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Full name Johan Botha
Born May 2, 1982, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Current age 26 years 85 days
Major teams South Africa,Africa XI,Border,Eastern Province,Warriors
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
2
2
1
45
25
45.00
137
32.84
0
0
4
0
1
0
ODIs
27
14
5
162
46
18.00
187
86.63
0
0
14
1
14
0
T20Is
4
3
2
36
28*
36.00
28
128.57
0
0
3
2
2
0
First-class
50
85
13
2368
98
32.88
0
17
35
0
List A
81
56
16
820
55*
20.50
1059
77.43
0
2
23
0
Twenty20
29
22
7
154
28*
10.26
149
103.35
0
0
10
3
10
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
4
225
178
4
2/57
2/75
44.50
4.74
56.2
0
0
0
ODIs
27
26
1278
1004
19
3/34
3/34
52.84
4.71
67.2
0
0
0
T20Is
4
3
66
70
3
1/8
1/8
23.33
6.36
22.0
0
0
0
First-class
50
6876
3444
116
6/42
29.68
3.00
59.2
4
1
List A
81
3485
2627
68
4/32
4/32
38.63
4.52
51.2
1
0
0
Twenty20
29
27
630
621
25
4/19
4/19
24.84
5.91
25.2
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Jan 2-6, 2006 scorecard
Last Test
Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka (SBNS), Feb 22-25, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v South Africa at Hyderabad (Decc), Nov 16, 2005 scorecard
Last ODI
Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka (SBNS), Mar 14, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Jan 9, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, Jan 18, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2000/01
Last First-class
Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka (SBNS), Feb 22-25, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2000/01
Last List A
Titans v Warriors at Centurion, Mar 19, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Eastern Cape v Western Province Boland at Port Elizabeth, Apr 13, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Warriors v Eagles at Port Elizabeth, Apr 13, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Johan Botha's is an interesting case. He began his career as an ordinary medium pacer for the Eastern Cape Warriors - by his own admission he was quicker than 125 kmph - but it was after Mickey Arthur, the current South Africa coach, had a look at him in the nets and saw something else that Botha dropped his ambitions for speed. Spurred by Arthur's comments that he would do well to turn to spin, Botha remodeled his action and began studying the art of the doosra - the ball that turns away from the right-handed batsman - in hopes of emulating the wiles of Harbhajan Singh. A successful tour of Sri Lanka with the South Africa A side - in which he took key wickets as well as scoring runs - saw Botha's name penciled in as a potential spinning allrounder.
A determined, fiercely competitive individual, Botha found a place in the squad to tour India for a five-match one-day series after Nicky Boje pulled out over security concerns in regard to charges of matchfixing. His debut - in the first match at Hyderabad - resulted in 31 runs from six overs with the wicket of Irfan Pathan, bowled through the gate. Both Arthur and Graeme Smith have rated him highly and see him as vital to South Africa's progress towards the World Cup. But his career came to a grinding halt when his action was cited on his Test debut in January 2006, and following testing at the University of Western Australia, he was banned by the ICC.
Jamie Alter February 2006
