Faf du Plessis
South African
| Player Info | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 13 June 1984 |
| Place of Birth | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Career | January 2011 - Active |
| Role | Batter |
Batting & Fielding Statistics
| Mat | Inns | No | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 142 | 135 | 19 | 5311 | 185 | 45.78 | 6010 | 88.36 | 11 | 34 | 477 | 64 | 78 | 0 |
Bowling Statistics
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | WKTS | BBM | Avg | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 140 | 11 | 192 | 189 | 2 | 1/8 | 94.50 | 5.90 | 96.00 | 0 | 0 |
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1. Almost signed a Kolpak deal with Lancashire in 2008, but he couldn’t play as a Kolpak player due to changes in immigration policies
2. Playing in his second ICC CT
3. ODI debut against India at Cape Town in 2011
4. He scored a century on his Test debut against Australia at Adelaide, just the fourth South African to achieve the feat
5. Subsequently he was appointed T20I captain and took over from AB de Villiers as Test captain in December 2016
6. He hit 185 in the Cape Town ODI and was named Player of the Series as South Africa won its series with Sri Lanka 5-0 in early 2017
7. Was South Africa’s second highest run-scorer in the World Cup 2015 with 380 runs, which included an 85 against New Zealand in the semifinal