Full name Johannes Jacobus van der Wath
Born January 10, 1978, Newcastle, Natal
Current age 31 years 305 days
Major teams South Africa, Eagles, Easterns, Free State, ICL World XI, Mumbai Champs, Northamptonshire, Sussex
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 10 | 8 | 2 | 89 | 37* | 14.83 | 70 | 127.14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| T20Is | 8 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 21 | 15.33 | 39 | 117.94 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 94 | 139 | 23 | 2828 | 113* | 24.37 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 136 | 108 | 31 | 2072 | 91 | 26.90 | 0 | 11 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 59 | 42 | 14 | 494 | 48* | 17.64 | 384 | 128.64 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODIs | 10 | 10 | 526 | 551 | 13 | 2/21 | 2/21 | 42.38 | 6.28 | 40.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 8 | 8 | 186 | 231 | 8 | 2/31 | 2/31 | 28.87 | 7.45 | 23.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 94 | 15772 | 7937 | 310 | 7/60 | 25.60 | 3.01 | 50.8 | 15 | 1 | |||
| List A | 136 | 5895 | 4812 | 169 | 4/31 | 4/31 | 28.47 | 4.89 | 34.8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 59 | 56 | 1187 | 1479 | 56 | 3/23 | 3/23 | 26.41 | 7.47 | 21.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI debut | Australia v South Africa at Melbourne (Dock), Jan 20, 2006 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare, Aug 26, 2007 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| T20I debut | South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 24, 2006 scorecard |
| Last T20I | South Africa v India at Durban, Sep 20, 2007 scorecard |
| T20I statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1996/97 |
| Last First-class | Northamptonshire v Leicestershire at Northampton, Sep 23-25, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1995/96 |
| Last List A | Dolphins v Eagles at Durban, Nov 8, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Dolphins v Eagles at Durban, Apr 11, 2004 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Northamptonshire v Sussex at Birmingham, Aug 15, 2009 scorecard |
Johan van der Wath has developed into a versatile allrounder, capable of lively pace bowling and powerful hitting in the middle order. He had a short stint in county cricket with Sussex during 2005, and then gained a spot in the South Africa A side for the tour of Sri Lanka and matches against New Zealand A. An impressive 2006 domestic season for the Eagles, which included a Man of the Match performance in the Standard Bank Cup final, ensured he was always in the selector's minds. He promptly earned his first international call-up when Jacques Kallis was forced home from the 2005-06 VB Series, and picked up 10 wickets in the tournament. He overcame a six-ball duck on debut by thumping an unbeaten 37 - with four sixes - off 16 balls against Australia in South Africa's final match. He has not played an ODI for South Africa since September 2006, but was called into the squad for the Twenty20 World Championship nearly a year later. After turning out for the Mumbai Champs in the two seasons of the ICL, he finally returned to the South African fold after the CSA's amnesty offer
Andrew McGlashan June 2009
Education: Ermelo High School
Junior Representative Cricket: SACD Nuff 1994-95
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