Francois du Plessis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Francois du Plessis
South Africa
Personal information
Full name Francois du Plessis
Born 13 July 1984 (1984-07-13) (age 23)
Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right arm leg break
Domestic team information
Years Team
2005/06–present Titans
2003/04–2005/06 Northerns
Career statistics
FC LA T20
Matches 23 27 6
Runs scored 1476 805 150
Batting average 39.89 40.25 25.00
100s/50s 3/9 1/5 0/1
Top score 156 114 76
Balls bowled 593 585 78
Wickets 15 14 5
Bowling average 23.60 34.42 24.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a n/a
Best bowling 4/39 4/47 2/26
Catches/stumpings 19/– 11/– 1/–

As of 8 December 2007
Source: Cricketarchive

Francois 'Faf' du Plessis (born July 13, 1984 in Pretoria) is a South African right handed batsman for The Titans and a former under 19 representative for his country. He is currently part of South Africa's emerging player's squad and in 2005-06 captained their academy team for a tour of Pakistan. He was given a 6 month contract with Lancashire for the 2008 season starting in April as a Kolpak player. Du Plessis started his Lancashire account by scoring 55 against Durham UCCE before being dismissed by opening bowler Foster. [1][2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lancashire sign du Plessis for 2008. Cricinfo.com (2007-11-30). Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
  2. ^ Lancs sign South African prospect. BBC Online (2007-11-30). Retrieved on 2007-11-30.

[edit] External links

v • d • e
Lancashire County Cricket Club – current squad

1 Loye • 2 Law (c) • 3 Chapple • 4 Parry • 5 Sutcliffe • 6 Hodge • 7 Sutton • 8 Newby • 9 Anderson • 11 Flintoff • 12 Du Plessis • 14 Brown • 15 Croft • 16 Cross • 17 Marshall • 18 Cork • 19 Mahmood • 20 Horton • 21 Chilton • 22 Hogg • 23 Keedy • 24 Smith • 25 Mullaney • Coach Watkinson
  This biographical article related to South African cricket is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.