Henry Williams (cricketer) explained

Henry Williams
Full Name:Henry Smith Williams
Birth Date:1967 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Pniel, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm fast-medium
Columns:3
International:true
Country:South Africa
Internationalspan:1999–2000
Odidebutdate:24 January
Odidebutyear:1999
Odidebutagainst:West Indies
Lastodidate:19 March
Lastodiyear:2000
Lastodiagainst:India
Club3:Boland
Club2:Impalas
Year2:1992/93
Club1:Western Province
Year1:1990/91
Matches1:7
Runs1:8
Bat Avg1:8.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:7
Deliveries1:329
Wickets1:9
Bowl Avg1:25.33
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:3/38
Catches/Stumpings1:2/–
Column2:FC
Matches2:89
Runs2:765
Bat Avg2:8.13
100S/50S2:0/0
Top Score2:49
Deliveries2:17,021
Wickets2:276
Bowl Avg2:24.26
Fivefor2:10
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:6/27
Catches/Stumpings2:24/–
Column3:LA
Matches3:109
Runs3:123
Bat Avg3:3.96
100S/50S3:0/0
Top Score3:15
Deliveries3:5,296
Wickets3:122
Bowl Avg3:29.22
Fivefor3:0
Tenfor3:0
Best Bowling3:4/35
Catches/Stumpings3:17/–
Date:30 January
Year:2019
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/47900.html CricInfo
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Henry Smith Williams (born 11 June 1967), is a retired South African cricketer. He played seven One Day Internationals for South Africa. Williams was a right-arm seam bowler and became the bowling coach at Boland after his retirement.

He and Herschelle Gibbs were banned from international cricket for six months in 2000 for match fixing. In the hearing, he admitted accepting money from Hansie Cronje to underperform in a One Day International in India. He had been bribed to concede more than 50 runs off his 10 overs, but sustained a legitimate injury and so bowled only 11 balls.[1]

Although his suspension was only for six months, he was well into his 30s and, despite playing first-class cricket until 2003/04, he never returned to international cricket.

In February 2020, Williams was named in South Africa's squad for the Over-50s Cricket World Cup in South Africa.[2] [3] However, the tournament was cancelled during the third round of matches, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saqlain's hat-trick . ESPN Cricinfo . 12 June 2019.
  2. Web site: 2020 over-50s world cup squads . Over-50s Cricket World Cup . 15 March 2020 . 20 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163511/https://www.over50scricket.com/world-cup-scores-squads-news . dead .
  3. Web site: Over-50s Cricket World Cup, 2019/20 - South Africa Over-50s: Batting and bowling averages . ESPN Cricinfo . 15 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Over-50s World Cup in South Africa cancelled due to COVID-19 outbreak . Cricket World . 15 March 2020.