Full name Charl Myles Willoughby
Born December 3, 1974, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 34 years 354 days
Major teams South Africa, Berkshire, Boland, Cape Cobras, Leicestershire, Somerset, Western Province, Western Province Boland
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Education Wynberg Boy's High School; Stellenbosch University
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 193 | 215 | 96 | 716 | 47 | 6.01 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 206 | 59 | 32 | 147 | 15 | 5.44 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 65 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 11 | 6.50 | 21 | 123.80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 2 | 3 | 300 | 125 | 1 | 1/47 | 1/79 | 125.00 | 2.50 | 300.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 3 | 3 | 168 | 148 | 2 | 2/39 | 2/39 | 74.00 | 5.28 | 84.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 193 | 38860 | 18065 | 716 | 7/44 | 25.23 | 2.78 | 54.2 | 30 | 3 | |||
| List A | 206 | 10026 | 6957 | 254 | 6/16 | 6/16 | 27.38 | 4.16 | 39.4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 65 | 64 | 1439 | 1691 | 70 | 4/9 | 4/9 | 24.15 | 7.05 | 20.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | Bangladesh v South Africa at Chittagong (MAA), Apr 24-27, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Test | England v South Africa at Birmingham, Jul 24-28, 2003 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | Pakistan v South Africa at Sharjah, Mar 28, 2000 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka, Apr 14, 2003 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1994/95 |
| Last First-class | Somerset v Worcestershire at Taunton, Sep 16-19, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1994/95 |
| Last List A | Somerset v Durham at Taunton, Sep 27, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Western Province Boland v Dolphins at Cape Town, Apr 7, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | New South Wales v Somerset at Hyderabad (Decc), Oct 18, 2009 scorecard |
At one stage Charl Willoughby looked like he could prove a valuable addition to a South African attack that sometimes struggles because of a lack of variety. Tall and athletic and blessed with a clean bowling action, he bowls pacy, swinging, left-arm deliveries which are an asset to any captain. Willoughby, who counts Berkshire among the teams he has represented, toiled unnoticed by the national selectors in provincial cricket for six seasons before he was named in the South African squad that went to Sharjah in 1999-2000. He played in just one of a possible five matches, a dead rubber against Pakistan, and performed credibly enough in taking 2 for 39. But Willoughby's international career went no further until the South Africa A tour of West Indies in 2000-01. He took his chance and claimed 10 wickets at 24.30 in three first-class matches. He made his Test debut against Bangladesh at Chittagong early in 2003, but soon faded from the Test arena. He played county cricket for Leicestershire in 2005 and joined Somerset for the 2006 season. He is not registered as an overseas player because of the Kolpak ruling and took an impressive 66 wickets for Somerset in 2006 before helping them to promotion in 2007. When you take into account some of the pitches he has to bowl on at Taunton, his statistics are even more impressive.
Neil Manthorp September 2009
Education: Wynberg BHS, Stell Univ
Junior Representative Cricket: WP Nuff 1991-92
- Terrific Trinidad & Tobago thrash Somerset (Oct 12, 2009)
- Somerset keep title hopes alive (Sep 13, 2009)
- Chanderpaul keeps Durham on top (Sep 2, 2009)
- Sussex tail can't halt Somerset (Jun 19, 2009)
- Young Bairstow impresses on debut (Jun 13, 2009)
May 31, 2007
Charl Willoughby appeals - successfully - for lbw against Ed Smith
© Martin Williamson
Apr 19, 2006
Charl Willoughby has an appeal upheld
© Getty Images
Dec 11, 2005
Charl Willoughby winds up
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