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Thandi Tshabalala

South Africa

Full name Thandi Tshabalala

Born November 19, 1984, Welkom, Free State

Current age 24 years 228 days

Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Eagles, Free State

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages


	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	4	1	1	2	2*	-	3	66.66	0	0	0	0
First-class	49	72	13	692	55	11.72	1857	37.26	2			21
List A	75	27	11	128	17*	8.00	253	50.59	0			13
Twenty20	39	8	5	54	21*	18.00	56	96.42	0	7	0	11

Bowling averages


	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	4	4	150	151	3	1/30	1/30	50.33	6.04	50.0	0	0
First-class	49		6564	3964	99	5/68		40.04	3.62	66.3	3	2
List A	75		2984	2458	70	4/24	4/24	35.11	4.94	42.6	2	0
Twenty20	39	37	709	781	42	4/13	4/13	18.59	6.60	16.8	1	0

Career statistics

ODI debut	Ireland v South Africa at Belfast, Jun 24, 2007 scorecard
Last ODI	Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare, Aug 26, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	2003/04
Last First-class	Eagles v Dolphins at Kimberley, Apr 2-3, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2003/04
Last List A	Free State v Western Province at Bloemfontein, Feb 1, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Dolphins v Eagles at Durban, Apr 11, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Cape Cobras v Eagles at Cape Town, Feb 21, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Few people in South African cricket doubt that off-spinner Thandi Tshabalala has what it takes to perform at international level. But there is a diverse array of opinions when it comes to just when the black Free Stater will be properly ready for the step up. Tshabalala had his first national call-up in February 2006 when he was named in the squad for the Twenty20 international against Australia. He eventually did not play, but was chosen for the tour to Sri Lanka in July before finally making his ODI debut against Ireland in Stormont in June 2007.

Hailing from Welkom - a mining town 150km north of Bloemfontein - Tshabalala initially caught the eye as a top-order batsman when he played for Free State Schools in 2001. He did not have too much success in that role at senior level, however, but showed much promise as a finger spinner.

Tshabalala first made his name in the uncertain world of limited-overs cricket, especially Twenty20, in which he was the leading wicket-taker after the first two seasons of competition. The diminutive Tshabalala gets enough turn and has enough variation to keep batsmen guessing, but is still very much learning his trade. South Africa's sorry state of spin bowling has meant his development is undoubtedly being rushed, however.
Ken Borland