Johan van der Wath
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| ODI debut (cap 83) | 20 January 2006 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 26 August 2007 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 24) | 24 February 2006 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 20 September 2007 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1995–1997 | Easterns | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2011 | Free State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2014 | Knights (squad no. 5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Northamptonshire (squad no. 24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 31 October 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Johannes Jacobus van der Wath (born 10 January 1978) is a South African former cricketer who played Limited Over Internationals.
Playing style
Van der Wath is an attacking right-handed
bowler
who regularly takes wickets with the new ball.
Domestic career
South Africa
Van der Wath started his career off in 1995 with the
Protea selectors to take notice of him and in his second season he made his international debut. He was banned from playing in South Africa when he joined the Indian Cricket League
.
England
While still playing in South Africa, he joined
English county in 2007 playing for Northamptonshire,[2] but didn't finish the season after being called up by South Africa for the World Twenty20, and he was replaced by Nicky Boje (who next year became captain). The next year his was signed as a Kolpak player, however just before the season started he was banned by the ECB for playing in the now defunct Indian Cricket League
(ICL) alongside four other players including Northampton's new signing Worcestershire Royals scoring the 22 needed in the last over that kept Northamptonshire's winning run going.[4] That season proved to be Johan's best season at Northants as he took over 50 first class wickets and scored just under 500 runs. Van der Wath and Riki Wessels were unable to play for the county in the 2010 season.[5]
Indian Cricket League
Van der Wath only played two seasons of the Indian Cricket League before cancelling his own contract. He played for the Mumbai Champs alongside fellow international cricketers Nathan Astle, Tino Best and Michael Kasprowicz. He played 23 matches with a highest score of 43* against Ahmedabad Rockets and his best figures were 3/24 versus Chennai Superstars.[6]
For the 2011 season he has joined Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL.
International career
He played for
Northants teammate Andrew Hall were allowed to play for their country again after ending their contracts with the ICL before the deadline of 31 May 2009 set by Cricket South Africa.[9]
References
- ^ Sussex line up van der Wath The Telegraph. 2005-04-05. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- ^ Northants snap up SA fast bowler BBC Sport. 2007-11-04. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
- ^ ECB rejects five ICL players Cricinfo. 2008-03-20. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- ^ Van der Wath wins it at Worcester BBC Sport. 2009-05-30. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
- ^ Northants lose kolpak pair Archived 11 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine ecb.co.uk. 2010-02-11. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ Johan's player profile Archived 17 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine indiancricketleague.in. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ Van Der Wath replaces Kallis Cricinfo. 2006-01-18. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- ^ Gollapudi, Nagraj (17 November 2007) My international career is over Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- ^ Hall, Van der Wath back in mainstream of South African cricket[permanent dead link] MSN Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2009.