John Traicos
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Full name | Athanasios John Traicos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Zagazig, Egypt | 17 May 1947|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Off spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 235/11) | 5 February 1970 South Africa v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 13 March 1993 Zimbabwe v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 11) | 9 June 1983 Zimbabwe v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 25 March 1993 Zimbabwe v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1968–1979 | Rhodesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993/94 | Mashonaland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 31 January 2017 |
Athanasios John Traicos (born 17 May 1947) is a former cricketer who represented South Africa and Zimbabwe at international level.[1] He was primarily an off spin bowler, and one of a small number of cricketers to have played at the highest level for more than one country.
Personal life
Traicos was born in Zagazig, Egypt in 1947 where his father Tryphon worked in the family business. He is of Greek descent, his father having been born in Lemnos, Greece and his maternal grandmother in Kalymnos. In September 1948 the family moved to what was then Fort Victoria in Southern Rhodesia. As a child he was known as "Naso", a contraction of his name "Athanasios", but when he started university he adopted the name "John".[2]
In 1997, Traicos and his family moved to Australia due to political instability in Zimbabwe and settled in Perth. His wife, Annette Kileff, is a well established artist whose clients have included the late Richard Attenborough and Hollywood actor Denzel Washington. https://www.annettekileff.com/ His elder daughter Chloe is an actress, and screenwriter[3] and his younger daughter Catherine is a singer-songwriter.[4]
Domestic career
Traicos grew up in
South African cricket
He made his
Zimbabwean cricket
Traicos continued to play for Rhodesia, and after the country was renamed in 1980 represented
Zimbabwe were raised to Test status in 1992, and Traicos was selected for the country's inaugural Test match, at
See also
- List of Test cricketers born in non-Test playing nations
- List of cricketers who have played for two international teams
References
- ^ "Where are they now? Zimbabwe's 1992 World Cup win over England". The Cricket Paper. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Barney Spender (9 August 2009). "From tavli to cricket". Athens News. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ^ "Pleas made for Australia to abandon Zimbabwe tour". The 7:30 report. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
- ^ "Catherine Traicos: Out of Africa". X-Press Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ "Spinning at the Top". Sport in Greece. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
- ^ "First Class Matched played by John Traicos (122)". Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ Rodney Hartman, Ali: The Life of Ali Bacher, Penguin, Johannesburg, 2006, p. 132.
- ^ "Zimbabwe stun feeble Australians". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
- ^ "Players and Officials – John Traicos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
- ^ "Oldest Test Players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2007.