| Lloyd Ferreira | |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Fullname: | Lloyd Douglas Ferreira |
| Birth Date: | 6 May 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm medium |
| Club1: | Dorset |
| Year1: | 1998 |
| Club2: | Western Province B |
| Year2: | 1997/98 - 1998/99 |
| Club3: | Western Province |
| Year3: | 1997/98 - 2003/04 |
| Club4: | Boland |
| Year4: | 1993/94 - 1996/97 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 67 |
| Runs1: | 3,088 |
| Bat Avg1: | 28.24 |
| 100S/50S1: | 7/12 |
| Top Score1: | 201 |
| Deliveries1: | 126 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 80.00 |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/25 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 35/ - |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 81 |
| Runs2: | 2,147 |
| Bat Avg2: | 29.27 |
| 100S/50S2: | 3/13 |
| Top Score2: | 134 |
| Deliveries2: | 24 |
| Wickets2: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 8.00 |
| Fivefor2: | - |
| Tenfor2: | - |
| Best Bowling2: | 1/8 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 23/ - |
| Date: | 31 May |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/45046.html Cricinfo |
Lloyd Douglas Ferreira (born 6 May 1974) is a former South African cricketer. Ferreira was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm medium pace bowler.
Ferreira made his first-class debut for Boland in the 1993–94 season against the touring Australians.[1] Ferreira would go on to represent the team 25 times in first-class matches from 1993–94 to 1996–97, where he would score 958 runs at a batting average of 19.55, with 26 half centuries and a single century high score of 127.[2]
Ferreira made his List-A debut for Boland against Orange Free State in the 1994–95 Benson and Hedges Series. During his time with Boland, he represented the team in 35 List-A matches from 1994–95 to 1996–97, where he scored 1,141 runs at an average of 33.55. He made 2 centuries and 7 half centuries and made a high score of 125.[3]
With the departure of West Indian Desmond Haynes, the call-up of Gary Kirsten to the South African team and the inevitable call-up of Herschelle Gibbs, Western Province were in need of a new opening batsman. Ferreira was signed by the province for the 1997–98 season, where he made his first-class debut for the province against Free State. During his time with Western Province, Ferreira played 4 first-class matches for the Western Province B team. For the main team, he played 38 matches during which he scored 1,930 runs at an average of 32.16, with 5 centuries and 8 half centuries. He also made his highest first-class score for the province, 201 against North West in 2001.[4] He played his final first-class match for the province against KwaZulu-Natal in the 2003–04 SuperSport Series.
Ferreira also played List-A cricket for Western Province, making his one-day debut against Griqualand West in the 1997–98 Standard Bank League. He played 45 one-day matches for the province, scoring 999 runs at an average of 24.97, with a 6 half centuries and a single century score of 134. His final one-day match for the province came against Easterns in the 2003–04 Standard Bank Cup.
In 1998 he represented Dorset in England, in the 1998 NatWest Trophy against Hampshire. Ferreira scored 7 runs, before being dismissed by Nixon McLean in what his only appearance for the English county.[5] In 1999, he played 4 matches for Rawtenstall Cricket Club in the Lancashire League.[6]