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Ashwell Prince

Ashwell Prince
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Personal information
Full name Ashwell Gavin Prince
Born (1977-05-28) 28 May 1977 (age 39)
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Right arm off break
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 283) 22 February 2002 v Australia
Last Test 29 December 2011 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 72) 9 October 2002 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 25 April 2007 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
1995/6–1996/97 Eastern Province
1997/98–2003/04 Western Province
2004–05 Western Province Boland
2006/07–2007/08 Cape Cobras
2008 Nottinghamshire
2008/09–2013/14 Warriors
2009–2010
2012–2014
Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 66 52 288 262
Runs scored 3,665 1,018 18,484 6,315
Batting average 41.64 35.10 44.43 32.55
100s/50s 11/11 0/3 45/90 4/34
Top score 162* 89* 261 128
Balls bowled 96 12 294 91
Wickets 1 0 4 0
Bowling average 47.00 44.75
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/2 0/3 2/11 0/2
Catches/stumpings 47/– 26/– 220/– 120/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 September 2015

Ashwell Gavin Prince (born 28 May 1977) is a cricketer who played Test and One Day International cricket for South Africa. A left-handed middle order batsman, he has a high-batted stance and is strong through the offside. He is noted for his gritty style of batting and also for being an athletic fielder in the covers. At the age of 29, he became the first non-white man to captain the South African cricket team when he stood in for the injured Graeme Smith in two Tests.

Prince started his career with Eastern Province in the 1995/6 South African cricket season. Since then, he has represented Western Province, Western Province Boland, Cape Cobras, and Warriors in South Africa's domestic competitions. He has also had spells in England, first at Nottinghamshire and later Lancashire where he is currently playing.

In 2002, Prince made his Test and One Day International (ODI) debuts for South Africa. He played 52 ODIs between 2002 and 2007, and 66 Tests between 2002 and 2011. All eleven of his international centuries came in Test cricket, in which he averaged 41.64. He originally announced his intention to retire from professional cricket at the end of the 2014 English cricket season, but stayed on for another season before announcing his retirement for a second time in September 2015.

Ashwell Prince made his first-class debut on 27 October 1995, playing for Eastern Province B against Griqualand West B in the UCB Bowl. Two matches later, on 1 December, he played his first match for the full Eastern Province team. Opening the batting with Philip Amm, Prince was dismissed leg before wicket by fast bowler Roger Telemachus without scoring in each innings. Recounting the incident 14 years later, Prince remembered the match as his first-class debut.


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