Twenty20 Player-of-the-Year in 2005 and 2006. He was released by Derbyshire in 2007, joining Warwickshire on a two-year contract.
Sam Collins September 2007


 Notes
Education: Maritzburg College, Maritzburg Technikon
Junior Representative Cricket: Ntl Nuff 1993-95, SA Schools 1995

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Apr 20, 2008

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Ant Botha portrait
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Aug 5, 2007

Ant Botha in action against Somerset
Ant Botha in action against Somerset
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Jun 28, 2005

Ismail Dawood runs out Ant Botha
Ismail Dawood runs out Ant Botha
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