Eric Simons

Personal information

Born

9 March 1962
Cape Town, South Africa

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Right-arm fast-medium

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	ODIs
Matches	-	23
Runs scored	-	217
Batting average	-	15.50
100s/50s	-	-/-
Top score	-	24
Balls bowled	-	1212
Wickets	-	33
Bowling average	-	24.54
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	4/42
Catches/stumpings	-/-	6/-

Source: Cricinfo, 31 December 2006

Eric Owen Simons (born 9 March 1962 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a former South African cricketer. He was an all-rounder, and he played 23 One Day Internationals but no Tests for South Africa in the 1990s. He later became coach of the national side for two years but he was replaced in 2004 by Ray Jennings.

He was the Indian Cricket Team's Bowling Consultant from 10 January 2010 to 14 February 2012 after India's tour of Australia in 2011-2012. He is also the current bowling coach of the Rising Pune Supergiants team in the IPL.

Preceded by Terry Hunte	Nelson Cricket Club Professional 1986	Succeeded by Steve Waugh

South Africa squad – 2003 Cricket World Cup

1 Pollock (c) 2 Boucher 3 Boje 4 Dippenaar 5 Donald 6 Gibbs 7 Hall 8 Kallis 9 Kirsten 10 Klusener 11 Langeveldt 12 Ntini 13 Peterson 14 Rhodes 15 Zondeki 16 Smith Replacement for Rhodes

St Kitts and Nevis Patriots – current squad

13 du Plessis Brooks Dutta Hodge Lewis Powell Simmons Thomas Carter Louis Perera Smuts Best Joseph Santokie Badree Shamsi Head coach: Eric Simons Assistant coach: Floyd Reifer

Rising Pune Supergiants – current squad

Head Coach: Stephen Fleming
Assistant coach: Hrishikesh Kanitkar
Bowling coach: Eric Simons

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