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Farhaan Behardien

Farhaan Behardien
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Personal information
Born (1983-10-09) 9 October 1983 (age 33)
Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Nickname Fudgie
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Role batting all rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 107) 22 January 2013 v New Zealand
Last ODI 9 October 2016 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 28
T20I debut (cap 50) 30 March 2012 v India
Last T20I 28 March 2016 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no. 28
Domestic team information
Years Team
2004–present Western Province
2007-present Titans
2016 Kings XI Punjab
2016-present Leicestershire Foxes
Career statistics
Competition ODIs T20I FC LA
Matches 56 29 95 179
Runs scored 1033 304 5,403 4,138
Batting average 30.38 23.38 39.72 36.94
100s/50s 0/6 0 8/36 3/26
Top score 70 36 150* 113*
Balls bowled 748 30 2,167 1,840
Wickets 14 3 32 34
Bowling average 51.35 9.00 36.00 50.38
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/19 2/15 3/48 3/16
Catches/stumpings 26/– 10/0 61/– 68/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 January 2017

Farhaan Behardien (born 9 October 1983) is a South African international cricketer who plays ODIs and T20Is. On 10 January 2017, Behardien was appointed as the T20I captain for the Sri Lanka tour.

He also plays for Nashua Titans. He made both his first-class and List-A cricket debuts in the 2004–05 season. Behardien is an aggressive right-handed batsman and a useful bowler, as well as an athletic fielder.

In May 2017, he was named T20 Challenge Player of the Season at Cricket South Africa's annual awards.

In July 2009, Behardien travelled to Australia for a three-week tour with the South African emerging squad. He also represented South Africa at the 2009 Hong Kong Sixes tournament, where he hit a six of the final ball to lead South Africa to victory in the final against Hong Kong.

In the first half of the 2009 season Behardian played as an overseas player for Bovey Tracey. He had a role as coach of their under-13 side.

He made his T20I debut for South Africa against India in early 2012. He scored 20* from 11 deliveries faced. Behardien also earned himself a place in the South African squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. He played in the South African ODI squad in 2014. He played an important knock of 65*.


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