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Jonathan Rhodes

Jonty Rhodes
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Personal information
Full name Jonathan Neil Rhodes
Born (1969-07-27) 27 July 1969 (age 48)
Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut 13 November 1992 v India
Last Test 10 August 2000 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 17) 26 February 1995 v Australia
Last ODI 12 February 2003 v Kenya
ODI shirt no. 8
Domestic team information
Years Team
1988–1992 University of Natal (Maritzburg)
1988–1998 Natal
1998–2003 KwaZulu-Natal
1999 Ireland
2003 Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 52 245 164 371
Runs scored 2532 5935 9546 8907
Batting average 35.66 35.11 41.14 32.86
100s/50s 3/17 2/33 22/52 2/51
Top score 117 121 172 121
Balls bowled 12 14 162 80
Wickets 0 0 1 2
Bowling average 83.00 22.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/13 1/2
Catches/stumpings 34/– 105/– 127/– 158/–
Source: CricInfo, 19 July 2009

Jonathan Neil "Jonty" Rhodes (born 27 July 1969) is a former South African Test and One Day International cricketer. He is commonly regarded as one of the greatest fielders of all time. He played for the South African cricket team between 1992 and 2003.

Rhodes was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa. Whilst being noted for his quickty running as a right-handed batsman, he was especially noted for his defensive fielding, particularly catching, ground fielding, and throwing from his most common position of backward point. However, he is also known to be a less accurate thrower than Herchelle Gibbs at point when a run-out chance was present.

A report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showed that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the ninth-highest number of run outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the third-highest success rate.

During his career he also played club cricket for the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg and first-class cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal and the Dolphins. Rhodes retired from Test cricket in 2000, and from one day cricket in 2003 after an injury during the 2003 Cricket World Cup.


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