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Full name Jacobus Andries Rudolph
Born May 4, 1981, Springs, Transvaal
Current age 27 years 116 days
Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Eagles, Northerns, Titans, Yorkshire
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Relations Brother - GJ Rudolph

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

Tests

2028

222*

36.21

4721

42.95

288

ODIs

1174

35.57

1725

68.05

109

T20Is

85.71

First-class

135

233

9378

222*

43.21

120

List A

152

141

5199

134*

43.68

Twenty20

816

32.64

691

118.08

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

Tests

664

432

1/1

108.00

3.90

166.0

ODIs

6.50

T20Is

First-class

135

4127

2299

5/80

40.33

3.34

72.4

List A

152

395

365

4/41

36.50

5.54

39.5

Twenty20

133

172

3/16

17.20

7.75

13.3

Career statistics

Test debut

Bangladesh v South Africa at Chittagong (MAA), Apr 24-27, 2003 scorecard

Last Test

Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (PSS), Aug 4-8, 2006 scorecard

Test statistics

ODI debut

India v South Africa at Dhaka, Apr 13, 2003 scorecard

Last ODI

Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Feb 5, 2006 scorecard

ODI statistics

Only T20I

Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Jan 9, 2006 scorecard

T20I statistics

First-class debut

1997/98

Last First-class

Lancashire v Yorkshire at Manchester, Aug 12-15, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

2000/01

Last List A

Yorkshire v Kent at Scarborough, Aug 25, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard

With an unbeaten 222 in his debut Test innings, Jacques Rudolph vindicated those who believed that he had been a victim of reverse discrimination in South Afrian cricket. His record-breaking, unconquered 429-run stand for the third wicket with Boeta Dippenaar in Chittagong was a delivery of promise long after he had forced his way into the South African squad in November 2001 by sheer weight of runs in domestic cricket. A left-handed batsman who stands tall at the point of delivery with an upraised bat, Rudolph has pleasing footwork, balance and favours the cover drive. His Test debut was balm to the wounds Rudolph suffered leading up to his first entry to international cricket. Twice he was in line for his Test debut, and twice politics intervened. His first international experience came during the unofficial match at Centurion against India in 2001-02, in the aftermath of the Mike Denness affair. And two months later he was named in the side to face Australia at Sydney, but the UCB Board president Percy Sonn vetoed his selection on the grounds of racial discrimination, and Justin Ontong made his debut instead. He fought back strongly, if undemonstrably - an unbeaten 102 saved South Africa from defeat in a classic at Perth at the end of 2005, but 125 runs from six further innings, against the same opposition in a 3-0 whitewash at home, did little to boost his claims. In January 2007, he decided to move to Yorkshire on a three-year Kolpak deal, suspending his international career with South Africa in the hope of redeveloping his game. At the end of his first season with the club, he extended the contract to keep him at Headingley until 2011 - opening up the possibility of one day playing for England.
Andrew Miller October 2007

Jun 4, 2008

Jacques Rudolph's unbeaten 53 guided Yorkshire home © Getty Images

May 23, 2008

Jacques Rudolph reached his hundred before falling to Usman Afzaal © Getty Images

Nov 12, 2007

Portrait of Jacques Rudolph © Yorkshire CCC

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