Full name Thami Lungisa Tsolekile
Born October 9, 1980, Cape Town, Cape Province
Current age 28 years 270 days
Major teams South Africa, Cape Cobras, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 3 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 22 | 9.40 | 177 | 26.55 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| First-class | 97 | 134 | 16 | 2816 | 101* | 23.86 | 1 | 15 | 305 | 23 | ||||
| List A | 97 | 59 | 17 | 651 | 44 | 15.50 | 0 | 0 | 152 | 15 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 266 | 52 | 53.20 | 225 | 118.22 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 3 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 97 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| List A | 97 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Twenty20 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Test debut | India v South Africa at Kanpur, Nov 20-24, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Test | South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, Dec 17-21, 2004 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1999 |
| Last First-class | Western Province v North West at Cape Town, Mar 5-7, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1998/99 |
| Last List A | Western Province v KwaZulu-Natal at Cape Town, Mar 28, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Western Province Boland v Dolphins at Cape Town, Apr 7, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Eagles v Cape Cobras at Bloemfontein, Feb 19, 2006 scorecard |
Wisden overview
Thami Tsolekile was a prodigy as a youngster. Although known as "Mara" by his friends on the dusty streets of Langa township in Cape Town, principally for his skills with a football at his feet, it was his scholarship to nearby Pinelands school which put him on a path to cricket stardom. At Pinelands, Tsolekile broke almost every existing Cape Town schoolboy cricket record, many of them set a few years previously by Jacques Kallis, and at the same time proved himself a superb hockey player. He went on to play hockey for South Africa at full international level, scoring on his debut, but concentrated on cricket as it offered the chance to make a genuine career from the sport. After making his first-class debut as a 19-year-old in 2000, he captained the South African team at the Under-19 World Cup the following year. Tsolekile has been first-choice wicketkeeper at Western Province for the past two seasons, winning the domestic championship with them in 2001-02. Although his glovework is sound and impressed the selectors on the 2003 A tour of Australia enough to earn him elevation to the full squad for the tour of England which followed. In 2009, he transferred to the Lions franchise. Tsolekile considers himself a batsman first and a wicketkeeper second. Neil Manthorp June 2009
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