Farhaan Behardien

Farhaan Behardien
Personal information
Born (1983-10-09) 9 October 1983
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa[1]
Nickname Fudgie
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 107) 22 January 2013 v New Zealand
Last ODI 12 February 2016 v England
ODI shirt no. 28
T20I debut (cap 50) 30 March 2012 v India
Last T20I 5 October 2015 v India
T20I shirt no. 28
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2004–present Western Province
2007-present Titans
2007-present Kings XI Punjab
Career statistics
Competition ODIs T20I FC LA
Matches 39 23 144 154
Runs scored 716 229 5,286 3,608
Batting average 31.13 25.44 40.04 37.19
100s/50s 0/4 0 8/35 2/18
Top score 70 36 150* 113*
Balls bowled 718 12 2,149 1,810
Wickets 14 1 32 34
Bowling average 48.21 12.00 35.84 49.08
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/19 1/4 3/48 3/16
Catches/stumpings 14/– 6/0 60/– 51/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 February 2016

Farhaan Behardien (born 9 October 1983) is a South African international cricketer who plays ODIs and T20Is. He also plays for Nashua Titans. He made both his first-class and List-A cricket debuts in the 2004–05 season. Behardien is an aggressive right-handed batsman and a useful bowler, as well as an athletic fielder. He is a Muslim.[2]

Emerging players tournament and Hong Kong sixes tournament

In July 2009, Behardien travelled to Australia for a three-week tour with the South African emerging squad.[3] He also represented South Africa at the 2009 Hong Kong Sixes tournament, where he hit a six of the final ball to lead South Africa to victory in the final against Hong Kong.[4]

In the first half of the 2009 season Behardian played as an overseas player for Bovey Tracey. He had a role as coach of their under-13 side.

International career

He made his T20I debut for South Africa against India in early 2012. He scored 20* from 11 deliveries faced. Behardien also earned himself a place in the South African squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. He played in the South African ODI squad in 2014. He played an important knock of 65*.

References

  1. ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
  2. ↑ TELFORD VICE (5 June 2014). "Castle keeps cool over captain not wearing its logo". Times Media. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. ↑ South Africa Emerging Players maintain perfect record (24 July 2009)
  4. ↑ Farhaan Behardien takes South Africa to thrilling win (1 November 2009)

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