Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Tsotsobe playing for South Africa against Somerset in 2012.
Personal information
Full name Lonwabo Lennox Tsotsobe
Born (1984-03-07) 7 March 1984
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Nickname Lopsy
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 309) 10 June 2010 v West Indies
Last Test 2-6 January 2011 v India
ODI debut (cap 95) 30 January 2009 v Australia
Last ODI 11 December 2013 v India
ODI shirt no. 68
T20I debut (cap 20) 11 January 2009 v Australia
Last T20I 27 March 2014 v Netherlands
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006–2012 Warriors
2004–2006 Eastern Province
2011 Essex
2012-present Dolphins
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 5 61 56 129
Runs scored 19 55 268 107
Batting average 6.33 6.87 6.09 6.29
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 8* 16* 27* 16*
Balls bowled 870 2,964 9,423 6,024
Wickets 9 94 185 184
Bowling average 49.77 24.96 27.24 27.08
5 wickets in innings 0 0 5 1
10 wickets in match n/a 0 1 n/a
Best bowling 3/43 4/22 7/39 5/28
Catches/stumpings 1/– 9/– 13/– 19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 January 2015

Lonwabo Lennox Tsotsobe (born 7 March 1984) is a South African cricketer who plays for the Dolphins.

In November 2008, he received his first national call-up, with his selection for the test leg of the tour of Australia.[1] He was later selected for the ODI leg as well.[2]

In April 2011, Tsotsobe signed to play as an overseas player for Essex County Cricket Club in English county cricket.[3] His form dipped and after taking five wickets from three first-class matches in the second division of the County Championship was dropped from the team. In five one-day matches Tsotsobe managed eight wickets. He expressed his frustration at the situation, remarking that the time he spent with Essex was "the worst two months [of his] life".[4]

International career

Lonwabe Tsotobe training at the Sydney Cricket Ground 01 January 2009.

Tsotsobe made his international debut for South Africa in a Twenty20 International against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 11 January 2009.

On 30 January, he took 4/50 from nine overs in his ODI debut against Australia. South Africa went on to win the match by 39 runs, and the ODI series by 4-1.

He made his Test debut in the first match against the West Indies in Trinidad in June 2010.[5]

He then participated in the second Twenty20 International vs Zimbabwe in place of the injured Morné Morkel and after conceding two fours in his opening over he took the crucial wicket of Hamilton Masakadza. He was a member of the South African squad for the 2011 World Cup, in which South Africa reached the quarter-finals. Tsotsobe is said to have the ability to produce low economy rates and bowl deliveries between 120 - 135 kmph.

South Africa has decided not to include Tsotsobe into the test team to Australia in 2012-13 as they choose pace bowler Rory Kleinveldt instead.

As of June 2013 he is the seventh ranked bowler in the world according to the ICC ODI rankings.

References

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  1. ↑ Uncapped Tsotsobe in Test squad for Australia
  2. ↑ http://content-rsa.cricinfo.com/ausvrsa2008_09/content/squad/383792.html
  3. ↑ Essex sign Tsotsobe as overseas player, ESPNcricinfo, 8 April 2011, retrieved 24 May 2011
  4. ↑ Lonwabo Tsotsobe tweets about Essex pain, BBC Sport, 24 May 2011, retrieved 24 May 2011
  5. ↑ West Indies v South Africa in 2010, CricketArchive, 06-13-2010, accessed 06-18-2010
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