Nic Pothas

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Nic Pothas
Transvaal Province, South Africa
NicknameSkeg
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 61)23 August 2000 v Pakistan
Last ODI27 August 2000 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1993/94–1996/97
Gauteng
2002–2011Hampshire (squad no. 9)
2008Delhi Giants
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
2017–2018
West Indies
(Interim)
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 3 218 236 79
Runs scored 24 11,438 4,567 687
Batting average 24.00 40.85 35.40 21.46
100s/50s 0/0 24/61 3/24 0/3
Top score 24 165 114* 59
Balls bowled – 120 – –
Wickets – 1 – –
Bowling average – 63.00 – –
5 wickets in innings – 0 – –
10 wickets in match – 0 – –
Best bowling – 1/16 – –
Catches/stumpings 4/1 614/45 211/53 33/14
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 September 2011

Nic Pothas (born 18 November 1973) is a South African cricket coach and former

batsman, with an average of over 40 in first-class cricket
.

International career

Pothas was representing

stumping, while scoring 24 runs with the bat.[2]

Pothas played in South Africa's next two fixtures in the Singapore tournament against New Zealand, in which he took two further catches,[3] and in the final of the competition against Pakistan, which marked his final international appearance for South Africa.[4] It was the presence of Boucher in the South Africa team that acted as a barrier to Pothas representing South Africa more often and indeed progressing to playing Test cricket. He also represented the Greek national team at the 2012 T-20 European Championship.

Domestic career

Early life and career

Born in

South African Universities and even played a single first-class match in 1995 for a combined South African Students cricket team.[5]

He started his career at

stumps.[6]

Following his representation of South Africa at international level in 2000, Pothas acquired a

Greek heritage. This meant Pothas played for Gauteng as their overseas player.[7] Seeking to play county cricket, Pothas was sought after by at least four English counties, but eventually signed for Hampshire in 2002 under recommendation from then Hampshire coach and fellow South African Jimmy Cook as a Kolpak Player.[7]

County cricket

Making his first-class debut for the county in the 2002

Yasir Arafat behind for 9.[9] He was also a runner-up for the Hampshire in the 2005 County Championship and the 2007 Friends Provident Trophy. It was in 2007 that Pothas became eligible to be selected for England
, four years after receiving his Hampshire cap.

In the English off-season, Pothas signed on with the Indian Cricket League and featured in the Delhi Giants team in 2008.

During his near decade with Hampshire, Pothas has stood in as county captain when captains such as

2010 Friends Provident t20
winning squad, having captained and played in the group stages of the competition.

In 2011, Pothas was awarded a benefit year by Hampshire, which involved a number of events and was organised by former Hampshire teammate Shaun Udal.[11][12] Pothas endured an injury hit 2011 season, with Hampshire taking the decision to release him at the end of that season.[13]

Greece career

Pothas, who is of

Greek descent, was contacted on the social networking site Facebook by the Hellenic Cricket Federation (HCF) who asked him if he was "Nic Pothas the Greek cricketer". Pothas and HCF began talking, with Pothas taking age-group teams from England to Corfu so Greek teams have opposition to compare themselves against. He has been coaching Greek cricketers on his regular visits to Greece, where many of his family still live.[14] Pothas captained the Greek national side at the 2012 European T20 Championship Division Two tournament in September 2012, played in Corfu.[15]

Coaching career

In December 2012, Pothas was appointed director of cricket at the Guernsey Cricket Board, with oversight of the Guernsey cricket team. He had previously played a season for the Cenkos Centurions, a team in the island's domestic Twenty20 league.[16] Pothas has also promoted the development of women's cricket in Guernsey, with plans for the island to host a future international tournament[17][18]

In October 2015, Pothas stepped down from his role as Guernsey's director of cricket after leading Guernsey to the World Cricket League Division Six final in the final month.[19]

In July 2016, Pothas was appointed as the fielding coach of Sri Lanka.[20] On 27 June 2017, with the resignation of head coach Graham Ford,[21] Sri Lanka Cricket appointed Pothas as the interim coach for Zimbabwe and Indian tours.[22]

In November 2018 Pothas was appointed as the interim head coach of

West Indies national cricket team for the tour of Bangladesh following the end of Stuart Law's stint.[23] He served Middlesex as assistant coach from 2018 to 2021.[24]

In April 2023, he was appointed as the assistant coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team.[25]

References

  1. ^ "Pothas gets a wake-up call". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Match scorecard". Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Match scorecard". Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Match scorecard". Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Match scorecard". Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Match scorecard". Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Hampshire sign South African wicket-keeper batsman". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Nic Pothas". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Match scorecard". Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  10. ^ Hants lose Mascarenhas and Pothas Archived 10 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Nic Pothas Granted Benefit Year". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  12. ^ "Nic Pothas Benefit Year 2011". Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  13. ^ "Nic Pothas Released by Hampshire Cricket". www.rosebowlplc.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  14. ^ Moonda, Firdose (10 February 2012). "Cricket's not all greek to the Greeks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  15. Jewish Chronicle
    . 31 August 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  16. ^ — (13 December 2012). "Pothas appointed at Guernsey" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  17. ^ — (28 June 2013). "Guernsey to host first European women's cricket event in 2014" – BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  18. ^ — (18 February 2014). "Guernsey women's cricket 'can grow' - Nic Pothas" – BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  19. ^ "Nic Pothas steps down from Guernsey cricket role". BBC. 3 October 2015.
  20. ^ Fernando, Andrew Fidel (29 July 2016). "Nic Pothas named Sri Lanka fielding coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  21. ^ "Ford steps down as Sri Lanka coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  22. ^ "Pothas takes over as interim SL coach following Ford's exit". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  23. ^ "Nic Pothas named interim West Indies head coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  24. ^ "Pothas steps down as Middlesex assistant". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  25. ^ "Nic Pothas named Bangladesh's assistant coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

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