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Full name Francois du Plessis
Born July 13, 1984, Pretoria
Current age 24 years 57 days
Major teams Lancashire,Northerns,South Africa Under-19s,Titans
Also known as Faf
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Height
6 ft 7 in
Education Affies Boys School, Pretoria
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
38
65
5
2168
156
36.13
3
15
29
0
List A
49
45
8
1384
114
37.40
1713
80.79
1
11
25
0
Twenty20
25
22
1
452
76
21.52
392
115.30
0
2
44
10
7
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
38
1301
718
23
4/39
31.21
3.31
56.5
1
0
0
List A
49
896
767
27
4/47
4/47
28.40
5.13
33.1
1
0
0
Twenty20
25
18
270
349
20
3/24
3/24
17.45
7.75
13.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2003/04
Last First-class
Durham v Lancashire at Chester-le-Street, Sep 3-6, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2003/04
Last List A
Sussex v Lancashire at Hove, Aug 25, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Titans v Eagles at Centurion, Feb 25, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Middlesex v Lancashire at The Oval, Jul 8, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Francois du Plessis is one of South Africa's most promising young batsmen, In 2003 he toured England with the Under-19 side, scoring 177 in the third Test, and over the last four seasons he has attracted much favourable comment. He was given a one-year deal by Lancashire for 2008 on a Kolpak contract - he played for Todmorden in the Lancashire League in 2007 so was no stranger to the area.
Cricinfo staff November 2007
