Full name Jacobus Andries Rudolph
Born May 4, 1981, Springs, Transvaal
Current age 28 years 312 days
Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Eagles, Northerns, Titans, Yorkshire
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Relation Brother - GJ Rudolph
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 35 | 63 | 7 | 2028 | 222* | 36.21 | 4721 | 42.95 | 5 | 8 | 288 | 6 | 22 | 0 |
| ODIs | 45 | 39 | 6 | 1174 | 81 | 35.57 | 1725 | 68.05 | 0 | 7 | 109 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| T20Is | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6* | - | 7 | 85.71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 168 | 284 | 19 | 11778 | 222* | 44.44 | 34 | 53 | 153 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 180 | 168 | 24 | 6487 | 134* | 45.04 | 8 | 45 | 70 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 52 | 46 | 9 | 1157 | 71 | 31.27 | 989 | 116.98 | 0 | 8 | 120 | 19 | 14 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 35 | 19 | 664 | 432 | 4 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 108.00 | 3.90 | 166.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 45 | 1 | 24 | 26 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.50 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 168 | 4331 | 2440 | 58 | 5/80 | 42.06 | 3.38 | 74.6 | 3 | 0 | |||
| List A | 180 | 406 | 375 | 12 | 4/41 | 4/41 | 31.25 | 5.54 | 33.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 52 | 11 | 157 | 208 | 10 | 3/16 | 3/16 | 20.80 | 7.94 | 15.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | Bangladesh v South Africa at Chittagong, Apr 24-27, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Test | Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (PSS), Aug 4-8, 2006 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | India v South Africa at Dhaka, Apr 13, 2003 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Australia v South Africa at Sydney, Feb 5, 2006 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| Only T20I | Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Jan 9, 2006 scorecard |
| T20I statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1997/98 |
| Last First-class | Warriors v Titans at Port Elizabeth, Dec 16-19, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 2000/01 |
| Last List A | Titans v Dolphins at Centurion, Jan 24, 2010 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Titans v Lions at Centurion, Apr 8, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Titans v Lions at Centurion, Mar 5, 2010 scorecard |
With an unbeaten 222 in his debut Test innings, Jacques Rudolph vindicated those who believed that he had been a victim of reverse discrimination in South Afrian cricket. His record-breaking, unconquered 429-run stand for the third wicket with Boeta Dippenaar in Chittagong was a delivery of promise long after he had forced his way into the South African squad in November 2001 by sheer weight of runs in domestic cricket. A left-handed batsman who stands tall at the point of delivery with an upraised bat, Rudolph has pleasing footwork, balance and favours the cover drive. His Test debut was balm to the wounds Rudolph suffered leading up to his first entry to international cricket. Twice he was in line for his Test debut, and twice politics intervened. His first international experience came during the unofficial match at Centurion against India in 2001-02, in the aftermath of the Mike Denness affair. And two months later he was named in the side to face Australia at Sydney, but the UCB Board president Percy Sonn vetoed his selection on the grounds of racial discrimination, and Justin Ontong made his debut instead. He fought back strongly, if undemonstrably - an unbeaten 102 saved South Africa from defeat in a classic at Perth at the end of 2005, but 125 runs from six further innings, against the same opposition in a 3-0 whitewash at home, did little to boost his claims. In January 2007, he decided to move to Yorkshire on a three-year Kolpak deal, suspending his international career with South Africa in the hope of redeveloping his game. At the end of his first season with the club, he extended the contract to keep him at Headingley until 2011 - opening up the possibility of one day playing for England.
Andrew Miller October 2007
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